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08.21

2012

Peter Pan Collar Sew-Along

Hello Everyone,

Remember my previous post about How to Make a Peter Pan collar?

Well it turned out to be quite a hit so I decided to prepare a more detailed post about it.

Below there’s a step-by-step explanation on how to make a Peter Pan collar with basic sewing skills.

It’s very detailed and cost me some hard work :P So, please pay my blog the credit when you’re using any information / photo from the website.

Enjoy! :D

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07.21

2012

Watch and Learn Grasshopper - How to make piping outfits

I woke up this morning thinking that it is a fine day to write about how to make piping at home!

So, what t is a piped bias one may ask… Hmm, think about the boring pillow and cushion covers… Not a very inspiring example isn’t it? :P

Well, let me tell you, by using the right combinations it becomes a very cool sewing technique that turns an ordinary pattern into a chic outfit. And the good part is… it’s quite easy to do!

Some examples of piped bias / piping dresses:

how to make piping

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06.22

2012

Is it a curtain? No no, it’s a lace dress!

easy lace dress

SEWING AN EASY LACE DRESS

This was a project that I’ve been dying to start for a very long time. I have made a skirt version of it some time ago.

(for investigative personalities it is Lace Skirt, I did it!)

While the workload gets more and more, I had been daydreaming about my new sewing project for days. I then decided to make a lace dress since - I assumed - it would finish in a very short time.

I was right. I finished sewing this dress in 30 minutes! Sewing a lace dress was indeed easy, but you have to be very careful in styling it; ‘cause you may end up looking as if you wrapped around your curtain before going out! :P The pattern I used for this dress was from BurdaStyle Magazine issue 03/2012 no. 102. The only alteration I made was reducing the size of front and back patterns from the middle ‘cause it’s quite a loose cut pattern.

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06.13

2012

Easy DIY Fashion Ideas: Color Up Your Leg Hems…

AND MAKE ALTERNATIVE SUMMER CAPRI PANTS!

DIY fashion ideas Hello everyone! I came up with the idea of adding colorful pieces to the leg hems of your favorite pants for the summer. It’s quite an easy and fun alteration. You can even use your jeans for this project!

In order to use this method, you need to have:

a pair of pants with preferably a bootcut legs, if not skinny pants
any matching piece of fabric you’d like to use - make sure it’s a lightweight fabric
and high spirits!

altering pants make capri pants sewing your style

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04.28

2012

Sewing Steps for My Super Chic Pencil Skirt!

my super chic pencil skirt self-made

So, the ones who follow my blog are already familiar with this project. For the ones who have just found it (shame on you by the way! :P) visit these two posts first if you’d like to learn sewing a basic skirt and then style it up by adding simple and hip details:

1. Watch and Learn Grasshopper: Sewing A Basic Skirt

2. Create Chic Outfits with Basic Patterns - Pencil Skirt

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04.20

2012

Watch and Learn Grasshopper - Sewing a Basic Skirt

Sewing Your Style

I’ve been getting queries about how-to steps for sewing skirts. I recently posted a question about which / what type of skirt pattern you’d like to see as a sew-along. But I got a lot of different replies. So I decided to select a very basic skirt pattern to show the sewing steps in this post and surprise you with showing how you can use it for creating various chic skirts later on.

Follow this post for learning to sew a basic skirt and keep an eye on the upcoming posts :)

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04.03

2012

Any Skirt Posts?

Hi Guys! skirt post

I’ve been receiving questions and demands about sewing basic skirt patterns for some time now. Although I have some patterns in mind, I wanted to get your ideas on which skirt pattern to sew, if you have any.

The post will include step-by-step tutorial on sewing a basic skirt. So, for the ones who’d like to learn more about sewing a stylish skirt, send me the pattern name, number or at least a description on which skirt you’d like to sew for yourself. You can reply below or send me a message privately.

Waiting for your mails! :))

(Source: sewingyourstyle)

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04.01

2012

Watch and Learn Grasshopper - Peter Pan Collar

Learn How to Make Your Own Peter Pan Collar in 9 Easy Steps

Well, if you haven’t heard about the collar craze taking hold of the fashion world by now, check out some fantastic samples from the SYS - LookBook.

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What do I do? I try to get the best out of life...How did it all start? One day I decided that it is time for me to stop paying for clothes so much and make them myself. But the problem was, I had never sewn before in my life! So, I started following my inner voice... and youtube records... Since then, I sew whenever I can and defy the zillion dollar fashion industry in my own way :))