Old tulle - what can be done?

If you have a beautiful but old tulle at home, what you can make of it and where you can apply it - you have not decided yet, but you don’t want to throw it away, it's time to consider different ideas for using fabric. In this article, we offer the most interesting options that are easy to do with your own hands, which you will surely like.

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Tulle preparation

Before you start cutting material, bring the tulle in order. Be sure to wash at 30 degrees with a mild detergent. Do not dry completely, but in a slightly wet state, iron to make the canvas smooth, free from wrinkles, and it is convenient to make interesting gizmos from it.

Whitening products

If the fabric has clearly acquired a yellowish or gray tint, you will have to spend a little more time on its restoration and conduct a thorough bleaching. This is especially necessary if you decide to make a decorative piece of furniture from tulle or make an ornament for things.

Almost any modern bleach for delicate fabrics is suitable for this purpose. If you don’t have one at hand or you prefer to use folk remedies, use one of the options below:

Method 1:

• Pour cool water into a basin.
• Add salt in the ratio of 3 tablespoons to 5 liters of water.
• Put the tulle in the solution.
• Leave it overnight.
• Wash as usual.
• Dry it.
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Method 2:

• Pour hot water into the basin.
• Add peroxide and ammonia in the ratio of 2 tablespoons of peroxide and 1 tablespoon of ammonia to a bucket of water.
• Put the tulle in the solution.
• Leave for a while - 1-2 hours.
• Wash in clean water with a delicate powder.
• Dry it.

After such bleaching, your tulle will be like new. Now you can get to work.

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What can be done from the old tulle?

Homemade needlewomen constantly show their imagination, offering new ideas of what can be made from old tulle curtains. Here are some of them.

Cushion Cover:

1. Take a tulle or drapery.
2. Cut out 2 rectangles - 45x90 cm, leaving an allowance for seams of 2 cm.
3. Bend the canvas in half.
4. Iron the folds well.
5. Chip the blanks in the middle of the typewriter.

Important! They should be well connected to each other so that when using the pillow they do not move.

6. Stitch 3 sides of the cover from the corners to the middle.
7. Turn to the front side, fill it with filler.

Here is your little pillow and ready. It only remains to decorate it.

Dressing for pillows “Rosettes”

To properly make the decor from the old tulle, you need several strips of this material and the same amount of satin.

The whole sewing process is simple:

1. Take the strips - length 50 cm.
2. Sew them together. In the following order: long satin, tulle, short satin, and then again tulle.

Important! Pre-bend fabric strips and process their edges.

3. Along the edge of the ribbon, sew a stitch with wide stitches and pull a little.
4. Roll one side of the tape into a corner.
5. Twist the rose and grab it with a needle and thread.
6. Sew roses on your pillow and decorate it with various beads.

Important! The size of the roses depends on the length of the strips and also on the density of the fabric and twisting. From a thinner fabric, roses are more delicate and airy.Therefore, if you want to get just such a result, for you this is the best idea what can be done from the old tulle.

Tablecloth

A beautiful tablecloth can be sewn from an old tulle. Select only the desired canvas dimensions, and then:

1. Measure the sides accurately so that the tablecloth hangs from the table at least 30 cm in beautiful waves on each side.
2. Bend along the edges or sew a lace / satin ribbon.

The tablecloth is ready!

Lampshade for lamp

How to stick old curtains on a lamp? Another idea of ​​what can be made of old tulle is an original and elegant lampshade on a floor lamp. For this:

1. Take a tulle that you no longer use.
2. Cut the fabric according to the size of the lampshade.
3. Glue it on the base.
4. Turn the edges inward.
5. Cut and glue too.

Important! If desired, you can repaint the tulle in the desired shade or decorate the canvas with additional decor.

Cup coasters

Glass cup coasters look very original, but they are quite expensive. Therefore, there is an equally interesting way to make cup stands using old CD drives and tulle. For this:

1. Take the old wheels.
2. Paste them with paper or cloth to cover the hole. It should be monophonic.
3. Cut out from the tulle circles, which should be a little more disks.
4. Cut the edges in several places.
5. Fold them to the back.
6. Glue it.
7. Glue another disk to the “wrong” side.

Important! Additionally, you can add braid around the edge.

Covers on the back of chairs:

1. Take the tulle.
2. Cut a canvas out of it according to the size of the back of the chair.
3. Sew around the edges.
4. Put on a chair.
5. Tie the back with a beautiful ribbon.

Important! Another version of the decor for chairs, which can be made from the old tulle:

• Take a piece of burlap matching the size of the back of the chair.
• Sew or glue the double-sided tape on the burlap.
• Sew on the sides.

The cover is ready!

mosquito net

The villages still hang the old tulle on the windows and thus protect themselves from various insects. But according to modern technologies, most people in cities use ready-made mosquito nets.

In order not to spend money on a special device, but to reliably protect yourself from annoying flies and mosquitoes, make a stationary mosquito net on the windows from the old tulle. For this:

1. Cut a piece of fabric from the finest mesh tulle - a little larger than the window.
2. Attach the fabric to the window and in several places around the perimeter, fix it with clerical buttons.

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A few more ideas of home crafts from the old tulle

Many different crafts are made from tulle, such as flowers or pompons for decoration. To create them, you need a little imagination, as well as time, attention and accuracy. If there is no problem with this, then follow the instructions below.

Pompons

In order to decorate the cottage, you can make a pendant on the fence of the old tulle. But you need to start with pompons.

To create them, you will need materials such as:

• Tulle;
• Wire;
• Rhinestones for decoration;
• Fishing line;
• Cardboard;
• Glue;
• Scissors.

Use the following instructions and everything will work out:

1. Wrap the tulle on a cardboard.
2. Remove the tulle from the cardboard very carefully, while trying not to break the layers.
3. In the center, tie the tulle with wire.
4. Take the scissors.
5. Cut the edges of the tulle.
6. Gently pull the tulle to the center, forming a volume pompom.
7. Cut off the excess with scissors so that an even ball remains.
8. Glue rhinestones.

Important! Make a few pieces of these pompons and put them on a fishing line.

Master class on making roses in a bouquet

To make a bouquet of roses from an old tulle, you will need:

• Cut rectangular shreds of fabric of any color;
• Needle;
• Threads;
• Beads.

Important! Since the rosette consists of several layers, take strips of 10 cm wide and 20-25 cm long.

Follow the instructions:

1. Take 1 strip.
2. Fold it in half - the upper part should be on the bend side.
3. Wrap it on your finger.

Important! Each next layer should be slightly higher than the previous one.

4. Wind up until there is a tail of 5-7 cm.
5. Take a thread with a needle and sew all the layers together in the middle.
6. Sew a decorative bead in the center of the flower.

Important! Make a few of these roses of different sizes, and then sew them in a bouquet for tails.

Lotus flower workshop

If classic roses do not really appeal to you, try making more original lotuses. For this you need the following materials:

• Tulle;
• Satin or curtain fabric;
• A piece of paper;
• A simple pencil;
• Scissors;

Sewing instructions:

1. Using a pencil on thick paper, draw the lotus petals - they are sharp at the tip, but quite voluminous in width.
2. Cut all the petals separately.
3. Take an opaque fabric and fold it several times so that several layers are obtained.
4. Attach the petals to the base.
5. Cut along it - you should get several petals of one sample.
6. Take each inner end of the petal, sew to each other in one stitch. This will be the base of the lotus.
7. Take the tulle.
8. Cut out a few rectangles from it.

Important! They should be much smaller than the circumference of a given flower.

9. Nest one layer in another.
10. Pass the thread through the center and twist the rectangles slightly on it so that they have sharp edges outward.
11. Tighten the thread so that all layers are connected.

Important! In this case, the center should be pulled together, and the edges are fluffy.

12. Sew these details together and in the middle.
13. Spread the edges.

If you did everything as it is written, you’ve got a lotus, it's time to evaluate the results of your labor.

Master class on making aster

If the idea of ​​flowers has fascinated you, you can still make asters from the old tulle. Astra is a flower with very sharp edges. And for its manufacture, rectangular segments are needed. It is better to choose two types of fabric and then proceed according to this instruction:

1. For the first layer, take 2 fabrics together.
2. Fold them in the form of a fan in thin stripes.
3. Pull in the middle with a thread.
4. The flower opens and should turn into a circle.
5. Sew the edges carefully.

Important! Each layer should be slightly smaller than the previous one.

6. For the final design use beads or beads.
7. At the end, add a few layers of tulle in the middle.
8. Pull in the middle to form a dense flower.

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All the proposed options are far from a complete list of what can be made from the old tulle. Try these ideas and further develop your imagination by decorating your home and clothes with original little things sewn from an openwork cloth with your own hands.