Reuse Your Old Shirts To Make These Amazing Crafts

Creative women find a new use for every kind of disposable item they see around the house. Clothes, in this sense, can be an excellent alternative. Reuse old shirts and shape the most useful crafts with the following tips.

How often do we feel deeply sorry that a shirt no longer fits us or has ripped? Unfortunately, faced with these situations, there is no other remedy than to throw them away. Or is there?

Below, we  list some new uses you can give to shirts you no longer wear. Don’t worry, they are simple handicrafts that you can use on a daily basis.

Reuse old shirts to make the following crafts

1. Cushion Covers

It’s a great way to breathe new life into your old clothes. All you need to do is get a pillow, preferably white, and put it over your shirt.

Then  cut out a piece of fabric in the shape of the pillow; leave 8 to 10 centimeters left on each side. Then cut these left edges into rectangle-shaped strips. This will allow you to join the two sides of the cover together with single knots.

Reuse old shirts to make beautiful pillows that match your sheets, sofas and curtains. The best part is that they are simple… if you want you need to sew!

2. Shopping bags

Have you ever thought that you can make shopping bags out of shirts or t-shirts you no longer wear? It’s very simple and you get very satisfactory results.

First, cut out the bottom of the garment and set this piece of fabric aside. Then cut off the neck and sleeves as well.

Then, with the piece of fabric that you have reserved, you should fasten the bottom of the shirt. If you are knowledgeable about the proper techniques, you can add a seam at the bottom to reinforce your strength. However, if it fastens well, it should have no problems transporting light objects.

3. Bracelets

With this simple trick, your shirts can go from something that has been charging your body for a long time to something that decorates your wrist. How is it done? First, you must cut strips from your shirt. It’s best if you have more than one color or if you wear more than one shirt so you can get multi-colored bracelets.

Then, stretch the 3 or 6 strips well – this will depend on your ability to braid them straight away or how wide you prefer – and make one or two knots at one end. This same end should hold it with a heavy object, and then make the braids that will form the bracelet.

Finally, you  can place a magnet at each end and cover it with a fabric. If you prefer something simpler, choose to add threads to make a knot that allows you to tie the bracelet.

In addition to this use, you can also reuse this type of clothing to make hair collections. Of course, it will be informal; but they will help give you a more casual, truly colorful and carefree look.

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4. Carpets

Yes, your favorite shirt today can become your rug tomorrow. While painful, this fact is really good news.

Many shirts have beautiful designs, so throwing them away would be a waste. To avoid this loss, reuse old shirts to make very original pillows. The steps to follow are as follows:

1. Cut the bottom  of one or more disused shirts.
2. Without making a permanent cut, turn and continue cutting, as if you were peeling an orange. There should be only one long strip per shirt.
3. Stretch them to lengthen them  and bring all the strips together to make a knot at one end.
4. From there,  braid the strips until you finish them all together.
5. Place them circularly, in the shape of a snail.
6. Finally, sew from the center outwards,  joining each braid with the next.

The more shirts you use, the more designs you can get. Remember to vary the colors and designs and try to use thicker shirts  to achieve greater consistency and strength in the rug.

As we’ve highlighted here, there’s no reason to get rid of old clothes. With some creativity, they can serve many other decorative purposes.