Men's Shirt. June 16th, 2010 Email 56 users recommend men's shirt restyle I have seen lots of men's shirt makeovers lately and decided to try my own! It is basically two rectangles of fabric with an elastic casing at the top and two straps. Here is the finished product and how I did it! You can also visit our blog for more sewing, craftiness and giveaways! Supplies: 1 mens button up shirt, size large 1" wide elastic You will also need to measure your bust and down your side (measure from your armpit to how long you want the shirt to be - mine was 16"). This is the shirt I started with. 1 - Take off the pocket. 2 - Cut off top half of the shirt at armpit. 3 - Cut off sides seams of shirt, it will probably be much larger than you need it. 4 - Sew side seams. 5 - Sew casing at top for elastic. 6 - Run elastic through casing, sew elastic together and sew casing closed. 7 - Mark where you would like the straps to go. 9 - Cut off the curved end off the side strip. 13 -Wear and love!
Stitch Techniques. Floaty Scarf. So here is my tutorial for the Catch and Release Scarf from Anthro. Better late than never right? Materials: - 1 piece of fabric about 90 inches long- elastic thread- matching thread (all purpose)- rit dye (optional)- tailors chalk- sewing needle * Your fabric needs to be light weight, breezy, and somewhat see thru.
I think a cotton voile, cotton lawn, or cotton gauze would work really well. 1 - Cut your fabric so that you have one long piece that is about 90" x 17" 2 - To finish the two long edges fold in 1/4", press, fold another 1/4", and press again. 3 - Leave the top thread of your machine with your normal all purpose thread. 4 - Using your tailors chalk, mark 3 vertical lines down the middle of your fabric - each 4 inches apart. 5 - With all purpose thread as your top thread, and elastic thread as your bottom thread, stitch all three vertical lines from top to bottom allowing it to gather as it goes. 9 - If you want a different color as I did, use RIT dye to dye your scarf.
Apron. Cloud Duvet. November 22, 2010 1:27 pm After my beloved duvet died, I looked and looked for a replacement. I settled on this Cirrus set from Anthropologie. I love white bedding. I can’t explain it. But no prints for me, just white. Then I decided to just take a few hours and make it myself. First, determine your duvet size. Twin 68 x 88 inches Full Queen 88 x 88 inches King 104 x 88 inches Next buy 3 coordinating flat sheets. Next takes a little math. Since my duvet needs to be 88 inches wide, I knew I needed double that to make the gathers.
The first step is to gather, or ruffle your first long piece of fabric. Serge it together. Then gather the other end and attach antoher straight strip. I love the effortless look of it. I love different shades of white so I’m going to keep the cream accent pillows and make some brighter white euro shams. Total time was about 5 hours. Coming soon- a tutorial for a Christmas Kid’s Skirt out of this FABULOUS material from harts .