When I posted last weekend’s outfit yesterday, I had a few inquiries about my dress. I thought I’d whip up a tutorial, so that you could make one of your very own if you wanted!
To start with, you need two men’s (i.e. non fitted) t-shirts. Any kind will do – like I said, I recommend [...]
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Tutorial: 2 t-shirts to a dress
Making an Inspiration Board
No, not one with Polyvore or Picasa – those are for wimps! We’re talking a real, get your hands dirty (or at least, covered in rubber cement), paper-and-scissors inspiration board. Oh yeah.
This is great for two reasons:
1: If you’re a compulsive magazine hoarder like me, this gives you a chance to give them a second [...]
Rave: Truly Victorian Patterns
The service from Truly Victorian patterns is amazing! I ordered TV 110 last weekend and shortly after ordering sent a message to Heather asking if she thought the underbust corselet patterns would work for what I want to use it for (mostly back support *glares at boobs*) and if she thought it’d work, if I [...]
February 7th, 2009Your Wardrobe Unlock’d
So. I’ve been looking into making my own corsets, decided to just go ahead and do it – as I’m not finding modern bras very helpful to my back and certainly can’t afford to buy several corsets (I’m still planning on buying from Damsel in This Dress, which I meant to do a week or [...]
February 3rd, 2009I got my Karmaloop order today! The purse is SO much cuter in person than in the pictures (which were kind of terrible, I got a little apprehensive after ordering it…). And the t-shirts fit great and are super-soft. mmm. the…scarf…thing on the gray one is a bit odd, but I figure if nothing else [...]
January 6th, 2009Stencilling Tutorial
Yes, yes, I’m aware this is two days late…I’ve been a bit laid up with a head cold. But here it is now!
You’ll need an x-acto knife, freezer paper (you can purchase it at most grocery stores or butcher shops I think – it’s like normal paper on one side and has wax on the [...]
Daily Outfit 1/1/2009
What I wore to bring in the New Year…
The pencil skirt is from Target.com, $14.99 on clearance and about $20 with shipping, it arrived the 30th. Although I was really confused because it came in an Amazon.com box with a Target sticker on the side – I didn’t see the sticker and was like “umm…I [...]
January 2nd, 2009so maybe…
I fibbed a little when I said regular posting would resume after Christmas. For sure after the New Year, though.
I’m touching up my hair right now, and my hands look like I strangled a smurf. As soon as the stain fades it’s inevitably time to touch it up again, sigh.
I saw a post a while [...]
Petticoat/Circle Skirt Tutorial
Since I wrote it up for Craftster, I thought I’d post it here too This is a tutorial to make a petticoat (also called a crinoline) like I posted yesterday – one that can be worn as a skirt, as well as being worn under other items to give them poof and body. [...]
December 15th, 2008IMG HEAVY
first off, the dress! which is darker in real life but shows up VERY aqua with flash, go figure.
as you can see, it kind of wants to bunch a bit in the back. I think some double sided tape will be in order on the big day.
here’s the crinoline (pettiskirt?):
ps- I do not recommend twirling [...]
December 14th, 2008
