Contents
How to alter an old fur coat with your own hands
High-quality fur products are durable, but styles eventually go out of fashion or just get bored. Find out how to alter an old fur coat with your own hands, and a worn-out thing is transformed into a fashionable new thing.
Knowing how to alter a fur coat with your own hands, you can get a charming sheepskin coat or a boa
What can be sewn from an old fur coat
Since you have decided to say goodbye to your companion of past winters, it would be nice to decide what she will turn into in the new season. You can alter a fur coat with your own hands and create a lot of original things. For example, you might end up with:
- New fur coat mix. Today, leather inserts in fur products are in trend. You can dissolve the fur coat into stripes and connect them with leather ribbons. There is another option: treat cuffs, pockets, shelves with leather, make leather inserts at the waist.
- Fur vest. A very cute little thing that is relevant in autumn and spring. It is done very simply: just remove the sleeves and shorten the product. You can combine pieces of different fur.
- Boa, muff, Kubanka hat and other accessories. Usually they are remembered when the flesh of the former fur coat is in good condition, but the fur is too worn out, and it will not work for a larger product. Such little things are done very simply, if you are friends with a thread and a needle, they will not cause difficulties.
You can make a children’s sheepskin coat out of your clothes. There are many ideas, choose which one you like best.
How to alter a fur coat with your own hands
If you have no experience with fur products, then it is better to practice first on old things, which you will not regret in case of failure. But the needlewomen claim that this is a simple matter, the main thing is to follow a few rules:
- Check the condition of the fur first. Moisten suspicious areas with water, its temperature should not exceed 35 degrees. After half an hour, try to stretch the skin. If it breaks, then it will not last long. Loose hairs also speak of spoiled fur.
- When cutting an old fur coat, never use scissors, as you can damage the pile. There are special knives for this. The blade will also help; you need to cut new parts for the pattern, barely touching the skin.
- Sew strips of fur only with your hands. For this, either a unidirectional “goat” seam or a bidirectional “over the edge” seam is used.
- If you are in doubt about the strength of some areas, use an adhesive tape. Place the strip on the skin and sew with it.
- Remember to line up the seams. To do this, put a wet napkin on them and press down with a load.
- At the end of the work, you need to comb the fur.
Master a new occupation, and new stylish fur items will appear in your wardrobe.