Five fabulous facts on Refashioning or Upcycled fashion

Your favourite pair of jeans does not fit you anymore?

Are you tired of the backdated designs?

Willing to upgrade your old clothes?

Get rid of your worries as the following five facts are just for you! 

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Revamp your closet and render it a trend setting appeal. These golden tips on up-cycling will help you retain that old touch to your fresh new apparels.

Now let’s delve into the magical refashioning tips!

•    After sewing a garment, a lot of leftover fabric is recovered. One can reuse the fabric length for cutting out patterns.
•      It’s advisable not to cut or alter any such item which someone else can re-use by just mending a little bit. While thrift shopping, always go for such apparels have tiny ripped portions, missing buttons or broken zipper. The shop will get some small revenue for something that they would not have been able to resell. Plus, the apparel got prevented from ending up in landfill.
•  There are some garments that are manufactured of premium grade textiles but they might have lost their bright hues and original colour in the course of time. In that case, one can re-dye that garment to render a brand new colour to it. This will not only brighten up the dull garment but make it more appealing as well.
•    While altering a garment, always chalk out the main portions or focal designs which you want to keep intact. Sketch out the explorations for the new garment before executing.
•        At times, the thrifted dress is difficult to refashion, but it might have some beautiful raised embroideries which can be cut out and used as applique for some other apparels. Or maybe the buttons or zipper.

 

Hope these super simple yet effective tips come handy while upcycling your garments.