No more old fur hats gathering dust in the closet. There are 2 great ideas for remaking them

1) My husband’s old mink hat will no longer be lying around idle.
It is clear that no one will wear it. So that the hat could still serve, I decided to put it in the dog’s kennel.
But can this be allowed? I saw potential in this little guy.
Here's what I did:
I ripped open the seams and took the fur; there wasn’t much of it, since the hat was a fake.
Soaked the fur in warm water with scented gel.
I washed it in several waters to remove dirt, then rinsed it in water with conditioner.
I squeezed it out a little and hung it to dry.
When the water stopped flowing, I took my hair dryer and comb and fluffed the fur well.
The fur immediately shone, became silky and smelled good.
I will sew a handbag and decorate it with pompoms made of valuable fur:
- I cut out a circle with a diameter of 7 cm from paper, traced it on the sandpaper with a pen and cut it out with a stationery knife; under no circumstances should the fur be cut with scissors.
- Along the edge of the circle I stitched the threads forward with a needle, pulled it together and filled it with padding polyester.
- These pom-poms will decorate any handbag. My bag is made from a woolen blouse using this pattern.
- The fabric was reinforced with non-woven fabric.
- I stitched the zipper, first onto the jersey, then stitched the lining part on top.
- I unfolded the fabric and connected the front part of the bag to each other on three sides and the lining in the same way, leaving room for turning it inside out.
- I stitched all the corners.
- Same thing at the top, inserted the straps for the strap inside and stitched. I immediately inserted a chain-strap from them.
- I turned my purse inside out. I sewed the pompoms by hand.
- Stitched the hole in the lining.
Can you really think that just recently this was shabby fur?
Now this is a new glamorous handbag that you can take anywhere!
2) How tired I am that my fur hat has been gathering dust in the closet for many years without use. I'll show you what beauty I turned it into.
- I ripped the hat apart, trimmed the fur for the collar, and placed the good parts in the front.
- I cut out the lining and padding polyester. I joined them together and quilted them. There will be loops on the lining so you can thread a scarf or handkerchief through them.
- My loops are 10 centimeters long, I sewed them to the lining.
- Do not iron the fur from the back side under any circumstances. I wanted to iron and smooth the skin with an iron through gauze, it’s good that I tried it from the edge in the corner, the skin immediately shrank and became smaller.
- Now I connected the lining and fur with the right sides facing inward, stitched along the edge with a zigzag, while pushing the fibers inside with a needle. Left room for turning.
- I turned the collar inside out and sewed up the hole with a hidden stitch.
- I threaded the scarf through the loops.
You can measure.
The collar is convenient because you can put it on a sweater, jacket or coat. At the same time, you can choose any scarves and scarves, tie them in different ways, and each time the collar will look new.