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353066. How to make your own fitting harem pants and top. How to Make A Basic Triangle Top with skirted bottom. Scarf Vest. {Issara} How to sew a Double Ruffle Neckline Accessory. Make Your Own Super-Stylish Harem Pants. DIY Lingerie. To make all of these Instructables, download this collection of How To’s as an ebook.

DIY Lingerie

Download » "DIY Lingerie" is a collection of the sexiest how-to-lingerie projects. Save money by making custom lingerie for yourself or your sweetheart. We have patterns and tips for making your own lace underwear, bras, and even edible undergarments! All projects come from Instructables.com, are written by racy, lacy experts, and contain pictures for each step so you can easily do it yourself. Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet. How-to make a Stylish Bat Sleeve Blouse. How to make a patiala salwar. Soot Sprite Cellphone Charm. Green Jewelry. DIY Fabric Hoop Earrings. Earrings from Paperclips + String. How to Make a Steampunk Corset. Camera Bag Purse. DIY Convertible Dress.

How to Draft a Custom Hoop Skirt Pattern With the Exact Shape You Want. We're going to make our drawing to scale; that is, it will be drawn to the exact measurements we need, only smaller.

How to Draft a Custom Hoop Skirt Pattern With the Exact Shape You Want

For instance, you could draw it so that 1" = 1/4". If I am 65" tall and want to draw my figure in 1/4" scale I would draw it 16 1/4" tall. Choose the largest scale that will allow you to fit a figure your height on your paper. You'll be taking measurements later, and it's harder to take accurate measurements off a tiny drawing. Once you've picked what scale you'll be drawing at, stick with it all the way through. Sun dress made from 3 mens shirts. Recycled Denim Dress.

Crazy hat with earflaps! With glow in the dark highlights! Princess Leia Hooded Tank Top. This easy top is simple enough for beginners sew but looks cool enough to wear to a con.

Princess Leia Hooded Tank Top

The top has one seam going down the back, a keyhole opening with hook closures at the back of the neck (authentic to the actual dress worn by Carrie Fisher in the films) and the signature waist-length hood. The fabric I used for mine was crushed panne velvet in white. Bias Tape Breakthrough! I have bias tape on the brain because our next Sis Boom pattern requires significant amounts of it :) .

Bias Tape Breakthrough!

I'm not ready to spill the design details yet, but I will share my recent personal progress in bias tape making. Generally, when a pattern calls for bias tape, I just run out and buy it. Chador for prayers (and around the house) This post will be an offshoot of my much earlier post about the Chador in Iran.

Chador for prayers (and around the house)

The chador continues to be misunderstood by many people outside of Iran. Even some Iranian-Americans imagine the chador to be a new post-revolutionary fad. I wanted to concentrate on the types of chadors worn for prayer (salaat/namaaz) and around the house. As previously mentioned many women, particularly traditional and/or religious Iranian women group up wearing a chador, either around the house when na-mahram guests are over or wrapped around them whilst they snooze or for their prayers, and of course, outside over a manteau, pants and scarf.

(little girl playing in her chador) House chador: Around the house the chador comes in handy in a number of ways when guests are over, particularly male guests that are considered na-mahram. Old School Hejabi. Ive had a few inquiries about how exactly one sews a chador for some time now.

Old School Hejabi

But, its hard answering this because even though its a very, very simple process, unless you have a chador to use as a pattern or have seen them made enough times that you know or know someone who can show you, its not very easy explaining how one makes one. Even drawing a diagram doesnt really help. I’m sure some of you remember my post about the trial/tribulations of having an abaya shop in Khobar make me a chador? -if I had HAD my sewing machine with me in Saudi I could have popped one out in an hour or less, but I didnt. Tutorials. Pop Champagne: DIY: Cut Out Shoulder Blouse. I love the look of the cut out shoulder blouse and coincidentally I have a shirt that I don't wear anymore...

Pop Champagne: DIY: Cut Out Shoulder Blouse

So I revamped it! Here are the steps: 1. FREE PEOPLE COLLABORATION. The Fox Hole, a Hooded Winter Baby Sling. DIY: Ombre Dye Method. We all love the Ombre hairstyle the exploded overnight… gracing celebrities from Drew Barrymore to Rachel Bilson. There’s something wonderfully funky and elegant about the change of color- so why limit it to just hair?! Rachel Bilson Drew Barrymor Ombre dying methods work on clothes too! The graceful fade from one color to another has been seen all over the runway and in our favorite stores- check out these adorable subtle mint and denim ones from Freepeople.com: Nani IRO -Textile- » pattern making.

Diy: burberry studded trench. Maternity sewing tutorial roundup. DIY Miu Miu Jeweled Heels. Another great idea from Erica at Honestly…WTF ! This simple tutorial has the most fabulous results, and I’ve reposted it here for your convenience. You will need: Adithis Amma Sews - Cute Confessions of a Sew Addict: Tutorials - Enjoy! Zero Percent Cost - Free Tutorials - Enjoy!

Adithis Amma Sews - Cute Confessions of a Sew Addict: Tutorials - Enjoy!

Custom made clothing & Accessories from Adithis Amma Sews @ Etsy. Please do backlink to the tutorials you like and share it with your readers - Click on create a link at the end of individual tutorial post. DIY Dip-Dyed Shirt. If you read A Pair & A Spare like I do, then recently you may be experiencing a intense need to dye something. Particularly, in a gradient and ombre fashion I didn’t do a pictorial step-by-step for this since it was my first time using fabric dye and it was quite a messy affair. However, if you have a look at this post by Geneve of A Pair and A Spare for Harpers Bazaar , she gives comprehensive instructions. 1.

Soak the whole shirt in water. Maternity Sewing Tutorials Roundup 2011. Image via first of all, let's get this out of the way no, i'm not preggers again :P what i am is excited about all the new maternity sewing tutorials that have popped up since last years roundup!

Maternity Sewing Tutorials Roundup 2011

I promised you all that i would, preggers or not, keep up on the maternity roundups each year so you can have a fun resource to turn to for stylish, affordable and helpful maternity sewing tutorials, patterns, links and resources. are you in the need for the perfect maternity dress? DIY Macrame Bracelet.

Growing up by the beach in Southern California, the ability to knot a macrame bracelet was practically a right of passage. Although those days are long behind us, we’ve never forgotten the ever-so-simple square knot technique. This time, however, we’re replacing hemp and wooden beads for more updated elements like colorful nylon cord and glossy metal charms. How to Make Natural Fabric Dye. Build your own extra storage! (DIY Canned Food Organizer) Making a Khaleegy Thobe. These are the beautiful big dresses used for a woman's social dance in the Arabic Gulf. They are very loose and have embroidered front panels. Often the seams are also decorated. The backs are plainer. Anthropologizing. Weekend designer. Tutorials.

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