Even with the most careful wear, any nylon tights sooner or later deteriorate - an arrow, a puff or a hole appears. But this is not a reason to say goodbye to them. After all nylon is a very interesting, pliable, elastic material for crafts.
What can be done from old tights
Nylon tights are a real treasure for housewives and needlewomen. Nylon is used to make rugs, fragrances, flowerpots, filter attachments for vacuum cleaners and much, much more. In addition to household use, various decorative elements are created from it:
- table and floor vases;
- flowers and butterflies for wall panels, hats, jewelry;
- amulet dolls, dolls for home puppet theater, or children's toys.
Learning how to make such crafts is not difficult at all. The main thing is to be careful, take your time, use your imagination and never throw away your old tights.
Master class: doll made of nylon tights
Nylon dolls are surprisingly realistic.You can create such precise facial expressions that it seems like the doll is about to start talking! However, before you start making complex dolls, you should practice on simpler ones.
One of these simple dolls is the baby doll. To make it we will need:
- Tights or nylon golf.
- Filler, for example, synthetic winterizer.
- Needle and thread for sewing.
- Scissors.
- Glue.
- Pieces of fabric for clothing.
- Knitting threads for hair.
IMPORTANT! For work, you must choose nylon with an elastane content of no more than 3%. Otherwise, there will be shine and the shape of the product will be lost.
Preparing nylon for work
Before you start working, you need to prepare your hands and material.
The first stage is preparing your hands.
To prevent claws from clinging to your hands, you should take a handful of sugar, add a little vegetable oil, mix and rub with your hands. Then rinse off under running water. As a result, the skin will become smooth, and puffs will not be scary.
The second stage is the preparation of nylon.
ATTENTION! For crafts, it is most convenient to use tights with a density of 30 DEN.
Whether these are new, specially purchased tights, or old ones, in any case they will need to be lightened and strengthened.
There are many techniques on how to do this. However, most of them use strong household chemicals. This is not suitable for everyone, so let’s consider a more gentle option with activated carbon:
- Crush a package of regular activated carbon tablets, pour into a saucepan, add water (about 3 liters) and bring to a boil.
- While the pan is boiling, soak the tights in plain water in another container. This must be done carefully so that there are no dry spots left.
- When the water and charcoal boil, place the soaked tights into a saucepan.Let it boil.
- At this time, change the water in the empty container and add a cap of any fabric softener there. Stir and put aside for now.
- After the water boils again, the tights must be cooked for 7 minutes, constantly stirring with a tablespoon.
- Pour the contents of the pan into the sink and rinse the tights thoroughly in cold water. At this stage you can clearly see how the color of the nylon has changed.
- Rinse in water with conditioner to close the pores of the nylon, and there will be no arrows in the future.
- Dry.
Now the material is ready for use.
By the way, In one such procedure, up to three pairs of tights can be processed.
We sew a baby doll from nylon
Even a beginner can sew a funny baby doll.
To create a doll, you can cut off the bottom of the tights or take nylon golf.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Fill the nylon base with filler and tie the free end with a knot. Cut off the excess.
- Using a basting stitch in a circle, divide the base into two equal parts. Pull the thread to create a neck. Wrap the thread several times.
- Where the legs should be, sew in a circle and pull together a little. Make a nose on your face in the same way.
- To make a navel, you need to sew through the seam of the tights and grab a piece of nylon. Return the needle and make a knot. From the same point, make a long seam from the back of the baby doll to the middle of the body. Return the needle inside the doll and fix it. You will get buttocks.
- Next, design the head. Make ears with small seams on the sides. Embroider eyebrows and eyelashes.
- Determine where the mouth will be and sew beads for the doll’s eyes from its corners.
- The mouth itself can be made from red thread, passing it through the top of the baby's head. Secure the thread in a knot.
- Make handles from pieces of nylon, fill them with filler and sew them to the body.
- Next, sew clothes from pieces of colored fabric. Put it on the doll.
- Make hair from knitting threads and sew it on. You can braid braids or make ponytails, tie bows or wear a hat.
The baby doll made from nylon tights is ready!
Making flowers from nylon tights
Flowers made from nylon fascinate no less than dolls. Creating nylon flowers is a painstaking process that requires special care. But the result is worth the time spent on it.
To make flowers you will need:
- Pre-trained tights.
- Acrylic paints or gouache.
- Paper napkin, green nylon and beads.
- Threads.
- Wire No. 22–26.
- Tape tape (can be replaced with corrugated paper).
Progress:
- First you need to make blanks for the leaves. It is necessary to wrap the wire twice around a round base (for example, the neck of a bottle), connect the ends and wrap it with thread. Next, wrap the thread around two semicircles and arrange them so that you get the outline of a leaf. Carefully cover the base with nylon. Secure the edge with thread. Paint it green and leave to dry.
- Prepare the petals. Make round blanks. Cover them with nylon. Secure with thread and color, for example, purple.
- While the preparations are drying, you need to make the stamens. Beads are attached to the wires. Another option is to wrap small pieces of napkin around the wires and cover them with green nylon. Secure with tape.
- Everything is ready, you can collect the flower. Stretch the petal blanks into thin ovals. Fold them into a ring, overlapping each other. Connect the stamens together with adhesive paper. Place them into the petals and secure everything with thread.Using tape, attach two sepals each and cover the place of fixation with them.
- Spread the flower petals. Secure them with leaves to the stem wire. Wrap ribbon around the entire stem. All you have to do is add a little imagination and you will get an amazing flower.
Graceful vases and lampshades made of fishnet tights
If fishnet or mesh tights fail, it doesn’t matter. They can be used to make a wonderful vase or lamp shade.
For the vase you will need:
- Openwork tights.
- Scissors.
- Acrylic glue.
- Double-sided thin tape.
- Glass base.
Stages of work:
- Cut off a piece of tights slightly larger than the base of the vase.
- Place strips of double-sided tape along the top and bottom edges of the future vase.
- Pull the resulting stocking over the base and fold the top edge inward.
- Secure the bottom and top edges by removing the protective layer of adhesive tape.
- Apply acrylic glue in a thin strip on top of the inner surface of the vase and press the free end. When the glue dries, the vase is ready.
Using the same principle, you can make a lampshade. The basis is an old frame from a lamp or floor lamp, which is covered with openwork tights.
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