textiles 3101
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Textiles 3101. Redesigning and Recycling. Redesigning a Garment. Redesigning is making alterations to your garment Change the garment so that its more fashionable or has an exciting new look You can do this numerous ways- examples... Lengthening/Shortening Hems Altering seams Dying . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TEXTILES 3101Redesigning and Recycling
Redesigning a Garment Redesigning is making alterations to your
garment Change the garment so that its more
fashionable or has an exciting new look You can do this numerous ways-
examples... Lengthening/Shortening Hems Altering seams Dying
Recycling a Garment Recycling a garment - finding a new used for it
in your wardrobe or home Examples:
Pass a garment on to someone else Use the fabric in another way Reuse the fibres
Recycling is a very responsible things- personally and environmentally Natural fibres have to be grown on land- often from
animals. With a huge world population, demands are being put on land and animals
Why you should Recycle Recycling is a very responsible things-
personally and environmentally Natural fibres have to be grown on land- often
from animals. With a huge world population, demands are being put on land and animals
Synthetic fibres depend on many different materials as well as large amount of energy to create the fibres and then fabrics
Examples Made from Jeans (pockets) and a pillow
case
A wool sweater.... Into a dog sweater!
Old t-shirts turned into dog toys
Sweater turned into leg warmers...
Old clothes into garland....
Redesign your jeans by adding new fabric
Pyjamas into pillows....
Socks into toys....
Tank top into Crop top
Jeans into a skirt
T-shirt into a fringed tote bag
T-shirts into tote bags- no sew
Redesigning a sweater....
Jeans into a pillow...
Dress shirt into a baby dress...
Our next Recycle Project T-shirt tote bags Should take one or two classes See if you have an used t-shirts at home
you can part with. The better looking your tee is, the better your tote bag will be!
Today’s Work Complete power point questions Complete handout
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