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martedì 20 dicembre 2016

JEANS PACKAGING!








What do you think about using something of alternative to paper for christmas package?
You could reuse it and don't trow it away.



WHAT YOU NEED: a piece of jeans pants, one needle, a cotton thread a little thicker than usual, pins, one tailor's chalk, a cutter, pantyhoses. 


I started  cutting a piece of jeans pants.




I removed the stitched parts...



...and I clumped the two parts of  jeans leg by pins.



I stitched the two longer sides and only one shorter side by needle and thread.



I bent the shorter side to make the base of the little sack.



I pinned the corners to the long sides.



I marked by tailor's chalk some points to cut...



...and the sack body is made.



Let's make the strips to close the little sack.
I cutted some pantyhose strips...




...and I realized two braids, each long about 80 cm.





I inserted them in the cuts. Each braid into each side of sack.



Fill the sack with the gift..
...and wish HAPPY LONG-LASTING CHRISTMAS!


venerdì 9 dicembre 2016

THE SOCKMAN


Have you got old socks, shirts or leggins? we tought to decorate our Christmas with little snowmen!


WE NEED:
old socks or leggings, old shirts, fabric tapes, styrofoam balls of two different size, toothpicks, one neddle, cotton or polyester thread, buttons, one orange fabric strip.


I inserted a toothpick in the bigger styrofoam ball...




...and in the smaller styrofoam ball too.


I cut the leggings a little bit longer than my snowman structure.



I clumped the leggings fabric by a pin. I worked on the wrong side of fabric...


...and I sewed it.


I made the same on the other side.


I cut two circle shape to make a painter hat.


I sewed them together and I refined the hat.


With a fabric strip I made the scarf cutting the hems in many vertical strips.


I used a piece of orange fabric strip for the nose and the buttons for the eyes and the mouth.


I used a leggins ring as base of the snowman.


I realized two snowmen...

....ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS!

giovedì 24 novembre 2016

venerdì 4 novembre 2016

A little gift from pazzaspazzatura



Are your hair unruly? Cai and Nero suggest to use a little bit of music!...obviously recycling!!!

lunedì 22 agosto 2016

RECYCLING JEANS!

Have you got old and unfashionable jeans?
Don't trow them away!


YOU NEED: one jeans, another fabric you like, two buttons, cotton, needles, scissors, sewing machine, tailor's chalk, tailor meter.


Cut off the jeans's legs.
Try to be accurate helping the tailor meter and the tailor's chalk.



Unstitch one of the back pockets and replace it with one of a different fabbric.






I used a very thin fabric, so I had to thicken it with a layer of cotton.


Cut two strips from the same fabic used for the pocket...


...and join them to the hem of jeans's legs.
 I sewed them on the other side, to make the cuffs.



Add two more little strips creating a sort of  buttonhole, so you can enbellish the cuffs with buttons and, if you like, some belt loops.



DONE! 
My old jeans and my new denim shorts!


venerdì 12 agosto 2016

SEA FLIP FLOP

BORED BY THE USUAL FLIP FLOP?


What you need: a pair of flip flop and nylon tights to recycle.
   

METHOD:


Cut the legs of the nylon tight into strips.


Wrap and tie the strip around the strap.


Go on for both straps.



Try to hide the nylon strip down itself.

LET'S MAKE THE SEA ANIMALS




Draw some simple shapes.


Cut into two equal nylon pieces 





 Close the parts by needle and cotton.


Fill the shape by little nylon scraps and close it.
Use some buttons to create the eyes.

U can make different little animals. Have fun with your fantasy!







If you like you ca use a pin or stitch the little animals to the flip flop.





HAVE A NICE SUMMER!