Shirt and Lampshade Out of OLD Leggings
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Shirt and Lampshade Out of OLD Leggings
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Take your old (or new) leggings and turn them into a new shirt in less than 2 minutes
OR
Recover an old lampshade for a fun new look!
What You Need
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Materials:
Leggings
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Lampshade
Above is a full video tutorial. Listed steps to follow.
Cut and Recover
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Cut the legs off your pair of leggings (or tights).
Keep the large top section and pull it over your lampshade.
Fasten
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Hot glue the leggings to the inside of your lampshade (top and bottom (if needed)).
Trim the excess material.
That's it!
Leggings Into a Shirt
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Grab a pair of leggings and fold them in half.
**Looks best with leggings that don't have a seam up the centre.**
Cut Head Opening
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Cut along the inside seam about 2 or 2/12 inches down each leg from the centre.
Cut out the seam along your new opening.
**Depending on how big or small you want your neckline, adjust the size of your cut**
I would suggest starting smaller as you can always make it bigger.
That's it!