Repairing clothes that have holes, stains or other signs of wear

Mending clothes is a renew technique to make your clothes more useful and beautiful. It’s about wearing what you have, embracing imperfections and fixing what is broken. Try to make clothes as new or embrace the imperfection and make a visible mend.

Resewn parts of clothing and create new fashion

Reconstructing clothes is a renew technique used to resewn vintage clothing into a completely new item. You take worn clothing apart and cut out pieces to make a new piece, which you can hardly trace back to the original one.
The new design requires either less material than the original piece or multiple pieces of clothes to cut out the sewing.

Changing de style or size of used clothes with alterations

Remodel clothes is a renew technique that will fresh up clothing, only by making slight alterations. Think of changing or adding the style of collar and cuffs, shortening or lengthening the sleeves or skirt or altering position of the waistline.
The technique requires recutting the old clothes into a different silhouette, either in the same style as the original piece of clothing or in a totally different style.

Combining existing clothes into one new piece

Combine is a renew technique that combines and transforms existing clothes into a piece you might be more likely to wear. You mix two or more of your clothes into one new piece of clothing. The shape and style relate to the original pieces.

It’s a great fix if you have clothes that are a little shorter than you like, have a hem that is not shaped the way you like or have a hole or stain that is beyond repair.

Creating a print with fabric ink on clothing

Printing Clothes is renew technique where patterns are printed in one or more colors on a piece of clothing with fabric ink. This technique is related to dyeing textiles, but then the entire material is uniformly colored. With printing, color is applied to a localized area with desired patterns. There are various techniques for printing textiles. The handy ones are screen printing, illustrating and stamps (a mark or outline).

Changing the color by adding dye or bleach to the entire piece of clothing

Dyeing clothes is a renew technique using an application of dyes or pigments on fabrics to change the color. Dyeing is done in a bath with a special solution containing dyes and particular (chemical) material. Dye molecules are fixed to the fiber by absorption, diffusion or bonding with temperature and time. The bond between dye molecules and fiber may be strong or weak, depending on the used dye.

Part(s) of clothes are replaced with new fabric

Refurbished clothes are clothes that have been “used” before and that look like new again thanks to a facelift. Part(s) that were worn out, broken or stained are deconstructed and replaced with new fabric. Because of using new fabric, the whole piece of clothing feels like new.

Small pieces of clothing in different designs, colours, or textures are sewn together into a pattern

Patchwork is a renew technique in which used clothing is transformed with a form of needlework where pieces of fabric are sewn together into a larger design. This larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes and colors. These shapes are carefully measured and cut. You can easily piece together basic geometric shapes.

Unconventional materials reframed to become new fashion

Reframing clothes is a renew technique to transform unconventional materials into fashion. By repurposing these materials and making them into wearables, materials become a unique piece of clothing. The possibilities are endless. Consider reusing leather from sofas, canvas tents or embroidery paintings from the wall. Transform any piece of textile or fabric into something new. That’s what we call reframed fashion.

Patches are stitched and are added on clothing with decorative stitching

Appliqué is a renew technique that layers fabric patches on a foundation fabric. Then they are stitched in place by hand or machine with the raw edges turned under or covered with decorative stitching. Appliqué is sometimes used to embellish clothing or repair clothing.

Yarn made from used clothes to knit, weave or crochet new clothes

Yarn is a renew technique where a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of crocheting, knitting or weaving, are made from used materials. It is almost always made from T-shirts. This is because the cotton has been well worn and perfectly soft and it is still durable and slightly stretchy. Cotton is used for crocheting, knitting and weaving. Also unraveling wool knits is a way of creating yarn from used clothes.