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Sewing DIY Easy Cushion covers from Shirts

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I tried making cushion covers from shirts. I was so surprised at how easy to make them!!  the cushion covers looked good! Perfect and easy way of upcycling your shirts,  and  you can give new life to old cushions at home. The cushion cover made of red roses printed shirts might be good use on couch in hot summer! 18.25" x 18.25" (46.5cm x 46.5cm) seam allowance included. Before cutting & sewing, I recommend shirts buttoned. After sewing all edges, unbutton and turn inside out.  and then finsh with cushion insert. and then Buttons up please~ For how to make, tutorial, please click the Video below, hope you enjoy. If the Video was helpful, please thumbs up  and subscribe my Youtube channel:  Mikinoos DIY Thank you. Winter pajama shirt used for making cushion cover.

Sewing DIY Shirts Yarn Floor Mat

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About 3 months ago, I made yarns from Shirts/Tshirts. Because I cut cut cut with scissors, the scissors must had been rubbing my finger skin too much continuously and I had some blisters on my fingers. And I put the shirts yarns away for a while. Finally I made a foot mat. I cut shirts yarns with 4-5cm width. I thought I would cut a bit too wide at the time.  But the yarn rolled up by itself, which did not look like 4-5cm width.  38cm x 65cm foot mat. 65cm consist of plaited 55cm from knot to knot, and 10cm fringes (5cm each side).  In the instance I cut the yarn about 2 times longer than the length (about 120cm - 130cm), and then stood up and plaited yarns to avoid yarns tangled together. and I tried not to plait them too tight. At first, I tried sewing machine with zigzag stitches to connect each plaited ones, which do the job but it wasn't looking good for me as all stitches shown. So I cut them off, and did all hand stitching (blind stitches) one by one.   For ho...