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Good afternoon, friends!
Today I have ideas for you on what to make from old T-shirts. After all, we have a lot of this stuff stored at home, and it’s a shame to throw away worn-out or too small T-shirts. So let's clear out the closets and make original pillows, rugs for the home, baskets, bags, and other little things with our own hands.
What you can make from old T-shirts with your own hands
From old T-shirts, like from other clothes, you can create many new products.
For many centuries, people have made rag carpets from scraps of fabric and old clothes. IN modern times, of course, everything is available and can be bought. But handicraft and creativity are more in fashion than ever, and you can be proud of things you have made with your own hands, in which your soul has been invested and your creativity has been revealed.
In addition, this is also budget saving, and rich is not the one who has a lot of money, but the one who knows how to save and manage it correctly.
Here is just a small list and photos of what can be made from old T-shirts:
Pompoms are made from knitted yarn in the same way as from wool, by winding the yarn on a cardboard circle.
You can see ideas for decorating pillows with knitted flowers.
You can try to make a pillowcase from a whole T-shirt, and craftsmen make bags.
But even more interesting, in my opinion, are crafts made from yarn cut from an old T-shirt.
Such things can be knitted very quickly, literally in a day.
Moreover, the manufacturing methods can be different, not only crocheting, but also methods without a hook. Let's look at them in detail below using the example of making rugs, bags and baskets.
In the meantime, I’ll tell you about the kind of pillow I sewed.
Pillow
I had a favorite knitted T-shirt, but I had completely outgrown it, so I decided to use it for a pillowcase. sofa cushion. The idea was sitting around and waiting for inspiration until I saw a photo of an interesting pillow made of fabric combined with a knitted insert.
This is how mine was born new pillow. I’ll tell you now how to make a pillow from an old T-shirt.
In principle, nothing difficult.
Now I have this bright pillow made from an old T-shirt.
Bags
Beautiful bags can be crocheted from yarn cut from old T-shirts of different colors.
And there is more interesting way creating a creative summer beach or shopping bag.
For this we need a ready-made basket, the kind we use for household needs.
We cut the yarn from T-shirts into small strips of equal size and tie each one, inserting it into the holes of the basket, simply wrap the handle with ribbons.
Makes an adorable shaggy bag from an old T-shirt!
Basket
A basket made of knitted yarn can also be crocheted in the usual way, like this, for example. By the way, great idea for the holiday! Take a thinner hook so that the knitting is tight and the basket holds its shape.
There is another option, also crocheted, but using knitting yarn - acrylic or cotton, you can just use the leftover yarn.
In this case, the T-shirt ribbons will remain inside the yarn loops. I think that the principle of such knitting will be clear from the photo.
How to cut into strips and make yarn from knitted T-shirts
To knit or weave rugs and other products from old T-shirts, we will need to make yarn from them.
Yarn from a T-shirt is essentially ribbons cut from it, the width of which is 10-15 mm and does not have to be even and the same along the entire length, so there is no need to measure or draw anything.
You just need to cut ribbons from the T-shirt, moving in a spiral.
You can see how to do this better and more conveniently in the presented video tutorial from:
We carefully wind the cut ribbons loosely into skeins, without tightening the yarn, which already tends to stretch.
We connect short pieces of ribbons together in the following way.
- We make small holes at the ends of the two ribbons.
- We pass one ribbon through the hole on the second ribbon.
- We insert the opposite end (without a hole) of the second ribbon into the hole of the first ribbon and tighten the yarn.
To be honest, I don’t really like this method, because there are still holes left here. When crocheting rugs, such a connection can still be used, but for more elegant products it is better to sew the yarn with a needle and thread to match the yarn. And during the knitting process it will only be possible to sew ribbons of yarn.
The ends of the overlapping ribbons should be sewn carefully along the edges in a straightened form. Then the tape will shrink and the seams will remain inside it.
Home rugs made from old T-shirts
Perhaps for rugs made from old T-shirts there is greatest number manufacturing methods. And they are very popular now.
Such rugs are light, soft, wash well, and the yarn is inexpensive compared to expensive ones.
And you can knit rugs not only round, but also of any other shape.
Crochet rugs
Since yarn from old T-shirts is quite thick, the size of the hook for knitting rugs should be about 8-10.
You can see how to knit a simple round rug from old T-shirts.
I also made a video and description of the principles of knitting one quite popular, follow the link.
These rugs are usually made on a construction or garden mesh.
The hook in this method of creating rugs is used only as an auxiliary tool for pulling up the yarn.
Bargello style rugs
Now we come to the last version of rugs made from old T-shirts, which I like best, and this is a relatively new idea.
This method is beautiful. But if for fine work While embroidering pillows, tablecloths and other elegant things requires special skill and a lot of time, embroidering, or rather pulling thick knitted yarn through a mesh, is much easier.
Double-sided tape is used to secure the ends of the tapes along the edges of the mesh.
Pillows can be made from old T-shirts in several ways. Let's start with the simplest thing.
Beautiful T-shirt bright color, but no longer needed, we will wash and iron it. Next, we cut off its upper part so that we get a square or rectangle depending on its length. If the T-shirt is initially long, the pillow will be rectangular.
Now we need to turn out the resulting square or rectangle and sew one side on a typewriter so that we get a cover. Just the part that was cut off will be sewn. I recommend using a medium or large zigzag stitch. This will give the base of the pillow a marketable appearance. Turn it inside out again.
Now we use the filler. I’ll be banal and offer you padding polyester. This material is cheap, but it is the lightest and most durable. For such a small pillow it is - best option, In my opinion. We fill it quite tightly, straighten it with our hands so that it does not clump, giving the pillow an aesthetic appearance. Now you can sew the open side by hand. Next, we can decorate such a pillow.
For example, you can cut strips from the same T-shirt. We stretch the strips, creating soft tubes. And from these tubes you can make beautiful flowers. For example, roses. We sew these roses to the pillow with threads matching the color of the fabric. This way you can cover the entire pillow, or only one of its sides. I also note that you can use a T-shirt of a different color so that there is contrast.
This is one of the options. It's not the easiest, so I'll offer you another option.
We use an old but well-preserved T-shirt. You can take a T-shirt with a print - stripes, for example, are popular. This time we will use the entire T-shirt. Therefore, if you need a medium or small size pillow, it is better to take it from the children's wardrobe.
It is, of course, better to wash and iron the T-shirt.
Next we sew up the armholes and neckline. We use any filler at your discretion and stuff the pillow well. If you feel that the pillow is too long, then at any time you can shorten the length of the T-shirt by cutting off the product at the bottom. Alternatively, the pillow can be decorative. Then you can put a cartoon face on it, a smiley face, or suspenders with massive buttons in a nautical style.
If you decide to decorate your pillow with a smiley face, you will need to use yellow fabric. It's better to take a T-shirt or cotton fabric. Using a compass, draw a circle and cut it out. Sew to the pillow. Next we sew on the buttons - the eyes. And we draw a mouth or embroider it using red threads. Or you can make an applique from a piece of red fabric.
The process of creating such a pillow is very interesting and exciting. This can be done with children by entrusting them with some of the work. Experiment.
What interests us pillow made from an old T-shirt? The fact that it will not take you anything to create it except time and the desire to do something with your own hands. It's as simple as making a pillow out of old jeans. But we’ve gotten a bit ahead of ourselves, let’s look at the creation process from the very beginning, namely from finding an old T-shirt.
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Old T-shirt
It doesn’t matter how many years it has been in your closet, whether you wore it before, or put it on once and forgot - the main thing is the quality of the material, as well as the size. It is best to choose a T-shirt with long sleeves, so you will be sure that there will be enough fabric for everything you plan.
Cutting a T-shirt
We take scissors and, without an iota of unnecessary doubt, cut our T-shirt into four parts. The front and back will be used as the main fabric for sewing the pillowcase together, and the sleeves will later become decorative elements, from which we will form original drawings.
We cut out 2 rectangles - 38 x 55 cm and many strips 2-3 cm wide. Of course, if you have a smaller T-shirt, then you can make smaller rectangles and, accordingly, cut fewer strips.
Drawing on the pillow
After the strips are cut into the fabric, you can apply a custom design similar to the one shown in the photo below. We take a strip cut from the sleeve and stretch it, while the edges of the strip curl inward, you get a very interesting effect. We pin this strip to the rectangular fabric, fix it with needles and begin sewing.
Ruffles
When the strips have already been sewn into certain places, it became clear that to complete the overall picture, some unusual diluting element must appear, such an element we will have frills. There will not be many of them, but they will allow you to complete the process and add unusualness to the overall picture. How to make them becomes clear from the picture below.
Sew it together
Now all we have left to do is sew the two halves of the rectangles together and fill the middle of the pillow with a material that is convenient for you, which is in the house.
Ready pillow
Well, that's all. The pillow is ready, it attracts the attention of both children and adults. And the process of its manufacture is simple and quite fast. You no longer need to throw away T-shirts or fill your closet with them; now they can bring usefulness and comfort to your home.
Even bedrooms from Italy Trend, Magic, La Star from Camelgroup can be additionally equipped with such pillows. The main thing is to find a suitable design, a T-shirt of suitable quality, and you can get creative at any moment, spending time profitably and really saving your household budget.
Interesting video.
You can also make rugs from T-shirts. See how.
Stylish pillow, isn't it? But it is made from ordinary men's T-shirts with prints and different colors. It turns out that sewing a pillow with your own hands is very easy, and you don’t need any special sewing talents or handicraft skills.
So, we bring to your attention a master class on how to sew original pillow from T-shirts with your own hands.
It is advisable to buy men's T-shirts https://xoxshop.ru/catalog/muzhskie-futbolki-i-majki with drawings and inscriptions. Cotton, jersey, or knit T-shirts are best for making this craft. The work will be done using the patchwork technique, so you will need 10-15 T-shirts depending on the size of the design.
To make it you will need:
Men's T-shirts
padding polyester
scissors
thread/needle/sewing machine
Manufacturing process
1. Cut out the patterned fabric pieces (along with back side T-shirts) square/rectangular. Figure out how the scraps should be placed on the future pillow.
2. Place padding polyester between all the blanks. It is advisable to use thinner padding polyester.
3. Make several curly seams on top of the workpiece using a sewing machine.
4. Sew the finished squares and rectangles together into one product.
5. Already on finished product Use scissors to make fringe.
Decorative pillow made from T-shirts is ready! You can enjoy the result of your creativity. Agree, the manufacturing process is simple, and in the end the product impresses with its originality. A couple of pillows in the same style are enough to enliven and decorate the interior of a living room or children's room.
Prepared by Maryana Chornovil
Today we will tell you a creative and interesting method for recycling old or unwanted clothes, and more specifically knitted T-shirts. Just imagine that you can make very beautiful, soft and warm rugs from unnecessary clothes, decorative pillows, cozy poufs and even bags. Fluffy rugs are ideal for the bathroom or rooms; the rugs are easy to wash and dry quickly. And if you decide to make a cover for a pillow or pouf from old T-shirts, then it is better to make it removable. So, let's stock up on old T-shirts and get to work!
How to do fluffy rug from old T-shirts
We will need:
- old knitted T-shirts,
- scissors,
- base - a pillowcase for a pillow, an ordinary pouf bag or a piece of fabric for a rug,
- sewing machine
Children's T-shirts that the child has already outgrown are perfect for remaking. First, cut the knitted T-shirt into strips about 1-3 cm wide, about 10-20 cm long, depending on how long you want to make the pile of the rug.
When the strips are cut, pull them in different directions so that their edges are rounded.
Then sew these strips onto the base fabric as tightly as possible. Make the seam exactly in the middle of the knitted strips
In this simple way you can make a fluffy rug from old T-shirts
If you don’t pull the stripes in different directions, you’ll get this rug texture
A rug made from old T-shirts will please your pets
If you don't want to sew, knitted T-shirts can be tied to plastic mesh, which can be purchased at a hardware store.
From old T-shirts you can make not only fluffy rugs, but also cozy poufs
Stylish decorative pillows of various shapes and colors
Old knitted T-shirts can be turned into unusual bags
And even the skin of a bear
As you can see, making a fluffy rug from old T-shirts is not at all difficult, so call your little helpers and entrust them, for example, with cutting strips - let them also feel like masters and enjoy the result with you! Good luck in your crafting and creative inspiration!
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