How to make belts and bracelets out of soda pop tabs. Sweater Boots. Pom Pom Socks. Cut two donut shapes out of cardboard.
The entire donut should be 2-2.5 inches in diameter, the inner hole should be 1/2 inch. Make a cut in donut from outside edge to inner hole as seen in picture. Place the donuts on top of each other. Wrap yarn around both donuts from outside donuts through the hole. Keep wrapping yarn until the entire donut is covered. Take scissors and position them in between the two cardboard donuts, start cutting yarn until all the yarn on outside of donut is cut. Make four Pom Poms, two for each sock. Check out this video that explains the process really well. How to make a Layered Tulle Dress. How to Create your own Leggings. Black and Coral Laser Cut Dress. Materials: Satin - about a yard Cotton Jersey - one oversized t-shirt of 1 to 2 yards, depending on how long you like your dresses Satin Ribbon - 3-4 yards of 1 7/8" wide Sewing Thread - match the colors, but I shouldn't have to tell you that Supplies: Sewing basics - scissors, chalk, pins, etc Sewing machine - ideally this will have a stretch stitch, otherwise use a narrow zig-zag Laser - join a fab lab/tech shop, find a laser cutting service, make friends with a laser owner or I guess you could pick one up at your nearest laser store Computer with vector friendly software - Illustrator is my first choice, Inkscape works well and is open source (free) Some notes about fabric choices: Because I was planning to use a laser on this dress materials selection became a priority.
This left me with polyester as my first choice. I decided to make the dress itself from cotton jersey and use the polyester as cap sleeves and a belt. How to Make a High-Waist Pencil Skirt. Recycle an Old Jeans into a Sexy Mini Skirt. How to make a short fitted sequined skirt. Hoodie Dress from tshirt. Long sleeve Shirt into a Fringe Top. How to make a Stylish T-shirt. How to Make a One Shoulder Ruffle Dress. Reconstruct your t-shirt with lace sleeves. Beerkini. Retro Reconstructed Dress. I found a big skirt at a vintage shop that was made of a beautiful fabric, so I bought it with the intention of making a 1940’s style inspired dress.
This is the process of the reconstruction. Step 1: Making the Pattern For the bodice, I drafted my own pattern roughly based on a couple of different patterns, adding my own alterations through trial and error. I arrived at my own design after several sample pieces. Step 2: Cutting the Skirt For the construction phase, I started by cutting off the waistband of the original skirt. Step 3: Making the Bodice I used some black linen from my mom’s stash of fabric for the rest of the bodice since there was not enough of the original skirt fabric to completely create the bodice. Step 4: Adding the Lining I created a lining from the same pattern and stitched the bodice to the lining, then added sleeves before attaching the skirt.
Step 5: Gathering the Skirt I gathered the original, shortened skirt in preparation. Gathered Summer Dress. How to Make a Tutu - Influential Mom Blogger, Parenting, Community. 8.6K Amazing Shares Facebook 556 Pin It Share 1.8K 1K+ Twitter 49 Google+ 25 StumbleUpon 6.1K Email -- Email to a friend 8.6K Amazing Shares × I have seen a lot of inquirers on how to make tutus, etc. so I brought over some information from my tulle site to share with y’all!
Tutus are super easy and super fun to make. You can buy nearly any type of tulle and create tutus for all your costumes! No need to buy a tutu when its easy to make a tutu! This is the one I made~ Make sure you scrunch your tulle together really well to have a really full tutu! To measure your waist, make sure you measure your model and then take off about 2-3 inches of elastic. On elastic size, that’s preference. To add to these instructions since it isn’t listed in a lot of places, 6 inch tulle works really well, not the big tulle you find on the bolts. Pre-measure your tulle out and have it all ready so you can basically go from start to finish. Elastic is a lot more snug.