Showing posts with label sew. Show all posts
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Monday, January 6, 2014

DIY T Shirt Update

Greetings to diy junkies and happy new year :)
Hope everybody's new year will be full of happiness,

Starting off with the new diy post, let's admit t shirts are the most comfortable things in the whole wide world next to sweat pants, so here's how to update a boring t shirt to a brand new one screaming your personality.

so we'll be needing,

-  T shirt transfer  ( I got mine from Target)
-  T shirts (Duh) 
-  Pair of scissors 
-  Inkjet printer 
- An Iron 




- Make sure you pre wash your t shirts, most fabrics tend to shrink after washing them 


- I decided to kill two birds from one stone and set up both of my designs in one page,

Yes! I am a Whovian ;) 

- Make sure you flip your image if you are using letters, I used Picmonkey to edit my pictures 



- Cut around the design you printed and carefully place it stright where you want it to be,
- Iron over the paper and make sure you give it a good heat press, if you lack heat the transfer might be stuck to the paper not the fabric and tend to peel off afterwards 


- On the white t shirt I decided to cut carefully around the letters so it won't leave a trail of ugly glue residue

-  Also I heat pressed it a little low to get the rustic vintage look.


- To get away from the boring-ness I cut few straps and stretched it in the back.



For the Whovian representation (hahaha) I cut out the sleeves and made them bows ;) (tutorial here)

because bow ties are cool!

Enjoy! 




Thursday, December 27, 2012

DIY - Tights/leggings/jeggings refashion

Merry Christmas :)

Hope yall had a wonderful Christmas!!

Today I'm bringing my lovely readers a refashion/upcycling project and It's going to be a really straight forward project ^^

Well, enough babbling, lets get started shall we?

You'll Need:

- Old pair of tights,leggings or jeggings!
- Scrap piece of fabric
- Need and threat or fabric glue
- pair of scissors 


I found an old pair of tights that had a ugly hole in the knee area.. I loved the color so, I thought it would be awesome for this project..



- Lay the tights inside out. Mark about 4'' lines starting from up-top wherever you want! 
like this,


- Cut slits along the line.. Make sure it doesn't go through the other side of the tights. We want just one layer of slits! 

- Take your scrap piece of fabric and cut off about 2.5'' x 1'' strips.



- Take a strip between two strips and fold the strip and sew or use fabric glue to make a bow shape!  


- You should end up with something like this after all of your bows are made :)


There you go :) easy peasy right? now you have cute bow tights to rock on with your booties or heels! 









Monday, September 10, 2012

Simple to Unique

I personally don't like wearing plain knit tops. They are boring to me. So I usually get plain tops and make them in to something unique :) something only I have. Here's a great way to spice up your boring tees and tops. 

You'll need,

- Knit top/tee
- Extra piece of fabric of your choice
- Cut out of a heart
- Pair of scissors
- A pencil
- Ruler
- Some pins
- Needle and thread

Here's How to :)



Don't draw outside, remember to turn your tee inside out before you draw and pin


Place the cut off strings wherever you want, may be braid? I did one :) 



Have fun ^^