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Spring is very soon, which means it's time to get jackets and coats out of the closet. But if you are tired of your old coat over the past season, then now is the time to prepare it for spring and remake it into a new stylish thing with your own hands. We have already talked about fashion trends on coats in the spring of 2017, and now let's see how you can bring fashion ideas to life.

Clothing prints are very popular now. This season, designers have presented a variety of coats adorned with floral, abstract and animal prints.

photos from fashion shows for inspiration

If you want to decorate an old coat with a modern animal print, then nothing could be easier. And even special drawing skills are not required.

- acrylic paints for brown, black and green fabrics

You don't even need a brush, you can do it with your fingers! Use your fingers to apply acrylics to your coat or raincoat and let dry. It is better to print not on all coats, but on individual parts that you want to highlight, for example, on the sleeves or lapels.

Military is a huge trend in the fashion world and especially it touched outerwear. It will be very simple to remake an old coat into a fashionable military-style coat, the main thing is to know the main attributes of this style. And they are: large metal buttons, rivets and other metal fittings, lacing, braid and other trimmings.

To remake a military-style coat with your own hands, you will need:

- metal buttons. In the photo in the master class below, the girl suggests simply painting the buttons with gold paint, but this is not necessary, because it is easier to buy buttons made of metal or imitating it. You can choose any metal: gold, silver, copper.

Sew on the new buttons on the coat instead of the old ones. Not all buttons have to be functional, some may have a purely decorative function. Tape the hem of the sleeve. The tape can also be sewn to hem, shoulders or pockets.

Video master class on creating this coat

An old coat can be updated slightly by shortening the sleeve and finishing with a satin flyer hem. How to do this, see the photo below.

Decorating a coat with rhinestones and beads or embroidery on a coat has remained in trends for several seasons in a row. They do not lose their relevance, because they always look beautiful and will decorate any coat.

I bring to your attention two master classes on altering an old coat and decorating it with rhinestones. For this decor you will need rhinestones, which you can buy at any hand-made or fabric store. Rhinestones can be sewn on or glued on. If you do not plan to wash your coat or expose it to other mechanical stress, then adhesive rhinestones are quite suitable for you.

In the first master-lkass, the girl decorated the collar and pocket with large rhinestones.

A very simple way to quickly remake a coat into a new one is to decorate it with lace. Lace can be either contrasting or matching the fabric of the coat. For example, a small master class on decorating coat sleeves with lace. The desired lace pattern is carefully sewn onto the coat by hand.

Long vests and sleeveless coats came into fashion several seasons ago and will continue to stay with us in the coming spring. This coat slims, and is also a great alternative to boring twists and raincoats.

Making such a coat with your own hands is very simple.

- an old jacket or just a fabric matching the lining for processing the armhole of the sleeve

If you do not want to redo an old thing, but you want to get a new one, then neoprene comes to the rescue. This fabric is very easy to work with, does not fringe and at the same time keeps its shape perfectly, so even those who have never held a needle in their hands can sew a coat from it.It will take a little time for such a coat, but the result will please. Choose neoprene in the colors that are relevant this spring, the girl in the photo chose pink and was not mistaken.

Open your coat. Any item of yours will do for a pattern.

Sew the seams. Since you are working with neoprene, you do not need to trim the edges.

And the last fashionable trick for today regarding coat decor is the collar. If you don't want to sew and glue anything, but you want to renew your coat, then just buy a fur collar. These collars are not only in fashion this season, they can also give a completely new look to your coat. Miniature collars (boas) or voluminous fur collars are in fashion. Such an acquisition will not hit the budget either, because artificial fur is in fashion.

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Probably, many are familiar with the situation when a favorite thing looks good and fits perfectly to the figure, but you cannot wear it, because the lock has broken. However, this is not at all a reason to carry the product in the atelier, and even more so to get rid of it. Replacing a zipper even in a rather complex product is within the power of any woman who knows how to sew at least a little.

An example of such a repair is, for example, replacing a lock in a woman's insulated coat. Such a work plan will take only a couple of hours of free time. And you will also need to purchase a new zipper that matches the length, as well as threads in the color of the main material.

Before starting work, you should carefully study the processing technology of the fastener in your product.

In this case, one part of the zipper is stitched onto the shelf together with a decorative narrow strip. The other is inserted between the decorative strip and the plastron (or it is also called the "windbreak strip").

Using a ripper on a narrow decorative strip, you should unseal the line with which the zipper is stitched to the shelf.

On the second shelf, the lock should be completely whipped. To make it easier to get to this seam, the nearest seam on the lining of the product should be ripped up - this can be a relief or a side seam.

A new lock should be placed under the trim strip and hand-stitched to the ledge.

The second part of the lock should be swept over the finishing strip.

Then, along the edge of the zipper tape, it is necessary to lay an auxiliary machine stitch, and remove the threading.

After that, a plastron should be attached to the decorative strip with a stitched zipper. For convenience, parts can be pinned together or swept away with hand stitches.

Then it is necessary to lay the finishing machine stitch along the narrow finishing strip. After sewing the seam, the basting threads must be removed using a seam ripper.

A finishing stitch should also be laid along the seam of the stitching of the finishing strip, zipper and plastron.

Important: if there are traces on the product after unsealing the factory finishing stitches (for example, punctures from a needle), especially in prominent areas (on the shelves), a new stitch should be carried out strictly along these traces. Otherwise, it will be very noticeable that the product was being repaired.

After the zipper is sewn in, the lining of one of the coat sleeves should be ripped up. Through this hole it is necessary to turn out the lining in the place where the side seam or relief was ripped open and sew it up.

Then you need to turn the product onto your face. The hole in the sleeve lining must be stitched with a sewing machine at a distance of 1 mm from the edge.

The repair is complete! The beloved coat has begun a second life!

To a darned place was almost imperceptible, they select threads in color, thickness and quality that would correspond to the fabrics being repaired. You can pull the threads out of the hem at the seams. Darning stitches should first run along the fabric (warp) and then crosswise (weft). Start off darning it must be in a strong place, otherwise it will quickly collapse. The stitches should be fine.With a transverse passage, the needle is passed under the thread, then over it. At the edges of the darning, the thread is not pulled too tight so that the shrinkage of the thread does not tighten the fabric during washing. The rows of threads should fit snugly against one another. You can also darn on a sewing machine, which has a special device.

If the fabric is not frayed through, but only very thinned, darn along the threads, without making cross stitches.

If a piece of fabric is accidentally snatched out and it is torn at the same time along the weft and the warp, then it is necessary to darn as two separate tears.

Patches must be of the same material from which the item is sewn, or of a similar quality and color. Before applying the patch, the material must be washed and ironed so that it does not sit down later. The patch is applied to the place to be repaired, observing the direction of the weft and warp threads. If it needs to be placed near the seam, then the seam is paired, and the patch is brought into this seam with one side. Then it is swept in and after that, bending the edges, sewn with a blind seam from the front side and from the wrong side. Pull out the outline. On a rectangular patch, an oblique incision is made at all four corners to a depth of 0.5 cm. If the patch is not visible, it can be sewn on with a typewriter.

On the diaper fabrics, the patch is applied on top. To do this, the damaged area is outlined, adding 0.5 cm to each side, and the corresponding patch is cut out. Bending the edges inward, sew. On variegated materials, the pattern should match the pattern of the item being repaired.

Sheets and towels can be repaired as needed. The sheets are often wiped in the middle. They are repaired like this: they are cut in the middle along the warp thread and both halves are attached with edges, and the edges are trimmed.

Towels tend to wear out faster at the ends. The towel is cut in the middle and sewn back with worn ends. The edges of the towels are trimmed.

Jackets and trousers sometimes require minor repairs: the cuffs of sleeves and trousers wear out. The sleeve cuffs are repaired as follows: the lining is stripped off and the hem of the sleeve is carefully cut off. The ends of the sleeves and the cut strip are ironed out, the strip is sewn on, then folded inward, the lining is sewn on and ironed again. On trousers, the edges are repaired in the same way. If the braid of the trousers is frayed, it is replaced with a new one. The trouser tape has a thickened edge, which should protrude from the edge of the trousers along its entire width. If, along with the braid, the edge of the trousers themselves is rubbed, then first the bent edge of the bottom of the trousers is stripped off, cleaned of dirt and ironed. Worn places are plastered and the trousers are folded 3-5 mm above the stitching line. A new braid is sewn along the edge.

If children's trousers are worn in the back to the holes, then in order to apply a patch, they are ripped apart at the seams. Then the rectangular patches are cut, leaving 0.5 cm on each side for the seams. It is recommended to hem a satin strip on the inside of the patch, this will protect the trousers from rapid wear in the future. The finished patch is strongly ironed, smoothing its seams. And so that the braid at the bottom of the trousers does not wear out and does not get shaggy, saturate it with PVA glue.

Lace curtains are usually darned. But it takes a lot of time, and the darned places spoil the look of the curtains. It is better to soak the pieces from old curtains, corresponding to the pattern, in starch and glue the curtains from the inside out to the damaged area, and then iron them with a hot iron.

Woolen items can be repaired as follows: move the edges of the gap as close as possible, take a piece of the same cloth, spread it thickly with egg white and place it under the torn place, then iron it from the inside out with a hot iron.

The damaged area of ​​any item can be glued with BF-6 glue or other fabric glue. The prepared patch is moistened and ironed. The patch is placed under the damaged area, face up, and the outline of the flaw is outlined in chalk through the hole in the fabric.The edges of the patch should be 1–2 cm larger than the damaged area. Separately, prepare a patch for the patch, which should be 0.5–1 cm larger than the patch itself along the edge. Squeeze a little glue onto a clean glass and let it dry for 4–6 minutes. With dried glue, smear the damp cloth, the edges of the patch and the patch. The gap between the edges of the damaged item and the edges of the patch is also smeared with a thin layer of glue. The glue layer is also allowed to dry, after which it is lubricated again. The second layer is also allowed to dry, then, applying a patch smeared with glue, they fasten everything with an iron (3-4 seconds). After preliminary fastening of the patch, the thing is turned over, a damp cloth is placed on top and kept under the iron for 20 seconds. Exposure under a hot iron is repeated 2-3 times, wetting a rag.

Slit pockets wear down at the edges. To repair them, the paper clips on the pockets are stripped off, the bottom frame is unstitched, and the edging is turned onto the front side. Then it is stripped off and the worn edge is cut off. After ironing, the hem is sewn on the lower edges. The seam is ironed out. If the width of the facing is not enough and there is no spare material, then you have to use the fabric from under the bead. For the manufacture of a pocket frame during repair, a pocket flap is often used, without which the thing does not lose its appearance. The sewn edging is wrapped inside the pocket and, covering the edge of the frame, is sewn along the seam line. At the end of the repair, the paper clips are placed along the edges of the pocket, where they were previously. The burlap of the pocket, if it is worn out only in its lower part, is cut to a strong place and again sewn or extended.

The button is sewn on not pulling strongly to the material, but leaving the thread somewhat free. The "stalk" formed in this way must be wrapped several times with thread. This is done so that the loop wraps around the button loosely without pulling. Moreover, the "stalk" should be longer in denser tissue and shorter in light tissue. A button can be sewn to silk without a "stalk", not pulling the thread very tightly. When sewing buttons to outerwear, you need to put a small button or a piece of fabric on the other side - for strength.

The buttons are sewn in places where the fabric is not stretched too much. To position the sewn buttons exactly opposite each other, you must first sew the upper part of the button, make a mark on its head with chalk and press it to the opposite side. The second half of the button is sewn onto the printed place.

If the leather gloves are tight, wrap them in a damp cloth for a few hours, then put them on your hands and dry as they are.

Leather gloves sometimes fade from the inside out and get your hands dirty. Rub talcum powder on the seamy side to keep your hands clean.

To protect the white fur from yellowing, we advise you to store it in a blue bag or case in the summer.

Wear and tear on the elbows can be reduced. This is especially true for jerseys. Sew on the sleeves from the inside out with a piece of light fabric, preferably the same color. Then the lining will be wiped, not the jersey.

Do not hang woolen clothing you have just taken off in your closet. It must first be ventilated, cleaned of dust and only then hung in the closet.

Do not hang clothes on the back of a chair. From this it loses its shape. Coming from the street, immediately hang your coat or dress on a hanger. It is important that they match the shape and size of the garment. Short shoulders will stretch the sleeves, long ones will make dents on them. Dresses with a large neckline slide off any hanger, so the hanger should be covered with fabric.

Wet woolen clothing should not be dried near heating. The fabric loses its natural properties from heat.

Threads for darning in color, thickness and quality should correspond to the fabrics being repaired. They can also be pulled out of the hem at the seams. The darning stitches should be fine and go first along the share thread, and then along the weft (across).With a transverse puncture, the needle is passed under the thread, then over it. At the edges of the darning, the thread is not tightly pulled, so that when shrinking after washing, the threads do not tighten the fabric. The rows of threads should fit snugly against one another. Darning can also be done on a sewing machine with a special device. If the fabric is not frayed through, but only very thinned, the darning is laid along the share, without making cross stitches.

Patches must be of the same material from which the item is sewn, or of a similar quality and color. Before applying the patch, the material must be washed and ironed so that it does not sit down later. The patch is applied to the repaired place, combining the share and weft threads. If the patch is to be placed near the seam, the seam is paired and the patch is inserted with one side into the seam. Then it is swept in and after that, bending the edges, sewn with a blind seam from the front side and from the wrong side. Pull out the outline. On a rectangular patch in all four corners, an oblique incision is made to a depth of 0.5 cm. If the patch is not visible, you can sew it on with a typewriter.

On the diaper fabrics, the patch is applied on top. To do this, the damaged area is outlined, adding 0.5 cm to each side, and the corresponding patch is cut out. Bending the edges inward, sew. On variegated materials, the pattern should match the pattern of the item being repaired.

Damaged areas of any item can be glued with BF-6 glue or other fabric glue. The prepared patch must be moistened, ironed, placed under the damaged area with the face up and through the hole in the fabric, draw around the contour with chalk. The edges of the patch should be 1–2 cm larger than the damaged area. Separately, prepare a patch for the patch, which should be 1–0.5 cm larger than the patch itself along the edge. Apply a little glue to a clean glass and let it dry for 4–6 minutes. With dried glue, smear the damp cloth, the edges of the patch and the patch. The gap between the edges of the damaged item and the edges of the patch is also lubricated with a thin layer of glue, allowed to dry and re-lubricated. The second layer is also allowed to dry, then, applying a patch smeared with glue, they fasten everything with an iron (3-4 seconds). After preliminary fastening of the patch, the thing is turned over, a damp cloth is placed on top and kept under the iron for 20 seconds, then repeated two or three times, wetting the rag.

Fixing sheets and towels... The sheets are often wiped in the middle - they are cut along the lobar thread and both halves are sewn along the edges.

Towels tend to wear out faster at the ends. The towel is cut in the middle and sewn with worn ends. The edges are hemmed.

Blazers and trousers sometimes they require minor repairs: the cuffs of the sleeves and trousers wear out. The sleeve cuffs are repaired as follows: the lining is stripped off and the hem of the sleeve is carefully cut off. The ends of the sleeves and the cut strip are ironed out, the strip is sewn on, then folded over, the lining is sewn on and ironed again. On trousers, the edges are repaired in the same way. If the braid of the trousers is frayed, it is replaced. So that the braid on the bottom of the trousers does not wear out, it can be impregnated with PVA glue.

Lace curtains usually darned, but it takes a long time, and darned places spoil the appearance of the product. Pieces of old curtains, corresponding to the pattern, can be soaked in a starch solution and "glued" to the damaged area of ​​the curtains from the inside out, and then ironed with a hot iron.

Woolen Woven can be repaired as follows: move the edges of the gap as close as possible, take a piece of the same cloth, spread it thickly with egg white and put it under the torn place, and then iron it from the inside out with a hot iron.

Buttons sewn, leaving the thread somewhat free. The "stalk" formed in this way is wrapped with a thread several times (it should be longer on dense fabric and shorter on lightweight). A button can be sewn to silk without a "stalk" by loosely pulling the thread.Sewing buttons to outerwear, put a small button or a piece of fabric on the other side - for strength.

Buttons sewn in places where the fabric is not too tight. To position the sewn buttons exactly opposite each other, first sew the upper part of the button, make a mark on the head with chalk and press it to the opposite side. The second half of the button is sewn into place of the print.

If you need to spend Clothing repair, then in some cases repair with the help of an adhesive spider web will help you.

This method can be used when you or someone close to you, inadvertently touches, say, with the sleeve of your jacket, on a protruding nail and the fabric is, as it were, cut.

There are no holes as such on the clothes, but there is a cut that spoils the appearance of the product. What is the best way to carry out repairs so that - the product is restored and the appearance is not damaged.

The gluey spider web is what will help you in this case!

You don't need to go far for an example. The sleeve on my husband's jacket is in need of a similar repair.

To repair such cuts with the glue method, I usually do this (see photo):

1. I am preparing a rectangular piece of fabric suitable for repairing the product, slightly larger than the size of the incision. So that the patch overlaps the incision. (1,2);
2. I carefully cut off all protruding threads, give the cut a "decent" look - so that nothing sticks out, the cuts are smooth, beautiful;
3. I insert the prepared patch under the incision, as shown in photo 3, 4;
4. The incision for further processing is ready! (5);

Then I cut off a piece of glue web (either tape or wide, which is) slightly longer than the cut (6);

Gently insert the cobweb inside the incision. It turns out such a kind of layered cake: a piece of fabric - a glue spider web - the fabric of the product;

Then, combining the sections, I carefully cover it with an iron (if the properties of the fabric require it) and slowly iron it, stagnating the incision with an iron (8);

I remove the iron - all the cut is not visible, the jacket is saved (9, 10)

IMPORTANT: the difficulty is not to move the edges of the cut, but to do it very carefully. To do this, you need to carefully move the iron, not carrying it over the fabric, but raising and lowering the sole.

As you can see - simple, fast and neat! Try it.

Women are prone to change, and sometimes we are tempted to change something. Why not experiment and make a new, even more attractive out of an old thing? Many girls have their favorite coat hanging in the closet, the style of which is outdated, or it is simply too long. So, for example, by shortening the bottom and sleeves of your long-forgotten outerwear, you can make a stylish product that even the most advanced women of fashion will envy. You can even design a jacket from a cropped coat, complementing it with various decorative trims. Shortening your coat with your own hands is as easy as shelling pears. And you don't need complicated tools to get the job done.

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The services of the atelier will cost you more than shortening the coat with your own hands. Each girl will be able to cut, tuck and hem the bottom of the product. This is not difficult. The most important thing here is to correctly outline the line along which the excess fabric will be cut off.

Important! The hem may not be hemmed manually, but glued, for example, with an adhesive spider web.

• We remove all previously mastered threads.
• Carefully steam the shortened bottom so as not to leave traces of the basting.
• We put on the finished product, fasten the threads. We check that the length of the sides along the bottom edge coincides.

That's all the work! New clothes are ready to go out!

The technique of shortening the sleeves of the outer garment is similar to the shortening of its bottom described a little earlier. But still it has its own distinctive features.

• We unpick the bottom of the sleeves completely, removing all unnecessary threads.
• We put on a coat and ask our friend for help - mark with chalk the line of the desired shortening. We turn gradually, and this time your assistant leaves marks on the front of the sleeve bottom. To do this, it is better to use a ruler or clerical triangle.

Important! Make all the marks in a calm position so that there are no skewed measurements.

• We draw a solid line along the previously marked marks.

Important! Do not mark the line along the old hem, as the factory sewing may be defective.

• Now trim off the excess lining along with the main fabric.
• We sew the sleeves to the length we need, and then align the lining fabric.
• We fold the lining once, holding it at the place where the sleeves are sewn on and turned inside out. The most important thing here is to fold only the edge of the lining, without affecting its main part.
• Sew the formed lining to the bottom of the sleeve on a typewriter.
• We put small bartacks on the lining so that the hem does not fall apart. This should be done with each seam.
• We turn out the sleeve, leaving the basting for now.
• Carefully iron the bottom of the sleeve.
• We carry out all of the above actions with the second sleeve.

Well, your familiar coat has changed!