Interior

Lorem Ipsum 1.

Refashion

Lorem Ipsum 2.

Food

Lorem Ipsum 3.

Category 4

Lorem ipsum

Category 5

Lorem ipsum 2

Monday, July 2, 2012

Refashion a Denim-like Dress






A denim coloured dress that I bought, that after a few wears, it looked rather plain, so a good idea at that time was to refashion it with lace. Denim and lace really goes a long way, and they go together really well, as it adds visual interest and texture!

I do have a taste for all things Korean... k-dramas, k-pops, kimchi and all. They all enjoy an enormous following here, so why not a Korean inspired lacey dress?



Get to your local haberdashery with some lace. Here I added double layered lace to add length to my short dress. A little lace goes a long way to amplifies the girliness!


For the front feature, I added a strip of lace vertically and folded the flap to give it a big bow look! Oversized details, the bigger the better. Afterall, what is k-drama or fashion without the drama? Love it, don't you?

To complete the look, add a belt and were done!




Thursday, February 16, 2012

Cowboy Vest



Hello Peeps! This is my very first posting and I migrated this post from a previous blog of mine, hence the laggard time for this Halloween project. I have always envied others who celebrated Halloween...the costume parties, the trick-or-treating, the pumpkin carvings and the haunted attractions. In our country, Halloween is not celebrated in a big way. I'd like to be dressed as Lady Gaga if I'd only had an invitation to one. Now wouldn't that be of such spooky fun?



So last year, when my son was invited to a Halloween p-a-r-t-e-e, I got very excited! Ian was dressed as a pirate, the year before last and since it was practically last minute, I had to do something simple that didn't require a sewing machine and something that could easily be whipped up in a day!

Here's Ian dressed as a pirate year before last.


To begin, here are the items that you'll need:
* 2 types of coloured felt * Scissors * Glue gun
* Embroidery thread * Needle & Thread
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let's begin

1. To make a cowhide cowboy vest, purchase 2 types of coloured felt that you like. For mine here, I used black & white.


2. Use an existing vest that you have as your pattern.
3. Using the pattern, cut out the base of the vest with white felt. Cut 3 portions being the back and 2 sides.


4. Stitch the 3 portions of the vest, with stitch inside out.
5. Using chain stitch method, stitch around the edges of the vest with black embroidery thread. 
































6. Cut out various sizes of irregular cowhide spots from the black felt.
7. After you are satisfied with placing the cowhide spots onto the vest, glue them with a hotglue gun.



...and VOILA, you're done!