It’s difficult to change a tired fur coat into a new one, but it’s possible: Review + Video

I have the same story. Only 2 fur coats - mouton and raccoon. I don’t know what to do with them, but it would be a shame to throw them away.

From a mouton I made myself a short sheepskin coat that fits at the waist. You can make a jacket from Nutria with knitted or leather sleeves. The collar and bottom belt are also made of knitted fabric. Knitwear is sold in a large knit with elastic and is called “knitwear for cuffs.”

This is how they remake a sheepskin coat https://s30893898787.mirtesen.ru/blog/43932975920/Dublenka-v-tehnike-friform-%22Skazochnyiy-les%22.-Tolko-ideya

In our fur studios, old fur coats are used to make excellent sheepskin coats, boas, vests, handbags, and capes. They make sweets, very modern!

where is this in “our ateliers”?

I also have 2 nutria and a muskrat.

In Volgograd. I think that there are such in every city.

There are several options: change it for your daughter (if there is a child in the family), sew a fur vest (come up with finishing options so that it doesn’t get boring), update your fur coat (I fitted my mouton one, sewed on a new silver fox collar, new beautiful buttons and trimmed it with a narrow strip of leather along the sides and bottom of the sleeves).

In general, you can just go shopping, look at something new in the design of fur coats and try to create something similar.

When my son was little, I sewed him a sheepskin coat and a hat from mouton fur coats.

Hi all!! Just yesterday, in the vast expanses of the Internet, I came across information about trends for this winter - it doesn’t seem very practical, but sooooo cool - various sleeveless vests made of fur, and uncut fur is in fashion. Sleeveless vests are fashionable not short, with different designs, combinations of two different furs, etc. etc. Well, very beautiful. 1 With mittens and a brimmed hat - imagine the view.

Happy remodeling everyone!!

Chair made from an old fur coat https://s30893898787.mirtesen.ru/blog/43028222780/Kreslo-iz-staroy-shubyi.-Udachnaya-peredelka

Spread and trim the bottom, make a sheepskin coat. From the cut off bottom you can sew: a hood to a short fur coat (fasten with buttons to the collar) or a muff, or a fur bag to a short fur coat. You can trim some old bag with pieces of fur. You can sew a fur vest with a fabric (silk or knitted wool) lining. It’s expensive to rent to a studio; you can do all this yourself. This is not very difficult, and there is still time before the cold weather. And if nothing comes to mind other than insoles for galoshes, then you can finally tear them apart, sew the parts into one large canvas, put them on some kind of lining and at least hang them on the wall instead of a carpet, or even lay them on an ottoman instead of a blanket-bedspread.

In any case, no matter what you decide to do: the fur is cut with a sharp blade from the back side, ordinary scissors are superfluous here. Free up some space along the edge from the lint or shorten it very much (then you will avoid creases in the lint on the seams). It is advisable to put a knitted strip along the seams or something similar (soft, but will allow the skin to break through at the seams).

Women try to make everything around them more beautiful and brighter. Many ladies find it very difficult to part with old fur items that have not yet lost their luster. But no one has any desire to wear an out-of-date model.

We have already told you what can be done from an old fur coat made of mouton and mink. Today we will talk about nutria.

You can alter a nutria fur coat that has gone out of fashion yourself, without resorting to the expensive services of an atelier. Sometimes the cost of repairs is a little less than buying a new product. And nutria is famous for its warm and very dense fur, which after a little manipulation will find a second life.

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1. Sufficiently thick threads (No. 30-45).
2. Needles into which you can easily thread these threads.
3. Thimble. This is a very important element, otherwise you’ll hurt your hands and won’t want to finish sewing your fur coat.
4. Blade for spreading seams.
5. Wet sponge.
6. Sewing machine.
7. Various accessories for decorating a fur coat: buttons, fasteners, pieces of leather for inserts.

If you have all of the above, then you can start remaking the old nutria product. True, first you need to decide what you want to make of it:

• fur vest,
• short fur coat,
• mixed fur coat with leather inserts.

You can look at options for a new fur product in a fashion magazine or use photos that show the most current models.

Curly haircut

With a curly haircut, the underfur and guard hair are cut to different lengths. Typically, in this case, parallel strips are cut at different angles. This cutting technique makes the fur look like velvet. Sometimes, when entering a prestigious boutique, many people have a question: “Why is the jacket so expensive?” In reality, this is not exquisite velvet, but sheared nutria fur, which is pleasant to the touch. Products made from sheared fur belong to the category of “evening materials”, as it makes wonderful capes for festive events.

We sew a fur vest

Most often, an old fur coat is turned into a fur vest. After all, usually when worn, the sleeves of the product become greasy and wiped. And since the vest simply doesn’t have them, the altered item will look like it came from a store. In addition, the vest is universal - it can be worn with jeans or with a beautiful dress. This is a very comfortable outerwear for women who travel by car most of the time.

Put on your fur coat and stand in front of the mirror to determine the length of the vest. Then carefully, from the inside out, mark the cutting line using chalk or a piece of soap. Remember to leave about 2cm at the seam. Place the item on a hard surface (table) and carefully cut with sharp scissors. Hem the cut area using a machine. If you don’t have one, you can hem it yourself. It is better to do this with oblique stitches, not forgetting to tuck the fur inside with a needle. When sewing, do not forget to capture about 0.3 cm of the inside. First sew the product in one direction, and then go back. Don't pull the stitches too tight.

We rip off the sleeves of the fur coat with a blade, starting from the inside out. That is, first you need to rip the lining and only then the seams on the fur itself. This way you won't cut the product. The resulting armholes must be hemmed using the same method as the bottom. If you want, you can make a deeper neckline on the chest. Just don’t forget to first make outlines with chalk from the inside and only then start cutting.

New short fur coat from an old product

Turning a boring item into a sheepskin coat with your own hands is as easy as shelling pears. To do this, you need to carefully measure the required length and, having marked it with chalk (soap), carefully trim the bottom of the fur coat. Hem the resulting seam in the same way as with the vest. A neat sheepskin coat is ready. However, this option is only suitable for models with a fitted or straight cut.

If the item is very flared or too big for you (you got it from your mother, for example), then it’s not so easy to change it into a sheepskin coat. I'll have to stitch it in first. Unravel the fur coat at the seams, as shown in the video, and adjust it to the desired size. We process each seam using the method already described and do not forget to place it under a press.

You can sew a lot of cute accessories from leftover nutria fur. For example, mittens or a muff. You can also sew a hood onto a short fur coat.

Mixed fur coat with leather inserts

A product made from nutria will go perfectly with leather elements. Of course, you can simply wear a no longer new fur coat with a chic leather belt. Or you can go further and change the style a little, adding new elements.

The easiest way to decorate a fur coat with leather is to remake a little sleeve. To do this, cut them from the cuff and almost to the elbow. Make leather patterns and then carefully sew them to the cutting area. Accessorize such a fur coat with a matching leather belt and decorate the neckline with a large, beautiful button. You have a completely new product.

You can go even further and make leather inserts in the waist area, as in the photo. To do this, open the side seams and insert leather strips, varying their length and width yourself. This way you can decorate a fur coat with a fitted silhouette or with a straight cut. But a wide and voluminous product will have to be completely redone. If you have little experience in such things, you can make a lot of mistakes.

The resulting item can be worn with a leather belt or complemented with sleeves made of the same material. In principle, any mixed fur coat looks stylish and expensive. Regardless of where exactly the leather inserts are located.

As you can see, altering a fur coat from nutria is not so difficult. Even a sewing novice can turn an old item into a sheepskin coat or a chic fur vest. And if everything is quite simple, is there any point in turning to professionals?

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Parting with an old fur coat is not so easy, especially if it is beautiful and expensive. Such things are usually worn for a very long time, but still, at one point, the style goes out of fashion, scuffs appear on the sleeves, and bald patches appear on the seams. What to do if a once elegant fur item has lost its appearance, and the nearest fur workshop cannot offer anything acceptable? There is only one way out - to master the furrier's craft. How to alter a fur coat with your own hands? You can come up with very interesting models. Now we will discuss them.

Getting ready for work

Regardless of what you do with an old fur coat, you will need some things, and it is better to prepare them in advance. Before altering a fur coat from a mouton with your own hands, as well as from any other fur, prepare:

• a pattern for what you will sew;
• furrier's knife (with retractable blade);
• tweezers;
• high-quality cotton threads No. 40 or No. 45;
• skin needles.

As for the materials, you will have some of them with a guarantee - the very fur coat that is to be remade. But fur alone is not enough. You need:

• viscose fabric for lining;
• if the design idea requires it - pieces of leather;
• accessories (buttons, snaps, etc.).

Where can I get the pattern?

It is best to make basic patterns. Both fur coats and dresses are sewn using them. The basic pattern can be modeled, which is exactly what you need now. Where can I get it? You can do it differently:

• order from the studio;
• find something suitable in magazines or on the Internet;
• build yourself;
• cut open and trace the details of an old but suitable-sized product (preferably a robe).

You need basic patterns:

The simplest options are to find them in a magazine or circle the details of old clothes. In order to correctly construct a pattern, you need a special guide. Most often these are professional publications or old books on needlework - there are quite a lot of these on the Internet.

Taking measurements

Regardless of how you decide to source your pattern, you need to know your measurements. Without them, you simply cannot select a pattern and adjust it. In order to sew something else from a fur coat that has lost its appearance, you need to know:

• chest girth;
• waist circumference;
• hip girth;
• neck girth;
• product length;
• sleeve length;
• seam length from armpit to waist;
• shoulder width;
• shoulder length.

Important! When constructing a pattern, horizontal measurements are divided by 2.

The better the cut fur

The main advantage of sheared fur is its wear resistance. For example, a haircut improves the protective qualities of fur, the pile does not roll off or become clogged, and the product itself gets less dirty. It is also important that proper haircut increases wear resistance by almost half. Fur treated in this way looks presentable much longer than regular fur. Be sure to take this into account when choosing a product. And there is no need to hesitate if you like a fur coat or sheepskin coat made from sheared nutria more than another product that is simply plucked. Don’t be afraid to experiment and fantasize, don’t be shy to show your individuality.

Fur preparation

Before you alter a fur coat with your own hands, you need to see what kind of material you will have to deal with. Rate how good your fur is:

1. Find out which pieces can be used and which should be removed.
2. To determine the strength of suspicious areas, moisten them with warm water and leave them alone for half an hour, and then try to carefully stretch the flesh. If it does not start to tear and all the hairs remain in place, the fur can be safely used.
3. Choose a style.
4. Calculate how much fur you will need and what other materials you can add.
5. Spread your fur coat.

Let's talk about models

There are different ways to deal with an old fur coat. You can not alter anything at all, but simply shorten the hem or sleeves, and also hem them. These are the simplest options, so let's start with them.

Shortening the bodice

This method is suitable for a product made of any fur, but there is one condition - the fur coat must be cut off. She may be:

• on the yoke;
• cut-off at the waistline;
• with a low waist, that is, cut along the hips.

Important! This method is recommended if the horizontal seams do not line up with the corresponding lines of your body.

In this way you can change the style very significantly.

1. Open the seam that joins the top to the bottom.
2. Set aside the desired length along the side seam of the bodice or skirt.
3. Sweep away the details.
4. Try on what happened.
5. Sew the top and bottom with a goat stitch or furrier's stitch.

Important! You can use leftover fur to make jewelry or sew a muff.

Repairing the frame

This part of fur products wears out most often. The hem rubs against the clothes, resulting in bald patches. It is best to replace the parts, and at the same time install new fittings, because buttons and hooks also wear out over time.

Important! New linings can be made from faux fur, leather and even thick fabric, but the first two options are better.

Shortening the sleeves

The lower parts of the sleeves also “go bald” quite often. There are two ways to deal with the problem:

• trim and hem if the sleeves are long;
• sew on new cuffs.

It is better to hem with another material. There is no need to completely rip the sleeve - just rip off the edge of the lining and insulation (if any), the hem and part of the seam adjacent to the cuff.

Bald areas, if they are at the very bottom, are best trimmed:

1. Measure the width of the sleeve (along with allowances).
2. Cut out a strip 3-5 cm wide from leather, faux fur or thick fabric - its length is equal to the width of the sleeve.
3. Align the long section of the strip with the bottom of the sleeve, right sides facing each other.
4. Sew the seam.
5. Fold the strip over to the wrong side, and pull out any lint caught in the seam with a needle to the right side.
6. Bend the strip to the wrong side by 0.5 cm and sew it with a “goat”, tucking the edge of the lining and insulation under it.

Hemming a fur coat

Do you want to shorten your old fur coat? This is not difficult to do. You will have to rip it out a little - just the hem. By the way, don’t forget to carefully look at how it’s done - this will make your task much easier:

1. Open the bottom hem (you don’t have to rip the side seams).
2. Set aside along the side seams, how much you need to shorten the fur coat, do not forget about the width of the hem itself.
3. Shorten the lining and insulation by the same amount.
4. Moisten the place that you will hem with a sponge from the inner side, bend it and place it under a press.
5. Place the edge of the lining into the hem.
6. Hem the fur coat with a goat stitch.
7. Comb the hairs on the front side so that they lie naturally.

Options for converting the nutria coat

In addition to a fur vest, you can make other options for transforming an old sheepskin coat. Below are several photo examples of what to make from a nutria fur coat.

Shortening the fur coat

The most popular solutions are:

1. Shortening a short fur coat using a bodice will be an excellent option for models in which the waist and hip lines do not match the height or proportions of the figure. To do this, unzip the sheepskin coat along the seam line and, depending on the desired result (raise or lower the waistline), mark the required value. Due to this, you can not only correct the seam connecting the bodice and the skirt of the short fur coat, but also slightly change the style of the fur product.
2. We change the style. This is the most painstaking work, which involves completely ripping out the fur product and dividing it into individual elements. Afterwards, each skin should be inspected individually for damage. If there are tears in them, they should be repaired: sewn up with threads or glued with special glue with thick fabric inserts. The next stage will be the creation of new patterns and cutting of parts using patterns and direct stitching of the elements into a solid product.
3. Short fur coat with leather transverse leather inserts. To do this, the sheepskin coat must be divided into separate elements and cut into longitudinal strips. Do the same with the skin. Next, you need to alternately sew the leather strips and fur strips.
4. Fur coat with leather sleeves. The principle of sewing such a product is similar to the previous one. First you need to tear off the fur sleeves and make new elements from leather. After this, the elements are sewn into a single sheepskin coat.
5. We are repairing the pick-up. The hem of a fur coat is most susceptible to wear and tear, since it is used the most. The fur wears out, causing abrasions to form on the collars. How to remove scuff marks? The best option is to replace the frame. As a result, you will not only update your expensive fur coat, but also replace the outdated accessories of the fur coat, which wear out over time.

Vest

Advice. To sew a fur coat yourself, it is recommended to have a furrier’s machine. This way the work will progress much faster, and the seams will be even.

Reshaping the fur coat

But if there is no such device, you can sew fur elements manually using a furrier stitch in increments of 3-5 millimeters, in some cases you can use a regular sewing machine. If the inside of the fur is elastic, you can use a zigzag stitch, and for a more durable fixation and movement of the fabric in the machine, make a lining from tracing paper.

Seam on a fur coat

Where to change

An old nutria coat that has lost its attractive appearance can become an excellent updated product such as a vest or a short coat with leather inserts. Restoration work will not take much time and effort, and the result will delight you for a long time, becoming the highlight of any wardrobe.

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Mouton and its capabilities

Mouton, also known as the tsigeyka, is considered almost eternal fur. So it is quite possible that somewhere in grandma’s closet there is still a fur coat that was bought half a century ago and has long since gone out of fashion. It's time to make something interesting out of it. You will have dense and heavy fur at your disposal, which is best used for its intended purpose, that is, to make a new one out of an old fur coat, modifying it using one of the methods already proposed.

This fur is not suitable for making jewelry. But you can sew from it:

The procedure for making a blanket or carpet is quite simple:

1. Open the fur coat without touching the side seams.
2. Remove bald areas.
3. Assemble a new panel, selecting parts along the contours - you can even make a template.
4. Cut out the missing parts from other fur or leather.
5. Finish the edges with bias tape.

Sew fur details

You need to sew by hand, since you will constantly have to straighten the fur onto the front side, adjust the location of the seam itself so that it is not on the pile, but on the skin. Monitor the tension of the seam: not tight (otherwise it will tear the membrane), not too loose (it won’t hold). We sew with a “goat” or over the edge.

Many seams with the greatest load will need to be reinforced in the future. This is done using dublerin or adhesive pads for fur or leather. The seams will need to be aligned. For this purpose, the seam needs to be slightly wetted with a sponge and pressed with a heavy object... when this area is completely dry, move on to the next one. First comb the dried fur against the direction of hair growth.

How to alter a mink coat with your own hands?

It’s especially disappointing to part with expensive fur. A mink coat can be updated while maintaining the maximum number of details. If there is a lot of fur, nothing prevents you from making a short sheepskin coat or a mixed fur coat with inserts. But there are other options.

From such fur you can sew:

• a skirt, complementing it with a leather jacket with inserts from the same mink;
• a hood with a shoulder or a short medieval cloak;
• plaid;
• shoes;
• mittens, a hat and even a scarf;
• decorations;
• bag.

Important! Mink is beautifully dyed, so you may not have to change anything - yellowed fur can be dyed a different color, and the fur coat will look like new.

Hints

Due to the characteristics of fur itself, different types are suitable for different products. So, a mouton is ideal for fur coats and short fur coats, jackets and vests, rugs and carpets, but it is better not to use it for jewelry. A good option is to make a pattern of cut fur on an old boring mouton fur coat.

Mink is good in large quantities in the form of fur coats, short fur coats, combined with inserts. A skirt made of this material will also look beautiful, complemented for a set, for example, with a leather jacket with mink inserts. You can make a set from a single material: hat, scarf, mittens or muff.

Nutria is amazing because you can use this fur to knit a new thing: a vest, a jacket, a raincoat, a poncho, a blanket. To do this, the nutria fur coat is cut into strips 2 centimeters wide, being careful not to damage the pile, a strong thread is added and crocheted with a large hook.

Karakul gives many classic models a heavy, outdated look, but if you shorten the item, add a lush fox collar in a contrasting color, or make mink patch cuffs, and the item will sparkle in a new way.