Follow Your Passion: A Seamless Tumblr Journey
Or pyjamas! Soft soft bedsheets would feel so cosy :3
Hello! I love your blog. Do you happen to have any ideas on what I could do with old sheets? The fitted has a large rip, beyond my ability to repair, but most of the fabric is fine. The matching flat sheet is in good shape. Unfortunately, every idea list I've found recommends making clothes, and the sheets are so faded and stained that I couldn't wear any clothes made from them. Still, the fabric is soft and (mostly) strong and I don't want it to go to waste!
Fabric's fabric! You can reuse them for whatever project requires fabric. If the sheets are clean and in good condition and the fibre type allows for it, you can always try to hide the stains by dyeing them.
Use them for projects that don't require pretty fabric otherwise, like reusable cleaning rags, stuffing, pet toys, linings that will never see the light of day, items that will get stained anyway like aprons,... Or you could turn them into clothes you only wear when doing dirty chores like gardening, cleaning, painting, car maintenance,...
Fabric types
Basic hand sewing stitches
Hand sewing needles
Knitting 101
Embroidery 101
Visible mending
Crafting on the cheap
How to fix sewing machine issues
Yarn types
Clothing fasteners
Circular knitting
So you want to buy a sewing machine? (by Runeberry)
Sewing vocabulary
Introduction to bead embroidery
Embroidery stitches database (by Chanceyknits)
Yarn bowl alternatives
How to sew buttons
Disability aid tutorials
How to DIY custom patches
Make some pocket extenders for your pants (by Quixiify)
How to darn holes in woven fabrics (by Delicatefury)
How to mend holes in the thigh area of jeans
How to make buttonholes (machine+hand)
How to make pockets
How to use a seam ripper
Three knitting bind-offs
How to sew a zipper
Bias tape 101
How to thread a needle
Interchangeable circular knitting needles
Patching a hole (by Bronzeagecrafts)
Knitted picot edging on button band
Making paper (by Ofmushroomsandmoss)
How to use dye plants (by Toadstoolgardens)
Game sprites and pixel-based crafts
Hand-sewing: how to start and how to finish
Tailoring masculine clothes with Stylish D
Weaving in ends to finish a knitting project
How to mend torn belt loops
How to knit buttonholes
How to bind a neckline with bias tape
How to hem your jeans
How to sew a rolled hem
Two ways to make your shirt bigger
Tailoring terms explained
How to upsize a sweatshirt with front and back panels
How to make bottlecap pins (by Coveredinredpaint)
18th century buttonholes (by Vinceaddams)
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