Skirt Full of Stars by Shannon Henry, Polymath Design Lab | Polymath's Lab Notebook. Imagine a skirt that sparkles with a rainbow of colors as you walk, dance, and twirl. The Skirt Full of Stars is an interactive, illuminated garment using the LilyPad Arduino platform, designed to respond to and accentuate the movements of its wearer.
The LilyPad mainboard and power supply are sewn to a purple organza underlayer on a black tulle skirt, with an accelerometer hanging from a ribbon below. The LilyPad translates the movement readings from the accelerometer to colors using tricolor LEDs in the waistband, and sparkling fiber optics are woven through the tulle to disperse the light and create twinkling, color changing stars. Update: Due to tremendous interest at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010, I’m now working to produce a kit to make your own Skirt Full of Stars. Materials needed Tools: Needle-nosed pliersWire cuttersHeat gunFTDI connector for programming the Lilypad boardComputer with Arduino software Hints and tips: Prepare the LEDs: Cut six 1″ lengths of heat shrink tubing.
Insulate: Just say no to boring cardigans, part 2 — insatiable need. A few weeks ago, I saw a t-shirt refashion in a craft magazine, and was inspired to apply its techniques to a little red sweater that I’ve had forever, but is now tragically too small. Here’s the end result: The t-shirt refashion took two over-sized t-shirts and turned them into a single, shawl-front cardigan.
I thought it might be cool to start with a fitted sweater instead of an over-sized shirt, and then the final product would be more fitted, too. Instead of 2 t-shirts, I used this old red sweater and a pair of knit pants in a black and white herringbone pattern. These two are relics from my black-and-white-and-red phase (many years ago, now), in which nearly everything I owned that wasn’t denim or black was bright red. The sweater is way too small for me now, and the pants never quite fit right anyway. Both are made from a cotton/poly blend medium-weight knit, of very similar textures. If you were using thinner fabric, I think a wider rectangle would be better. Free Sewing Patterns – think liz. Women's Clothing. Married to a bmw Free Sewing Patterns: Women’s Clothing 06. February 2009 · 18 comments · Categories: Sewing Back to Free Sewing Patterns The 5 minute skirt by angry chickenRuffle Skirt by EmuShirt into Skirt with Yoga Style Waistband by Make It and Love ItThe Shirt Skirt by Sew Like My MomWomen's Skirt with Yoga Style Waistband by Make It and Love ItHow to Make a Skirt out of Scraps by craftstylishThree Tiered Skirt by Weekend designer20 Minute Simple Skirt by GrosgrainReversible Wrap Skirt by Weekend designerRuffled Linen Skirt by amazing maeYoga Skirt by Patty Young for Sew, Mama, Sew!
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Jackets/Coats/Wraps. Taking Proper Measurements. If you have just purchased something from my etsy store, you will need to take some of these measurements; I have specified which measurements to take in the listing of the garment. If you have any questions about them at all, please email me, and I can help you out. Most of these you can take yourself, but I suggest getting a friend to help you take them, they will be more accurate that way. There are a few you will need help with anyway. When you are measuring, don't wear bulky clothing, and don't pull the tape so tight that it is restricting, but don't leave any ease in it either.
Also measure to the nearest 1/4" 1: WaistMeasure around your waist, the smallest part of the torso. 2: BustTake this measurement with the bra you plan on wearing with the dress/top, or no bra if you do not wear one. 3: HipsUse a string or shoe lace to tie off your hips at the fullest part of your butt. Now take the tape measure and follow the string all the way around. 6. 9: Cup SizeA, B, C, D. . . Tops. Make a Custom Pair of Tap Pants. By Haley Pierson-Cox For me, summer in NYC means two things: 1) I will eventually wear a light skirt into the subway when my hands are full, and 2) on that day, when I step onto the stairs of the station, a gust of wind will come barreling up from below, lifting my skirt and showing my backside to anyone who cares to look. This year, on the very first nice day, my skirt flew up not once, but twice. In the same commute. Grumbling and scrambling to pull it down, it hit me: I definitely needed a pair of tap pants. In case you’re not familiar, tap pants work like a slip, but they’re actually shorts, making them the perfect solution to my summer skirt woes.
Materials: Fabric, 1-2 yards nylon or silkFoldover elastic, 1-3 yards, depending on whether you use a sergerLace, 2-3 yards, optionalMeasuring tape Pattern paper; you can also use newspaperRuler Pencil Sewing machine Serger/overlock machine, optionalFabric scissors/rotary cutter Straight pins Water-soluble fabric marker Directions Related. Join the Panels. Stepping Thru Crazy: Men's Button-Up Refashion... into Ladies Tank!
A few years ago, when the hubby and I lived in Florida (this was pre-kids, so make that 5-ish years...) I bought him a button-up shirt for his work. The deal was that he had to wear blue or white button-ups, so I thought, "Why not both at the same time? " And I got him this:Apparently when he wore it to work, his boss told him he looked like a picnic basket, aaand the shirt was retired to the closet. Well, I don't care if I look like a picnic basket, so I decided to turn it into a tank top for myself! It was actually really easy to do... let me try once again to tell you how I used a sewing machine... eh.... First things first, I chopped the sleeves off. Then I slipped the shirt on and pinned in the sides so that it fit.
I took off the shirt, flipped it inside out and sewed up the sides where my pins were, trimmed off the excess, flipped it rightside out again, and tried it on to make sure it fit. Then I pinned the armholes the way I wanted them... carefully......and sewed them. That's it! Made By Lex » refashions. How To Make Leg Warmers or Boot Socks October 20, 2011 6:13 am Wow!
I’ve been absent a while! I’ve been really busy up at mydaughters school working on some projects for their school auction, then the girls got sick and I got sick. I absolutely love layers. Feel free to accessorize however you like. So cute and stylish and much easier then stuffing your leg and jeans into a tight sock. I hope you all have a beautiful weekend. Tags: boots , leg warmers , socks , sweater , thigh high socks Posted in Original Designs , other , refashions , women's clothing | 69 Comments » Tassel Heels… September 19, 2011 1:01 pm ..or pony shoes. Phillip Lim Vera Wang But these. Giddy-up. Tags: DIY tassel , Fall 2011 tassel , leather tassel , shoe tassel Posted in jewelry , Original Designs , other , refashions | 3 Comments » Loungewear Revolution- Jersey Romper September 13, 2011 9:34 am On of my favorite things to sleep in is this little jersey romper that I have. Get two T’s. Cut the first one off.
Pin It. DIY. As a stay at home mom, the only times I actually have the reason to dress up, or time and energy to try to look decently nice is on Sundays when I go to church. I LOVE dresses so I have plethora of dresses(more than any other clothing item I own) but Sundays and occasional weddings are the only chances I get to wear them really, which is a bummer because I feel like I don't put them in good enough use! So I'm going to try to wear dresses more often, and if I'm a little over dressed sometimes, oh well, who cares? I will also try to start a weekly post called "Sunday Best" to take pictures of my Sunday outfits.
I found this pretty dress online, and I knew it'd be just a tad too short for me since I'm LDS and I wear garments, otherwise I personally think it's a great length(shhh, don't tell my LDS peeps I said that ;), but I knew I could do something about it. Before: I flipped the dress inside out and attached a 4" width white fabric to the bottom lining of the dress. After: 2 Pc. Skirt & Tube Top | Creation | Cut Out. Skeleton Tights.
Skirts. Pants/Shorts. Tops.