Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization

Overview

“Now we are going to start looking deeper at our garment before we create our final design & sketch.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: How to Conceptualize a Design from Existing Clothes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization. Transform old garments into unique, sustainable fashion pieces by mastering upcycling techniques and essential sewing skills.

Partial transcription of the video

“Let's talk about which garments are not ideal to upcycle. There are some fabrics that are better to upcycle than others. Certain fabrics, such as wool, linen, or lycra, are harder to incorporate into an upcycling project. You might have a sweater or a pair of leggings that you want to reuse or upcycle. However, these materials do not work the best to be the main material used on your project. You can make much simpler projects such as scrunchies, bows, scarves, or even cutting it into pieces to fill up a decorative pillow. So here I have some scrunchies that used to be some blouses, a mask ...”

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Course summary for: Fashion Specialization: Upcycling, Printing and Personalization

• Level: Beginner
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• 655 students
• 7 units
• 88 lessons (11h 34m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Costume Design, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Printing, Upcycling