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8 Ways To Reuse Old Silk Sarees

By Archana Mukherji

Sarees, no doubt, are always elegant and beautiful. It is one of India’s rich tradition and cannot be forsaken for anything.

Bored of wearing same old sarees? No worries, we have few tips & many ways to reuse old sarees. Read on, to know more.

Also there are sarees which we want to hold on to, for some sweet memories. What if we tell you the ways to reuse old sarees? Will that help? I am sure, definitely yes.

Remedies To Preserve Wedding Saree Or Dress

Sarees usually have a length of 5.5 metres to 9 metres. Hence they are very versatile and have a wide range of reuse.

Recycling is considered to be one of the best methods of using articles that you purchase and the Japanese are found to be very good at it.

Did you ever give a thought on how to reuse old sarees as cushion covers? We all hardly did. Also, we never imagined that we could create beautiful fashion jewellery with old sarees.

So if we give you the basic idea on the ways to reuse old sarees, you can keep widening your thoughts and extend the list.

Cushion And Pillow Covers

Cushion And Pillow Covers

Since sarees are quite long, it is a good idea to know how to reuse old sarees as cushion covers. From one saree, you can make a good number of cushion covers or pillow covers.

To make them look attractive, you can make proper use of the saree borders and also do some additional embroidery, glass work or fabric painting on them.

This is found to be one of the best and common ways to reuse old sarees.

Curtains

Curtains

Another best way to reuse old sarees is to make curtains for your room. You can make curtains from sarees that match the colour of the paint in your room. This makes your room look gorgeous.

Bed Sheets

Bed Sheets

Bed sheets are also commonly made from old sarees. You can add some patch or lace work and match it with your pillow covers to give that awesome look.

Floor Mats

Floor Mats

You can use your old sarees, especially the cotton ones to make floor mats. You can just cut and stitch then into desired sizes or make a stylish mat by rolling and plaiting the sarees.

Skirts, Women Tops And Salwars

Skirts, Women Tops And Salwars

An old saree can be converted into a complete and beautiful salwar set. You can also make long and free-flowing skirts or tops from them.

Add your creativity like some embroidery, mirror, stone or bead-work and it will look like an expensive costume, also giving a new look to your old saree.

Aprons

Aprons

Old cotton sarees can be cut and redesigned into aprons. This is one of the ways to reuse old sarees.

Bags, Purses And Cases

Bags, Purses And Cases

Just cut and stitch old sarees into bags or pouches or cases for your mobile/laptop. Do some decorative work to make it look elegant.

Jewellery

Jewellery

You can cut colourful strips from your old sarees and make a necklace with added beads or wrap it around a bangle to make your own fashionable and trendy jewellery.

Story first published: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 17:57 [IST]
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