The second life of old things - 10 creative and interesting ideas for rework

In our closet we collect mountains of things that we do not wear, as they are out of fashion or simply forgotten. From any unfashionable and old thing, you can come up with something new and creative. You need to show some creative talent, have patience and everything will turn out. We offer 10 unusual and interesting ideas on the transformation of unnecessary things into new and fashionable.

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• T-shirt blouse
• Mini skirt with ruffles
• Bag from an old T-shirt
• Evening blouse with a bow
• Original
• T-shirt
• coat jacket Two mini skirts from one
• T-shirt with bows on the back
• Sweater with shinyelbows on the elbows

Jeans ombre



Necessary material:

• dark jeans;
• bucket with water;
• bleach.

Process:

1. Add bleach to the water. The higher the concentration of the product, the lighter will be the clarification of the pants.
2. Immerse the jeans in a bucket of liquid freebies to the desired level and keep them there for a few minutes. To change colors was double or triple, after the first few minutes, dip another dry part of the pants and keep on time a little less.
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3. Remove the jeans from bleach, wash.
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Blouse from T-shirt



Necessary material:

• old classic T-shirt;
• scissors.

Process:

1. Cut the top of the T-shirt diagonally in any direction. The incision is made from one collar bone in the direction down to the opposite side of the T-shirt at an angle to the armpit.
2. And also cut off the remaining sleeve.
3. Exactly in the middle of the whole shoulder you need to make a cut and tie its ends.
4. The same incisions, but already horizontal, need to be made along the entire lateral seam and bind them together.
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Miniskirt with ruffles









Required material:

• old plain skirt;
• 1 meter of black cloth;
• 1 meter of white fabric;
• threads are white and black;
• needle;
• scissors;
• textile pins;
• sewing machine;
• knitted meter tape.

Process:

1. The old skirt needs to be shortened to the desired mini-length.
2. Measure the width of the hem after cutting the length.
3. To determine the length of the trim to the width of the hem, you need to add the length of the diagonal of the skirt and another plus 5 centimeters for the seams.
4. The white and black finishing fabric must be folded together in a triangle and cut to the made measurements.
5. Finishing cuts of fabrics need to be unfolded and cut the received ring from one side. The result is a long strip of tissue.
6. The white and black finishing fabric must be folded together and sewed so that the white fabric remains 1 centimeter for sewing to the skirt.
7. Attach the trim to the skirt and pin along the sewing line with knitted pins.
8. Attach the frill to the skirt, the seam should end up behind the entire trim design.




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Bag from old T-shirt














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Required material:

• classic T-shirt;
• scissors;
• round container in the size of the neck;
• smooth cardboard for marking;
• marker for marking.

Process:

1. Unfold the T-shirt on a flat surface, carefully leveling all of its seams. Cut off the sleeves from the T-shirt on their sewing line.
2. Attach a container to its neck according to its size and mark the cutting line. Cut the excess fabric from the resulting line.
3. Unscrew the vest inside out and mark the bottom of the bag with a marker and cardboard from below.
4. Use a pair of scissors to cut the fabric up to the bottom of the bag with a fringe about 2 centimeters thick.
5. Unscrew the vest on the front side and start tying the fringe. Knit every 2 parallel segments into several dense knots.
6. Unclamp the sleeves and the neck.
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Evening blouse with bow















Necessary material:

• black classic t-shirt;
• lace fabric for decoration;
• male bow tie is black;
• scissors;
• needle and thread;
• chalk for marking;
• ruler or knitted meter tape;
• textile pins.
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Process:

1. Unfold the T-shirt on a flat surface and level it all over the seams. Measure under the sleeves and draw a smooth line of chalk. Cut the fabric along this line.
2. From the top of the T-shirt, cut the neck and sleeves along the sewing line. Also, the part is cut into 2 parts by the shoulders.
3. For this workpiece, you need to cut out 2 identical parts from an openwork fabric.
4. With textile pins on the wrong side, fasten the lace part to the lower cut piece of the T-shirt. Sew a new jersey and sweep all slices.
5. At the front of the new tank top, in the center, sew, as a decoration, a bow from a bow tie.
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Original



T-shirt Necessary material:

• old classic knitted t-shirt;
• scissors;
• needle and thread.

Process:

1. Front, right or left, you need to make a cut from the neck to the bottom of the T-shirt.
2. The made notch must be twisted and sealed by a hidden seam.
3. On the whole front of the T-shirt will go the original fabric beams, and the T-shirt will take on a new look.
4. This folded and stitched element can be decorated with a brooch, and the rays with paillettes.
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Jacket from





















coat Necessary material:

• old coat;
• chalk for marking;
• sewing machine;
• iron with steam function;
• knitted meter tape;
• scissors;
• countersunk buttons;
• decoration tape;
• needle and thread under coat color.

Process:

1. Take the coat and spread it as flat as possible over all seams on a smooth surface. On the coat you need to cut off all the buttons or remove the zipper. It is also necessary to cut off the collar.
2. The old buttonholes, the zip and the collar should be sewn by hand with strong threads, a hidden seam.
3. From the back you need to measure from the coat the desired length of the jacket and mark this side with chalk. Calculate this length is by the standards removed from himself. Cut off excess fabric, namely the bottom of the old coat.
4. From this cut it is necessary to measure the desired height of the future Basque. Usually this length for a harmonious appearance of the product should not exceed 30 centimeters.
5. The lower cut must be marked with a shallow semicircle, in the form of a tuxedo.
6. Cut off all the excess fabric by marking. On this it is important not to forget to leave the allowances for the line seams.
7. Spread the lower section of the Basques with a thread and needle and then stitch it on the machine.
8. Along the vertical slices on the coat, where there were his eyelets, you need to sweep, and after stitching the finishing braid. In the same way, treat the edge, if the coat was lightning.
9. Sew a jacket and a bass with each other by a notch, and after stitching on the typewriter.
10. All the seams on the jacket are thoroughly steamed with an iron.
11. Wear blind buttons at the top of the jacket.
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Two mini skirts from one





Necessary material:

• long denim skirt with buttons or rivets;
• scissors;
• paper or cardboard;
• sewing machine;
• marker or chalk.

Process:

1. For the first skirt you need to make a cut from the waist of the long skirt to the desired length of the new wardrobe item. From paper or cardboard, cut out the semicircle pattern and make the markings in the form of these semicircles along the perimeter of the entire new skirt. Cut the skirt of the skirt along the markings.
2. For the second skirt you will need a residual fabric - the bottom part of a long skirt. In this version, you also need to determine the length of the product, but cut off excess fabric this time from the top( from the waist).Remove the measurements from yourself and transfer them to the fabric. Sew a skirt on a sewing machine. Make a tattoo on the waist. The incision, which was on a long skirt from behind, now should turn out in front on the leg.
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T-shirt with bows on the back





Necessary material:

• plain t-shirt;
• colored fabric, can be lace, for bows;
• sewing machine;
• thread and needle;
• scissors;
• chalk or marker for marking.

Process:

1. On a flat surface, place the T-shirt with your back facing up.
2. From the neck to the very bottom of the center, make a cutout. The width of the cutout determines the width of the bows.
3. From the selected colored fabric, make the desired number of bows.
4. Sew the bows by hand, cut them symmetrically. If everything is done correctly and the appearance of the product is satisfactory, you need to attach the bows on both sides to the wrong side.
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Sweater with shining tabs at the elbows





Required material:

• sweater;
• sequins or shiny fabric with sewn sequins;
• scissors;
• paper and pen;
• needle and thread.

Process:

1. From paper to the size of your palm, cut out the oval or any other template.
2. Transfer the pattern to a fabric with paillettes and cut 2 identical fragments.
3. Sew fragments symmetrically on the elbows of the sweater.

If there is no fabric with paillettes, you can embroider the patch with single paillettes or use a finishing tape with sequins.