Practically in every home there are a lot of old and unnecessary things that are often a pity to throw away - be it worn, but once beloved jeans or a blanket, a lampshade for a lamp or a table inherited from a grandmother. Having shown a little imagination and patience, you can make interesting things with your own hands from these items that will favorably decorate the interior of your home. In addition, the completed craft can be an original and exclusive gift for your friends and family.
Opening the closet
You can start looking for old handicraft items from your wardrobe. Surely somewhere on the far shelf there is an old favorite T-shirt or a worn sweater. Don't clutter your closet with things you don't use. Just give your rare jeans or blouse a new life!
Pants turn… into elegant shorts
Do-it-yourself items will create a unique image and emphasize style. Worn jeans can be easily recycled into summer shorts. For this you will need:
- scissors;
- rhinestones;
- lace;
- a little fantasy.
Measure the length of the jeans and mark the border where you will cut off the excess material. Try to carefully cut the fabric along the dotted line. Do not throw away the trousers themselves. They will come in handy for the next craft. Now decorate the bottom of the shorts with lace, carefully tasting it. Pockets can be decorated with rhinestones. Thus, a new and exclusive thing has been learned.
Denim crafts. Master class
The leftover pants can be crafted into one of the following items:
- mini handbag (you will also need a cream-colored strap);
- sofa pillow;
- hot stand;
- mobile phone case;
- ebook cover.
These handmade things will be very useful in everyday life. To create a hot stand we need:
- 20 identical denim strips (15-20cm each) cut from leg;
- lace;
- threads;
- scissors;
- sewing machine.
All denim strips are laid in a braid pattern. Each horizontal row is stitched (10 times in total). The resulting square is cut off at the edges to make them more even. In order for the craft to look neat, braid or lace is sewn around the perimeter. Fancy stand is ready!
Taking care of the printed word
If you're an avid reader and used to keeping your books organized, make a denim cover for them. Despite the fact that this craft requires a minimum of effort, you will receiveamazing result!
Materials:
- trouser leg (preferably with a back pocket);
- glue;
- scissors;
- thread with a needle;
- book.
Measure the amount of material needed for the cover. To do this, lay the open book on the jeans and mark a dotted line for the cut, leaving 5 cm as an allowance. Wrap the book in a cut-out blank, sew the edges well. Decorate the cover with a denim pocket, sequins, rhinestones - whatever you want. Trim the edges of the cover with lace or ribbon.
Fancy decor
You can also make interesting things with your own hands and profitably change the interior of the room, giving it originality. Those who have accumulated a lot of buttons can be advised to make simple, but very creative things for the house, such as:
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DIY household items Interior curtain. A cute curtain made of buttons will look great in the country house or in the children's room. To do this, you need a fishing line and a lot of buttons. In addition to an unusual curtain, you can decorate photo frames with buttons or glue a panel of beads on the wall.
- You can also create a chic gift in the form of a homemade watch from buttons! You just need to prepare 12 bright and large elements of different colors, a clockwork (you can take it out of an old alarm clock), threads with a needle, fabric (preferably linen), a wooden base (you can take ordinary hoops - round or square). On the canvas, fixed in the base, buttons are sewn in a circle, having previously fixedin the middle of the clockwork diy.
- If, in addition to buttons, you have a lot of beads and large beads, try making a candlestick. You can buy ready-made as a base and then decorate it, or take a small jar and work with it already. Buttons choose translucent, the same size.
New interesting DIY crafts can also be made from discs that have become unusable. It can be both Christmas decorations that even a child can easily make, as well as household items: chandeliers, curtains, jewelry boxes and much more. A lamp made of CDs looks very stylish and unusual. In order to fasten them together, you need to stock up on staples or metal rings. The holes in the discs must be done with a screwdriver.
These handmade items from old things look very beautiful and unusual.
In the shop for craftswomen
Interesting things with your own hands can be made using special material that is sold in any needlework store. This can be yarn, a base for embroidery with a pattern, special paper, etc. This material is intended for practicing certain types of needlework: macrame, patchwork, decoupage, quilling, etc. Knowing the basics of working in this area, you can perform unusual crafts. A master class of this kind of classes is presented below.
Collecting the shreds
Interesting and veryRecently, patchwork has become a popular type of needlework (translated from English means “work with a patchwork”). From scraps of fabric, skilled needlewomen create real masterpieces of art: blankets, rugs, carpets and even curtains. In order for the work to turn out to be of really high quality, it is necessary to select fabrics that are similar in texture. It is also desirable that the patchwork pattern is in harmony with each other. It is necessary to cut out pieces of fabric, taking into account allowances - from 0.5 to 1 cm. The cutting of the material is carried out along the longitudinal thread. Wash and iron the fabric first to prevent shrinkage. The material can only be drawn with soap, pencil or chalk, but not with a pen - there is a risk of marks on the front of the product.
Quilt "Spring Mood"
For manufacturing, you need to prepare:
- green, pink, yellow, orange and blue fabric;
- soap, chalk or pencil, ruler;
- template - square 6 x 6 cm, rectangles 24 x 6 and 12 x 6 cm;
- scissors;
- sewing machine;
- piece of fabric 111 x 83 cm (for the wrong side of the product);
- synthetic winterizer.
Prepare the fabric: wash, dry and iron. Lay out the prepared cardboard templates on the material. Cut out 12 squares of pink, blue, green and yellow, leaving a 1 cm allowance. In addition, you will need 60 squares of the same size but in different colors. With them you will sheathe a blanket around the perimeter. Prepare 24 strips 24 cm long and 6 cm wide ofdifferent fabrics and 24 strips of 12 cm of the same width.
Start sewing: take 4 squares of 6 cm in different colors and sew them together. Then sew 4 strips of the same color along the perimeter of the resulting product: 2 short strips on the sides, 2 long strips on top and bottom. In the same way, collect all the other squares. Sew the resulting products together. You should get 4 large squares in length and 3 in width.
The next step is to sew squares (set aside 60 pieces) around the perimeter of the blanket. The order of their arrangement by color is completely up to your imagination. It is now necessary to sew a fabric measuring 83 x 111 cm to the blanket (3 cm per allowance). Connect the 2 sides to each other with the right side inward. After you have sewn 3 sides, turn the product inside out and stuff with padding polyester. Then carefully join the 4th edge (by machine or by hand). A soft and beautiful blanket is ready!
In the same way, you can sew potholders and blankets. Creative things (with your own hands), the photos of which are presented in this article, bring warmth and comfort! Try them yourself.
Crafts… from food
You can even make things for the home with your own hands from food: various cereals, pasta, dough and even sweets. With a little imagination, you can make paintings, pendants and even watches! Buckwheat or rice must be glued to PVA glue on a pre-prepared template. Groats can be painted - and the picture will sparkle with all colors. Involve your child in the work - it will help himdevelop fine motor skills and imaginative thinking. In order to create a panel for the kitchen, you can use coffee beans. You can also make other interesting things with your own hands from this material, for example, a chic bonsai tree that will delight you and others with its original look.
Piece of the East
To create a bonsai tree you will need:
- balloon;
- PVA glue;
- brown threads (slightly thicker than nylon);
- thick branch;
- flower pot;
- pebbles.
The balloon must be tightly wrapped with a thread dipped in glue, set aside. The workpiece should dry for at least 4-5 hours. Next, the balloon must be pierced and carefully removed. On the remaining base, planted on a harvested branch, you need to glue the coffee beans. The branch should be strengthened in a flower pot using pebbles. A beautiful tree is ready!
Now you know that making things for the house with your own hands is interesting and useful!
