10 ways to use lightning in an unusual way

From zippers you can make decor for clothes and home decoration, brooches, bracelets, cosmetic bags and even a smart necklace.

1. Brooch flower

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The zipper to create such a flower must be unfastened and divided into two separate strips. Next, use a needle with a thread and your imagination.

2. Decoration for throw pillows

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Sew the unzipped zipper to the corner of the pillow and decorate with embroidery and beads to your taste.

3. Clasp-decor for the bag

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A zipper with deliberately large cloves and a “dog” sewn to a regular textile bag will simultaneously become a fastener and an unusual decorative element.

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4. Fancy necklace

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The metal zipper can be turned into an unusual necklace. To do this, cut the fabric braid close to the cloves, decorate the resulting base and the “dog” with pendants and beads, and sew a lace or a thin strap with clasps to the ends of the zipper.

5. Decoration for a denim jacket

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To add a personality to a denim jacket, sew the halves of the zipper from the inside to the edges of the sleeves, collar, and bottom so that the cloves look out. You can add applique on the back or leather inserts and also trim them with a zipper.

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6. Cosmetic bag made of zippers

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To make such a cosmetic bag, you need to sew several zippers of the same length with plastic teeth into a single fabric, then fold it in half and sew on the sides. The resulting cosmetic bag can be opened both from above, and from the side, and from below!

7. Zipper bracelet

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An original bracelet can be made of lightning with metal cloves. In addition to the zipper itself, you will need a clasp for the bracelet and a metal chain and / or rivets for decoration.

8. Jewelry for a bracelet from "dogs" from lightning

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The “dogs” from the clasps can be used as decor for jewelry - for example, for a bracelet.

9. Elegant zipper necklace

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For the manufacture of this unusual and even elegant necklace, several zippers with metal cloves and with a braid that harmoniously matches in color are suitable. Pieces of halves of lightning must be rolled into cylinders of different sizes and fastened together. Do not forget the clasp.

10. "Doggy" as a pendant

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If you have a really beautiful “dog”, for example, from a broken zipper, you can hang it on a chain and wear it around your neck like an original pendant.