silk slip dress diy

marca 21, 2020

silk slip dress diy

  I found this lovely but much too long and too big silk skirt in sh near me.
I had few ideas how to refashion and renew it even before I bought it but finally I decided that dress 👗 will be perfect as I love silk dresses not only in summer.

 Inspirations 

How to sew a skirt 

 as first thing look at  the photo I put  upper 

using  bottom part of a skirt 
sew skirt for your dress 
below you can see 3 links with easy tutorials about sewing skirts

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2

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from the upper part of a skirt sew top 

check those 2 very easy tutorials

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2

 if you sew raw silk the best choice is rolled hem 
here you can see tutorial how to use this hem

how to use rolled hem 

 you can also use zig zag and after shred edges with brush

 Ready silk dress

 

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DIY Ironing Board & Mobile Pressing Station

grudnia 08, 2019

DIY Ironing Board & Mobile Pressing Station

 

 There is no sewing without iron and there is no use of iron if we don't have ironing board so today little tut about how to make one, fast and easy for all sewers of the world 😀

How to make ironing board ❔

 

things you need for this project :

board

wadding

thick fabric , jeans is awesome for example 

  glue or nails

optional 

 you can paint your fabric on some different color  

I used gold paint as it fits perfect to grey

 

Pressing board diy

Ironing board in 2 steps 👠👠

 

 

 

  glue few layers of wadding to the board , I add 4 layers
 I think it's perfect number for it

 

 

 

 

 next with little help of nails or stapler nail thick fabric as you can see on photos

 

  Ready  ironing board 💙

 

 

 

mobile pressing board  

 

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How to refashion a jumper into a cardigan

grudnia 07, 2019

How to refashion a jumper into a cardigan

 

Do you like long sweaters ❔ I love them❗ especially during  windy autumn and cold winter. 

There is no better feeling than warm, fluffy material on your skin when cold wind blows. 

If you have 2 spare sweaters you don't love so much any more you may sew long warm cardigan and fall in love with them again.

 

 

Sweaters before

 

sweaters  should have similar colors , material and size 

look at those ones on photo 

 

 

 

 

Video which shows step by step how to sew this coat

KLIK

How do you make a sweater into a cardigan? 

 

 here you can see the things you need for this refashion:

 
two sweaters
interlining tape
pins
iron
sewing machine

 

 

  How to sew long sweater ?

 

first check the scheme on the photo below

 

 

 

cut bottom of sweater

in case the sweater is too big cut the edges as well

don't stretch material during sewing or else the fabric will roll 

 

 

 

How to add pockets ?

 

  and here you can see little instruction how to sew simply pockets

cut off 4 squares 15 on 15 cm from sleeves 

 

 

sew the pockets by right sides to sweater

 

 

 

How to make a neckline in sweater ?

 

  fold the sweater and determine the middle next
iron the interlining tape  (forming tape) with the help of an iron

 

 

 

  cut in the middle and cut off the neckline
roll up once and sew with straight stitch

 

 

 

Ready cardigan❕

 

 

 cardigan on me plus little bonus my little doggo :-))

I used very fluffy material, it was good choice as my cardigan is very comfortable 

 

 

 2 sweaters in one 👯

I like this recycling a lot as I can use  my favourite sweathers much longer, it;'s definitely 

eco lifestyle

 

 

 

 

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