T-shirts are a very comfortable, practical wardrobe item that adults and children enjoy wearing. The only inconvenience experienced by the fair sex is associated with a large number of identical products. To add variety to their clothes, girls rush to buy more and more new things. However, you don’t have to rush to the store: you can make changes to an old T-shirt, make it original, unique. A second life will begin for knitted clothing if you use it as a basis for a variety of things that you can make with your own hands.
How to repurpose an old T-shirt: ideas
Things that have become old on a closet shelf can be given a completely new look with a little remodeling.
Cleavage
The product will no longer look boring if you make a change to the usual round collar. A neckline that is given the desired shape will look spectacular here.
Common method - make a large round cutout by cutting off the edging of the collar.
Another option is to give the neckline the shape of a triangle, and the item will become individual from its different location: a sharp angle down, on the chest (with the edging removed) or vice versa - a sharp angle up, under the edging, in the center of the front, and the base of the triangle along the chest line.
Curly cutouts also look interesting.
Advice! To make the neckline look neat and even, you need to use a paper blank on which the neckline is made. It is applied to the fabric in the center of the product, then a cut line is applied to the fabric.
Cutouts at the back
The thing is transformed by creative work with the fabric of the back. Horizontal cuts can be made on the central part of the canvas, leaving 3 to 5 cm between them. By stretching each of them, thin strands are obtained that connect the side parts of the back. They are left as is or intertwined, creating an additional decorative element.
Advice! Incisions can be made not only on the back. T-shirts with slits on the sides have an original look. Side cuts are made on products that do not have side seams.
Another option for cutouts on the back is to create a pattern. This could be, for example, a stylized image of a leaf, heart, flower, etc. Another option is to create an ornament or pattern, for example, by cutting out and leaving triangles of the same size.
Advice! Necklines and cutouts are best done on plain T-shirts; on colorful items and clothes with prints, they look less advantageous.
Repainting. Dyeing helps radically renew clothes. In this case, there is no need to make cuts or alter clothing. You can repaint the entire thing, but the color spots on the product look much more interesting. To obtain them, a piece of fabric is dipped into a container with diluted paint.
Advice! If you tie the fabric intended for dyeing in a knot before immersing it in paint, you will get interesting patterns.
You can also use old knitwear to learn how to create designs on fabric. A T-shirt with a print or design made by yourself will acquire individuality and look completely new.
Combination with other fabrics
A T-shirt takes on a completely new look when knitwear is combined with other fabrics.
Important! To combine, you should choose fabrics that are close in density to the material of a particular T-shirt. For soft and thin knitwear, light cotton fabrics or lace are used. Thicker knitwear is combined with dense material, for example, rough denim, linen, etc.
Clothes you can make from an old T-shirt
It’s not just alterations that give a T-shirt a second life. Bored clothes need to be used to create other things.
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Most often, an open T-shirt is made from an old T-shirt. A simple method is to remove the sleeves. To make a T-shirt more open, you don’t just need to rip off the sleeves, but cut off the excess fabric, leaving the straps. With some imagination, you can turn T-shirts into a variety of tops: with thin straps, cropped ones, with slits on the back, with fringes, with an asymmetrical top, etc.
Pareo
The owner of a T-shirt can become the owner of a pareo that you will never see on the beach anymore. To do this, you need to leave the facing of the collar, and cut off the sides together with the sleeves until the facing.
Pencil skirt
A comfortable and cozy knitted skirt can be made from a T-shirt. To do this, use the part of the product located below the armhole, and the upper part with the sleeves is cut off.The upper section is decorated with a suitable belt or elastic band, after which the skirt can be worn.
Baby clothes from an old T-shirt
Moms with small children appreciate the possibilities of old T-shirts. They help update your children's wardrobe at no extra cost.
An old adult T-shirt can easily be transformed into comfortable and practical children's clothes.
- Skirt. The fabric of the required size is cut out from the back and front, the side seams are sewn, and a wide elastic band is sewn to the top edge.
- Leggings. Comfortable home leggings can also be sewn from the back and front of an old T-shirt. With the help of scissors and a sewing machine, the work can be completed even without much experience.
- Nightdress. Thin knitted fabric from old clothes is suitable for sewing a soft nightgown for a girl. The alteration will also require a minimum of effort, and the new thing will bring joy to its little owner.
What else can you make from an old T-shirt?
Knitwear from an old T-shirt is used to create a variety of things.
Advice! Weaving from knitted strips has become a common method of alteration. The T-shirt is cut into even strips, stretched into ropes, which are then intertwined.
Accessories
From 3-4 intertwined strands you can make a variety of accessories: bracelets, headbands or hair strips, a belt, original beads or necklaces. You can update your hair clip or brooch with bright knitwear.
For interior
Prints and designs on unwanted knitted items can easily be turned into real interior decoration. All you need are photo frames into which the cut out part of the canvas with the pattern is inserted.
Pillowcases for small pillows made from T-shirts will transform a child's room. They are very practical, easy to wash and very comfortable for children.An addition could be rugs, on which the kids will play.
In addition, from the strands you can weave a flower pot or a bright basket for toys. Beautiful soft toys can also be made from used clothing.
Other products
Comfortable summer and beach bags and backpacks for children are made from knitwear. It is used to create a cat house. Craftsmen make straps for sandals or slates from strands, and make aprons from the back or front of T-shirts.
Imagination, creativity and an unconventional approach will allow you to come up with many more options for turning old clothes into useful and beautiful objects.
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