Remaking old things or how to bring them back to life

Remaking old things into new ones is very exciting. If you are afraid that you do not have enough skill to create truly worthwhile things, then you are mistaken. In most cases, no special skills and special tools are required. Turn on the fantasy and remember the needlework lessons at school. You will succeed.

Transformations from old things. Decoration from leather

If you have old leather gloves or bags, you can use them to create very original and stylish accessories.

To begin with, we will slightly update the worn and worn leather product with the help of ordinary castor oil. Apply a little oil on the cotton swab and wipe the old thing to give it a noble shine. Now let's try to make leather florets, which can later be used to create brooches, beads and bracelets.

Remaking old things can significantly save the budget, because such jewelry in stores cost a lot of money.

• Draw on the sheet of thick paper three flowers, the same shape, but different in size. Your patterns should be literally half a centimeter from each other.
• We transfer the pattern to the skin.
• Cut out our flowers. Flowers of each size should be two. At this stage, you can also make holes with an awl in the middle of each flower for later binding them together.
• Now we have to fry our preparations. We heat the frying pan to the maximum temperature and lay out the leather flowers. It is not necessary to pour oil. From the heat, the petals of the flowers will be curled inwards. The longer you hold the product in a frying pan, the stronger it is deformed.
• We fasten all blanks to each other with the help of glue or thread. From the bottom we have the largest patterns. Decorate the core of the flower can beads and beads. For joints, use the prepared holes.
• Having arranged such a flower on a special pin, which you can buy in the store, we will get a magnificent brooch. Also, a leather flower can serve as a bead pendant.

Remaking old things: we create designer clothes and shoes

One of the favorite items of the wardrobe of all needlewomen is all kinds of jerseys and T-shirts. Knitwear is simple enough to work and often does not require complicated finishes.

If you have an old and long T-shirt in your closet, make a stylish dress out of it. You will need only a pair of nail scissors and a little patience. Cut small circles around the surface of the shirt. In the end, wash the finished product in hot water so that the edges of the slices curl. As a result, you will receive an original dress or tunic, which should be worn over a shirt with a contrasting color.

From an old shirt it's easy to make a fashionable top. Cut off the top of the shirt along the line on which the sleeves end. Now bend the resulting edge and stitch it on the machine, leaving the empty space inside. It remains only to insert a wide rubber band into the groove obtained. Remaking old things in most cases does not take much time.

But the fashionable summer version of the shoe does not require any significant expenses from you. A similar model of Shredded Converse costs about $ 150, you can create it absolutely for free. Manicure scissors need to make longitudinal incisions along the lateral surface of the shoe. Leave the back of the whole. You can also cut the tongue completely, and insert ribbons instead of laces.

Remaking old things into interior objects

Old hours can be completely transformed. Get the clockwork, and the body itself can be created from anything. Old disks, vinyl records and even bicycle parts will do. The main thing is to connect the body to the mechanism, and the further decor depends only on your imagination.

Is there a lot of tubes, bottles and jars full of lids in your house? Do not rush to throw them away. It is easy to create a picture from the lids. To do this, you can print the image you like, and on top with glue attach the caps of the required diameter and color. Over time, you will learn how to create large canvases with complex patterns.