Showing posts with label fabric store. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric store. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

DIY: 3 (MORE) Ways to Jazz up a T-shirt


That's right! Since the last DIY about t-shirts was such a wild success; I'm bringing it back for round 2. So here is 3 MORE ways to jazz up a plain old t-shirt.

First: No Sew
This DIY requires no sewing! It's quick, easy, and fun.

1. Find any t-shirt. (Fairly larger the better.)


2. Cut off the tag, the neck, the bottom, and the shelves.


3. Fold the t-shirt the long ways so it's pressed arm pit to arm pit.


4. Then cut varies sized long strips. (I like to cut long ones at the top and work my way down to shorter ones.)


Now... Flaunt it!


Coast? The Shirt was 99 cents at Goodwill.


Second: "Frankenstein"
For this shirt you will need to sew. I used a machine but you can hand sew if you want too as well.

1. Find two t-shirts that are same size (get larger sized shirts to give you room to sew)


2. Cut along the seams of both shirts. (You can use scissors or a seam ripper)


3. Then take the front of one shirt and the back of the other. Pin them together.


4. Then sew a new seam on the two shirts


BOUNS: The shirts I bought had pockets so I seam ripped the black pocket and sewed it on the gray one.


Now... Sport it!

Coast? Thread was $3.00 and each shirt was $5.00 from JoAnn's. Plus you get two cool shirts out of this project.


Third: The Pin Up Girl
This idea is actually one I got from one of my favorite DIY blogs: P.s. I made this... so my directions are pretty much the same.

1. T-shirt (any size works/any color shirt)

2. Get some safety pins. (Small are best and so are gold ones)


3. Pin the safety pins around the neck line. You can just pin them one by one or cluster a bunch together to add some texture.

Now... Show it off!


Coast? A pack of 100 old pins at fabric store was $5.00 and the shirt was 99 cent at Goodwill.

So there you go! 3 MORE ways to jazz up a plain old T-shirt. I will make sure to post something like this again. Enjoy!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

DIY: High-waisted Lace Cut-Off Shorts

I made these awhile back but haven't been able to wear them or blog about them. But alas the time has come and here they are: High-waisted Lace Cut-Off Shorts

First: find a pair of high waisted jeans. The secret is to look in the men's section. Find a pair slightly bigger so it can go over your hips. Then cut them off to the length you want.


second: Find lace. I found this beautiful lace at a fabric store on cap hill. It was $1.69 a yard. So worth it.


third: place the lace right on the edge of the jeans and sew.

Side note -- I personally love hand sewing more because it takes a lot of effort to get my mom's sewing machine out. But you can do either.



NOW if you want to get really fancy you can cut off the back pocket of the shorts and make a lace pocket like so:


And there you have it. Your own pair of high waisted cut off lace jean shorts. (That's a long title...)

Gold flats: (Payless Shoes) $5.00
DIY High-Waisted Lace Cut-Off Shorts: (lace - Stitches Fabric Store $1.69 a yard/jeans- Goodwill $3.50)
Cardigan: (Goodwill) $2.50
Tank Top: (Nordstorm Rack) $6.00
Necklace: (Goodwill) $2.00

(please excuse how pale I am. My skin tone is called "unbaked pie crust")