Saree Decoration 101: Ideas to Decorate Old Sarees to Make Them Look New & If They are Past Saving, Use Them to Create Something New (2020)

Well, your wardrobe must be flooded with the different types of sarees like party wear sarees, casual wear sarees and many more. However, if you are a bit bored of all the regular sequence or heavily embroidered sarees, then you can take the matter into your own hands and decorate your old sarees into the new saree. You see ladies, we totally get that repeating a saree many times is so not your style, and buying new saree for every occasion isn’t feasible for your pocket.

So, if you use your creativity proper, then you can very easily turn your old saree into the new designer saree. To do so you just required a few saree decorations and your brand new saree is already. In this post, we are going to discuss all different ways to decorate your old saree and make stuff out of it. You can do this also if you have a plain saree that you think can do with some interesting decoration.

Okay, so first and foremost, let’s start the journey of making something new out of your old sarees with the help of decorative material. There are plenty of different colorful DIY options present to turn your old saree into new with the help of cool decoration tricks. Just check out the top ten ideas and turn your boring sarees into the designer sarees.

You can use the traditional dying technique on your old cotton sarees and turn them into colorful sarees or fancy curtains for your home. Get it dyed professionally into a new, uniform colour, or try a simple tie and dye technique to create a new pattern on it. To make the DIY tie-dye sarees from your old cotton ones, you have to just follow three steps:

If you like the shimmering pearls and want to give party wear look to your old saree, then adding pearls to your saree is a cool idea. If you know how to do embroidery, then this method is going to be piece of cake for you. Here, you have to buy different shapes of pearls from the market or you can order them online. Then, either you can cover the whole pallu of your saree with the different shapes of pearls or can use your imagination to create beautiful patterns with the pearls. Moreover, if you are not good with the threads, then you can use fabric glue to stick the pearls on your saree.

Velvet is a rich and luxurious fabric which can add charm to any old saree. However, draping the velvet saree around your body isn’t a good idea as you might look like a mini balloon if you drape velvet around you. So, in that case, you can use 85 per cent plain saree and just a small fraction of the velvet dupatta to enhance and highlight edges. How? Just get the old saree from your mother’s wardrobe and wear it normal you do. But, when you are draping the pallu of your saree, then cut that part of the saree length and attach velvet dupatta on that area. This way your old saree will get ready to shine at your upcoming office party.

Oh, yes, the cute woolen or fabric pom pom’s can be used to decorate your old sarees. To do the decoration of your saree with the help of pom poms, you have to follow easy steps. First sketch out your saree design by placing pom poms on it. Use a needle to thread the pom poms on your saree with the floss and knotted at one end. Once you have tied the pom poms securely to your saree, then you are all set to wear your new colorful saree.

This is the simplest and most effective way to decorate your old plain saree. You can raid your local market or search online different types of embellishments and use them to create a new saree. Your old saree is like a canvas on which you can show creativity with all sort of embroidery and embellishments such as zardozi work, zari work, kundan work, etc., Moreover, ready-made embroidery patches are also available which can be used to design sarees. So, decorating sarees with the embellishments let you be more creative and unique.

You are convert any plain saree into designer saree by inserting sequins border to it. You can even pair sequins blouse with your sequins saree to add more bling to it. Every woman who loves to wear saree frequently must have golden, silver, and block sequins blouse in their wardrobe. So, you can pair these sequins blouse with your sequins sarees and transform your look completely.

If you are looking for the quick transformation tip for your old saree, then you can pair your plain saree with the brocade blouse. Brocade is a very useful fabric as it is already weaved so beautifully that it doesn’t require any embroidery or embellishments to decorate it. Just pair your any saree with the shimmering and bright brocade blouse and you won’t be required anything else to complete your look.

How about creating a new saree out of your two old sarees? Yep, by combining your two old sarees, you can easily create one designer saree. For this pick two old saree which has different colors and fabrics in it, then combine both the saree fabrics with the lace or sequins border. Now, whenever you wear this half saree it will create a dynamic style statement as nobody can buy this type of saree from the market.

Mirror work sarees are always trending. You can add little shiny and bling to your old and boring saree. The plain saree of dark color like red, peacock green, etc., are a great way to uplift with the help of little mirror work. Mirror or little glass adds glam to your saree which you can buy from anywhere. Just with the help of glue stick mirrors on your sarees border or hemline and you are all set to bling.

If with the little shine, you want to include bringing sound to your saree, then using ghunghroos to decorate saree is a very attractive way. Ghunghros are available in different colors which chime with every moment. Just like pearls or beads, you can use the Ghunghros to style your saree and create the style statement which no one can ever beat.

If your saree is pretty old and can’t be styled to wear on the party occasions, then you have plenty of other options to play with. You can use old saree in different ways which you can’t ever think of. So, never thought your old sarees because there are numerous different ways to use them. Such as;

Well, generally, the best method to reuse the old saree is to convert it into a new one. Normally, saree pallus and sequined borders get damaged easily because they are on the edges and are subject to the most wear and tear. So, if your saree pallu or border needs to be fixed, then you can easily cut the old one out and replace it with a new one. You can stitch on a kundan embossed or zari studded patch on your sarees border to give it a new feel and look.

From your old designer sarees, you can make the gorgeous looking salwar suits out of them. It doesn’t matter whether your sarees border is damaged, you can easily use them to make salwar suit. You can use the body of the saree to make the top and can use patchwork border to design hemline, neckline, and sleeves. For the bottom and dupatta, you can use another contrasting old saree or you can mix match with some clothes from your wardrobe.

You can make trendy lehengas out of your sarees as well. If you don’t want saree to create full lehenga outfit, then you can use bits and pieces to create the lehenga. Like, you can make a skirt out of the saree or dupatta or blouse. Moreover, you can just use the embroidery of your saree and use it on lehengas to create a beautiful patchwork.

How about sleeping in the quilt studded with a beautiful patchwork of brocade and velvet. You can see the stunning velvet sarees to create the quilt because velvet is a very warm fabric that’s why it is perfect to make quilts. You can use multiple colors or rainbow patterns to combine different patches to create a colorful quilt. You can tie all different patches with the plain silk border and you have made yourself stunning quilt.

Next stop, that you can do with your old saree would be making wall hangings. You just have to get a rod and roll over the finished piece of saree fabric for a décor that is modern and traditional at the same time. If your saree color or patchwork match with the furniture of your home, then you can create the designer style ambiance. This is an amazing way to create the authentic interior of your place and that without spending any extra penny.

You can make your home pop out with the help of saree pillow covers. The stunning designer patches and loyal looking fabric of your saree can be used to make throw pillows. These sort of traditional sarees pillow covers can be an awesome decoration for the festivals like Diwali, Holi and Navratri parties. Moreover, if you have plain interior design in your bedroom, then you can make your bedroom with the sequins and embroidery pillow covers. The old sarees have been frequently used to create the beautiful patchwork decorative pillow covers from the ages.

If you are a host of dinner parties in your friend's group, then you can use your old saree to create gorgeous table runners. To make the stunning table runner with your old piece of saree, you have to cut the heavy border part of the party wear sarees made from the fabric like georgette and place it in the middle of your table with your delicious party meal.

The embroidered sofa throws look very cool on your sofas. The sofa throws made up from the velvet or silk sarees will definitely look out of this world on your sofas. This sofa throws will ass ethnic touch to your living room. To add little heritage and authentic touch to your room, you need to make cool sofa throws from your old sarees. However, if you go to the market and ask from embroidered silk sofa throws, then the prices will definitely give you a mini heart attack.

This is an old grandma technique to create a water purifier from the old pure cotton sarees. We all have lots of old cotton sarees in our home, these sarees can be used to water purifiers in your kitchen. You have to tie the double layer of cotton saree piece around the water tap and the fine fabric of cotton will automatically filter the dust and fine particles out of the water. Imagine your old saree can be used to make thousands of bucks water purifiers.

With your old embroidered or net sarees, you can gift wraps easily. Sarees can be used in multiple ways to create the gift boxes or wraps. Like, you can take the old container from your kitchen and cover the container with them. Then, you can decorate the box with the different sequins or beads to make it more glamorous. Moreover, if you are not in the mood of doing extra work, then you can simply wrap your gift in the saree fabric.