- Use gauze to make a ghostly bride figure as a Halloween decoration. Shred the gauze and attach it to a headband. Put the headband on a pale mannequin or doll. The doll looks like it is wearing a torn veil. Shredding the gauze can add a bedraggled look that fits the recently deceased. Put a wedding dress on the doll and hang it from fish wire so it looks like the figure is floating like a ghost.
- Gauze also makes decent spider webbing. Rip it very thinly; because gauze is weaved loosely, it looks like the web string to a rather large spider. Weave the gauze stripes to resemble an actual spiderweb and hang it in a corner. Put the strips around the house on random household items to look like a large spider came by.
- Designers also make handbags with gauze on them. Use a bag with a more sturdy construction, like a thick cotton weave. Crumple the gauze and sew it to the outside of the bag. The crumpled gauze gives the bag a classical Victorian or Southern Belle look. Colors vary and gauze bags are usually handbags, as carrying them around on the hip may rip the delicate gauze.
- Use gauze to make potpourri bags. Put potpourri inside this material and gather up the edges. Keep the potpourri contained by tying a ribbon around the top of the bag. The smell of the potpourri will come through because gauze is so thin. Due to the translucent nature of gauze, you can also see inside the bag to look at the colorful potpourri.
- Seamstresses can sew in gauze at the inside hem of a skirt and it does not show. The material causes the skirt to flow outward. Add more gauze to create a more bulky skirt. Because it is a loose, light material, it is optimal for adding body to a classic dress or skirt without adding too much weight. These types of skirts work for Southern Bell costumes, prom dresses, wedding dresses and 1950s teenybopper costumes.
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