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Old skirt turned into something useful.
It's very easy, and take note, no needle and thread needed!
The good old duct tape will work its magic once again!
Old skirt turned into something useful.
It's very easy, and take note, no needle and thread needed!
The good old duct tape will work its magic once again!
From this
to this
and this
Materials needed:
1. Old skirt with pretty nice zipper
2. Stapler
3. Duct tape
4. Pair of scissors
5. Staple wire
6. Pen
7. Ribbons
1. Old skirt with pretty nice zipper
2. Stapler
3. Duct tape
4. Pair of scissors
5. Staple wire
6. Pen
7. Ribbons
Remove the zipper
Rip the cloth from the seam
Cut the working pieces from the old skirt that we have.
Obtain an approximately 4x8 inches piece (for the embellishments), 12 inches long strip (for the handle), and a 8x16 inches piece (for the kit)
Obtain an approximately 4x8 inches piece (for the embellishments), 12 inches long strip (for the handle), and a 8x16 inches piece (for the kit)
Cover the entire wrong side of the cloth with duct tape...
...as shown in the photo
The handle.
Fold in the edges
Fold in the edges
Cut a thin strip of duct tape to secure the edges to one side
Trim both ends
Applying the zipper.
Tape the zipper facing down to one edge of the cloth.
Staple
Repeat the same step to attach zipper to the other edge of the cloth
Staple
Tape the edge neatly to hide the unsightly staple wires
The zipper, wrong side
Tape the open end of the zipper as shown in the photo.
Prepare to connect the handle
Prepare to connect the handle
Holding both ends, insert the handle inside along the creased top part of the kit
Staple the sides, wrong side up
Make sure to open the zipper before stapling the other side of the kit so you can easily invert the kit afterwards
Make sure to open the zipper before stapling the other side of the kit so you can easily invert the kit afterwards
Trim the sides. Leave 1 cm from staples to the edge
Cover the staple wires with duct tape...
...to achieve a neat finish of the inside
Invert the kit, right side up
Use a stick or the non-pointed tip of a scissor to neatly reveal the corners
Embellishments.
Draw 2 flower patterns, one bigger than the other.
Draw 2 flower patterns, one bigger than the other.
Cut a hole in the middle of the bigger flower, half inch in diameter. Cut 2 slits in the middle of the smaller one
Tape a ribbon to the back of the flower, between the 2 slits made earlier
Make a tiny duct tape ring, sticky side up, around the ribbons as shown in the photo
Insert ribbons through the slits
To have something like this in the photo
Make a hole of about 1.5 inches in diameter to the portion where you want your flower embellishment to be attached to
Patch the said hole from the inside using a duct tape
One sticky round thing :-D
Stick the bigger flower on the patched hole...
...and stick the smaller one with ribbons on top of it
Make a nice bow
You can also cut out a leaf exposing the duct tape side for contrast
You can also cut out a leaf exposing the duct tape side for contrast
Finished product (front)
Finished product (back)
You can style your own vanity kit in any way you want. In the photo you can see that I added leaves cut-out :-D
You can style your own vanity kit in any way you want. In the photo you can see that I added leaves cut-out :-D
My brand new vanity kit!
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