Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes
Preparing and Deconstructing Your Garment
A course by Luisa Hurtado , Fashion Designer
Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories.
About the video: Preparing and Deconstructing Your Garment
Overview
“Before we start sewing, we need to deconstruct our garments. I'll show you how to carefully remove your jeans and use as much fabric as possible for our backpack.”
In this video lesson Luisa Hurtado addresses the topic: Preparing and Deconstructing Your Garment, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes. Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories..
Partial transcription of the video
“We are now moving into separating all of the pieces and opening the seams on our jeans to use as much of the fabric as possible. Before anything, make sure you have pressed and ironed your jeans, that way they are easier to work with. I like to start by removing the back pockets and labels. The reason why we remove this is so that we can use these beautiful features into our final project and it also helps us clear out the space to be able to use more of our denim material. I'll be using a sharp mini blade to remove everything. This blade makes it a lot easier and faster and is typically sh...”
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Course summary for: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Upcycling
A course by Luisa Hurtado
Luisa Hurtado is a talented fashion designer and content creator specialized in upcycling and sustainable fashion. With an outstanding career, Luisa has collaborated with important brands such as Levi's and has presented her collections at various fashion events.
Her passion for sustainable practices and teaching others to see value in fashion as a path to bringing other original pieces to life has positioned her as a respected figure in the upcycling community.
She is known as designerluisa on platforms such as YouTube and Tiktok, where she exposes her innovative and creative approach to upcycling, capturing the attention of a wide audience, inspiring many to adopt more sustainable fashion practices.
- 170 students
- 17 lessons (2h 26m)
- 20 additional resources (6 files)
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- Audio: English, Spanish
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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