Do not rush to throw out old knitted sweaters or sweaters, because you can make many useful things out of them.
Even if holes are frayed on the sleeves of your favorite sweater, and the buttons are lost, it can benefit its owner. For example, an old sweater or sweater can be used to make a cozy decorative pillowcase for a sofa cushion.
The process of sewing a decorative pillowcase from an old sweater is very simple. First, measure your existing pillowcase that you want to keep on your sofa in your new decorative pillowcase.
Make a pattern of a pillowcase from the newspaper according to the dimensions obtained, attach it to an old jacket or sweater so that damaged or worn-out places of fabric do not fall into the future product. It is generally best to choose the middle section of the sweater.
Pin the pillowcase to the jacket (sweater), cut out the desired parts of the fabric, remembering to add 1-2 cm per seam.
Sew the pieces of the jacket from the inside out, trying to pick up all the loops that can "go". It is best to do this on a sewing machine with a zig-zag seam, choosing a small step. Place the pillow inside, sew on new, matching buttons, and button them up. If you don't have a button-down jacket, but a sweater, then when sewing you need to leave one side not completely sewn up and sew it up by hand, with a blind seam, after the pillow is inside.
Helpful advice. To sew such a decorative pillowcase from an old sweater, choose a sweater or sweater that is tied with braids, knobs, and an interesting openwork (if openwork, you will have to make a lining!). If the knitting of the product is very simple, try to decorate the resulting pillowcase with satin stitch embroidery (for embroidery on woolen fabric, it is better to take woolen threads).
