A brand new -closet to decor- DIY project for old faded garments to start the year...!
I have a thing for not throwing away stuff. So a few old kurtas and table cloths which were completely exhausted but loved all the same -for one reason or the other, get reinvented over one weekend. Since I am no expert with the sewing machine, it helped that the project did not require one to be perfect.
The Recyclables:
Old kurtas table cloths and an old curtain..
The garments were chosen based on a broad color scheme I wanted to follow for the bed-spread. They were then dismembered into same sized squares and put together strip by strip until we finally have a Indian block print meets Chinese and Japanese vegetable dyed batik meets pin-tuck story..!
Here is the shabby chic boho inspired results.. You like?!
Although not pictured here, the sheet has been backed with a plain navy blue casement fabric from an old curtain .
While cutting the squares and assembling the scraps here are the few things I tried to keep in mind:
~ Cut equal sized squares form all over the garment, sleeves and interface included.
~ Join scraps of similar colored/ patterned fabric from the trims to extract the maximum use out of the garments.
~ retain the full motif of large prints without wasting fabric to the extent possible.
~ Try not to repeat the same fabric twice in a row .
~ go over each row twice with the machine or better still interlock if you can ( I do not have the interlocking feature on my machine )
~ try to be neat. ( even with all the striving to be neat, the result is uneven in this case, but focus while working helped!)
I had a great time putting this one together. You like ? !! Do share simple ideas of your own to recycle and reuse old things...
