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DIY CLOTHES....IF YOU'RE CREATIVE!
hi i've found a bunch of RANDOM unwanted clothes in my closet (a denim jacket, a cheap renasance dress costume, silver sequin gaucho pants thing, a mini tennis skirt type thing(gray).....) what are some good ideas of what i could do with these?
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Well, coming from experience..when i went through my closet and found used, but awesome things that other people i know would love-i went online and sold them on EBAY and it was great! i sold some things together, like a few tank tops all sized the same or shorts all the same size and some separate like old cell phone covers etc..but its easy to do..very easy...if you want to know step by step how to do this let me know and ill write you more indepth :-) Also, if you are unsure of what to sell the item for, search in ebay for the item you want to sell(ie-if youre selling a jean skirt..look up 'jean skirt' and see what price others are selling it for now..people like a price better than the competitor)..hope this helps!
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I love making purses and pillows out of old clothes. You just take the fabric from an old wron out t-shirt and cut off the bottom (the part that covers your belly). Just sew the open part closed and add a handle. Decorate the bag with scraps of fabric, letters cut out from magazines to spell out words, ribbons, pins, and whatever you can find. Its best to sew these things on, but a hot glue gun works well to put buttons and stuff on. You could also turn them into pillows which turn out looking SOOO cute.
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Donate them to like salvation army, or a place like that.
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good will, salvation army, garage sell..
♥evy
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send them to good will
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i would either donate them or you could sign up on ebay and make some extra money.
hope i helped!
kathryn
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Donate, or create your own look by clipping or sewing.
Set aside some time to go through your closet and/or dresser and pull out anything you are tired of, hate, or never wear. Put these clothes into a pile (or a box if you are super neat).
Pick one item at a time to recycle (or re-vamp) and find one thing you like about it. Maybe it has super fabric, a great print, or the style is awesome. If you can't find anything good about it, put it aside for now and choose something else.
Decide if you can embellish it in some way to spice it up (paint, beads, extra fabric, trim, lengthen it, etc.) or if you can deconstruct it into something else (take off sleeves, shorten it, slash it for peek-a-boo effect with fabric underneath or without, iron on a transfer that you printed from your computer, etc). Maybe you can dye it a different color (or colors).
Look on the internet and in magazines for inspiration and how-to's. Some terms to do searches on are "deconstructed clothing" and "D.I.Y." (do-it-yourself). Great sites are listed below, too, but don't forget to look on your own - there are lots of ideas and how-to's out there!
Learn to sew, but if you're really bad with crafty things, don't despair! Try alternative methods like using safety pins instead of sewing, for example. You can probably get help from a friend or a relative that sews if you ask.
Sell or give away the items that you absolutely can't find anything you like about them or think of anything to do with them.
Have fun! Make something that is uniquely yours and that you just love. Then when someone gives you a compliment, or asks you where you got that amazing shirt/dress/etc., proudly say "I made it myself!"
Tips
Focusing on one item at a time helps you to actually complete what you start and doesn't make you feel overwhelmed.
Don't do too much to an item. Less is usually more for embellishment and making things too short or with too many holes is not in good taste.
If you are not sure you will like the result, practice on something else so you don't regret it.
You can get fabric cheap in remnant bins at places like Wal-mart and also from other clothes you either have around or get from thrift stores or garage/yard/rummage/car boot sales.
If you don't like what you did or think it isn't good enough, first check to make sure you aren't being too hard on yourself and then try to figure out what you could have done differently to make it better. If you still don't like it, maybe you can fix it or even recycle it further.
Start out with easy projects and work your way up to more complex ones if you are not confident at first.
Warnings
Use protective equipment when using tools or machinery and obey safety rules (goggles when hammering in grommets for example).
Watch out for your friends because 9 times out of 10, they are going to love what you made or did and will want you to do it for them! Better to show them how to do it themselves (give them the link to this article) than to spend all your time on their clothes when you could be doing your own!
This can get addicting (but it's fun and not too expensive) so always be on the lookout for new clothes to recycle!
Things You'll Need
Clothes
Time
Optional: Sewing machine or needle and thread, scissors, beads, paint, iron on transfer paper for your printer, basically general crafting items and tools.
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Well, if you can sew, you can do something crazy and make something you want/need/like out of them. Like you could make a purse or something. That's always fun.
Or of course if you don't have any use for them then you can just bring them down to your closest Goodwill (or Salvation Army) who sells the stuff cheap (or gives it to homeless people)
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