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

Portfolio requirement #6