We have transformed old sweaters still in good condition into covers for throw pillows before, with no one the wiser, proud of our thrifty DIY. But this bedspread made from old sweaters proudly boasts its humble origins...
Sweater Bedspread
Paris
The sweater bedspread was a single piece designed by Babeth Rambault for FR66 (who are also producing the design in a limited edition) and it costs an astonishing 1200 euros. And while Christian Lacroix has used it in an exhibition he has on until October 19 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, it seems to be more a statement piece than anything an adult would want in their bedroom. But with winter coming and the economy in the tank, it's a DIY idea that might start catching on...
- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from Paris. She can be reached at kristin @ apartmenttherapy . com
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mmhhh not working for me, my room will always look messy, a nice way to recycle though.
view Vicadin's profile
i agree with the first comment about reuse, but donating sweaters to goodwill or S.A. is also good reuse. the one pictured above is hideous!
view rstrtz's profile
Heh. This is what my bed looks like before I've folded and stowed the laundry. No thanks, I can make my own clutter!
Might work if the sweaters were more deconstructed, tho.
view rockypondgirl's profile
Old sweaters, good condition = don't fit and/or too ugly to keep.
I also don't think this would catch on as a money-saving DIY. You would have to LOVE the look of this to spend the effort and take sweaters away from people who could wear them instead. Anyone who was paying 1200 euros for this was paying for the singularity, because it's art. There's not supposed to be more than one.
view K T G's profile
Very sad effort.
view EAM's profile
donation is a much better use of the sweaters and if they're in such poor shape that they're not wearable, then the thing shouldn't cost 1200 euros. not that it should regardless.
view Enamorada's profile
blanket looks to be about 22 or 23 sweaters' worth.. thinking of all the cold, homeless bodies those sweaters could keep a little warmer this winter....
1200 euros could cover the costs of putting 30 homeless folks in a room of their own in a motel for a night.
view *heather leaf*'s profile
Useable clothing can go to the homeless shelters, thrift stores are too expensive these days for those who really need the help. If the sweaters are too damaged for anyone to wear, felting them, then cutting squares and sewing together would look much tidier. This just looks like a really bad case of static cling, the kind of artwork that when I was back in art school we called "art with a capital F" (just my humble opinion)
view fjorlief's profile
A friend of my bought up a bunch of sweaters from thrift shops and used them to upholster her miss match of dining room chairs.
Her dining table a is very long reclamed wood table that is so gorgous. Then she found an assortment of dining chairs from thrift stores, flea markets and each has a sweater seat with matching upholstered wing chairs at each end. It looks really fantastic and each chair has a name.
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