How to decorate a shirt?

Simple things can become works of art, if you show imagination and decorate them with your own hands. Even the most ordinary shirt can become original, designer, stylish and fashionable. Do not believe? Let's look at several ways to decorate a shirt with your own hands and turn it into an envy of all your friends.

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How to decorate a shirt?

Plain shirts are the easiest to decorate, but plaid shirts are the most finicky, as the colored fabric distracts attention from the decoration.

So, we will consider the main ways of decor:

• embroidery;
• applications - these can be group emblems, symbols or even mottos;
• acrylic drawings - you can draw yourself or use stencils;
• original elements - these can be buttons of an unusual shape, metal rivets, colored zippers, etc .;
• beads;
• beads of various shapes and sizes, rhinestones;
• artificial stones;
• metal braid or braid with lurex;
• patch bead or bead collar.

Checkered item can be decorated:

• using a wide belt, beads, bright scarves;
• stitching on it beautiful buttons, pockets;
• securing a curly brooch on the collar.

Important! For those who think how to decorate a denim shirt with their own hands, any of the above methods will work, since on the jeans all the jewelry look good.

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Decorate the collar

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about how to decorate a women's shirt is the decoration of the collar, since this part attracts attention in the first place.

Artificial stones

Perhaps the most interesting solution is decorating the collar with artificial stones. Multi-colored pebbles shimmer in the sun and the ordinary thing seems fabulously beautiful.

DIY decor:

• The round collar is easily strewn with small pebbles, but for a turn-down collar you will have to come up with a cunning pattern - it is best of a geometric shape.
• Colored stones will look good in tone with your blouse.
• Stones can be of different shapes and create beautiful patterns, wrapping around your neck like a necklace.
• How to decorate a white shirt? Decorate the collar with light stones, it will be everyday and, at the same time, elegant.

Rhinestones

Rhinestones are round and oblong, so you can use them to create various shapes and patterns:

• Several rows of rhinestones of different lengths will create the feeling of a necklace.
• Make flowers and leaves from rhinestones - they will look spectacular on the neck of a blouse.
• A turn-down collar will be decorated with a pattern of oblong and round silver rhinestones.

Beads

Large and small contrasting beads embroider the collar of the shirt, usually use geometric patterns (triangle, rhombus). You can evenly sew beads over the entire surface of the collar or make rows from thick to rarer.

Embroidered ornament

A sharp collar or collar of an unusual shape can be transformed using embroidery. The embroidered ornament can be of various shapes - from simple geometric to floral.

Important! You can complement it with colored inserts from other fabrics or stylish accessories, for example, an anchor at one of the corners of the collar.

Lace and ruffles

Some people like to decorate the collars of white shirts with lace and ruffles - they give things a stylish look.

Important! When decorating things, remember: the main thing - everything should be in moderation, do not overdo it, otherwise - your shirt will look tasteless.

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Decorate the sleeves

With the help of decoration, you can not only decorate the sleeves, but also strengthen them. The elbows, cuffs and armpit area wear out most quickly. In such cases, it is best to sew curly patches made of colored fabric.

You will need suitable patches, threads and patience.

Ideas for decorating things:

• Men's shirt can be ennobled with plain inserts of geometric shapes. Make the patches in the shape of a triangle, sew the same cuff fabric.

Important! Choose a color that is already on the shirt, or take a few tones brighter.

• White shirt cuffs can be trimmed with white ruffles or colored threads. The contour of the cuffs can be decorated with beads or beads; small artificial pearls will look beautiful.
• Sleeves of color shirts can be decorated with acrylic paints. Now popular images of feathers, birds, angels, different colors, as well as emblems.
• On a man’s shirt, sometimes it’s enough to replace ordinary, unattractive buttons with original buttons, and the shirt has a completely different look.

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Decorate the front

The front part of women's shirts is easy to decorate with massive beads, patterns of beads, stones and fancy embroidery. How to decorate a black women's shirt with your own hands? They try to transform such a shirt in the classical style, just as the white one, the modern style is more suitable for the color and checkered shirts:

• The easiest way to change the appearance of your shirt is to replace the factory buttons with handmade products, emphasize the seams with contrasting threads.
• If you want to transform a simple blouse and give it a designer look. Do not be lazy, find on the Internet an interesting satin stitch pattern. Well, then, using the hoop, colored threads and patience, embroider around the collar or vertically throughout the front of the shirt.
• Use beads, beads, rhinestones, artificial stones and pearls - call for help all your imagination, design tips and workshops from the Internet.
• Create stencils from improvised means and use acrylic paints. Make freehand drawings if you have the ability to draw. Wait for the paint to dry, iron the item from the inside to fix the result.

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As you can see, good imagination and golden hands do real miracles and can create a real work of art from a simple ordinary shirt.