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Posted in Sewing on 11/04/2008 09:45 pm by admin
How to deal with old sweaters
You likely have some sweaters thrown in the back of your closet, with a damaged spot, moth hole or two. Instead of throwing old and unused sweaters, turn them into something new and completely sweet. You can also search for cheap sweaters at the thrift. Old sweater crafts materials, the technology to save money, help to reduce your household waste.
Yarn - If you knit, crochet or weaving the yarn to rescue an old sweater to use a new project. Find a seam in a sweater and carefully snip the seam stabbing with a pair of very sharp scissors. Use a blunt needle to lift the seam stabbing, cut the seam thread for each. A knitted sweater, you want to unravel the thread of the cast from the edge, generally at the top of the jersey, because sweaters are made from the bottom up. Start by ripping off the last stitch and carefully wind the yarn into a ball as you go. You should end up with four or more balls of yarn of different jersey pieces.
Felt - Sweaters at least 20% wool can be felted in the washing machine. 100% wool sweaters will give a firmer feel for different crafts. Make sure that the sweater was not treated to be washable, such as "Super Wash" as it will not felt. Throw the sweater in a nice zipper bag and wash on a high heat. Drying on high heat, clean the Lint trap often. Some sweaters require more than a wash and dry fully felt. The sweater will shrink drastically and eventually will be ready to cut apart!
Pillows - Use a pillow to help you measure and mark the size of You throw pillow on the old jersey. You have a sewing machine for this project or a little patience with hand sewing.
Potholders - Stitch the layers together old sweater and add binding or trim around the edges to make potholders. You can also use thick quilt batting to the inside of your sweater upcycled fill pot.
Plastic Bag Holder - Has a dog you must clean up after the walks? Using the sleeve of an old sweater to a handy plastic bag holder to hang from a door to make. The elastic wrist end is perfect for the bottom and you do not even have to stitch closed. Just cut the shoulder seam and sew a neater edge. You decorations such as RIC - rac at the edges or cut off "Dog Walk" in substance and application letters on the jersey sleeve. Loop a piece of elastic and sew to the top to hang from a door.
Brooches - A brooch adds instant style to any coat, sweater or bag. Either felt like the sweater unravel first or duplicated - put a flower shape with your sewing machine. Use a fabric pencil mark a simple flower design and double pitch on the draft. Cut the shape of at least 1 cm from the stub. Put another apple and cut a shape slightly smaller than the first. Layer of the two flowers and SEW with an interesting test.
Coffee Cup Cozies sleeves or water bottle - cut a tire in your old sweater sleeves to make a coffee sleeve, or use a bigger piece of the sleeve for a water bottle cozy. You felt the first jersey as a more solid material suitable for embroidery and other decorating network.
Paper Craft - Cut small pieces of wool for decorating scrapbook pages or handmade cards. Cut letters or even small sweater or shawl shapes for autumn. Create a nice textured tree with an old fuzzy angora sweater.
Blanket or Quilt - If you several old sweaters, put them in the beautiful blanket or duvet. You can cut the sweaters into blocks of different shapes, and even the ribs to use for the edges of the blanket. Some sweaters are too thick for the machine, so you'll be pinned down and hand - sewing pieces together with right sides together and 1 / 2 inch seam allowance. When seams are not fixed immediately after steam - iron, hand - sewing the seams to the back of the blanket. Thinner sweaters can be sewn by machine and can be given of a backing material.
Toys - Of felt or not, old sweaters are a great material for making toys or stuffed animals. Make a puppet with the sleeve of a sweater. Him the edge to prevent fraying. To head of the dummy, you can just sew together the cuff or trim a transverse curved line and sew. For a doll with her, gathering a few inches of the cuff and weave the thread back and forth. Pull tight and secure the wire. Cut a portion of the collected cuff around frizzy hair to leave.
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