Tuesday, May 31, 2011

wetsuit skirt

I have been getting crafty a lot lately and this little wetsuit skirt was so easy I thought I would share it with you! All you really need is scissors, a sewing machine and some pins and your good to go! It was super quick and because the neoprene fabric is stretchy and wont fray, you don't need to do much sewing! As I'm not sure how good my explanation skills are, I drew some little post-it note diagrams, if you take on this project and have and questions just leave a comment & I'll do my best to explain!
 



DIY WETSUIT SKIRT.
1. find a wetsuit at your local second hand store, this one was $11.99
2. cut in half (around the waistline) keep the bottom half.
3. measure from your waist to the desired skirt length (on your side) this will become your outside hemline.
4. lay the bottom half of the wetsuit flat & cut each leg straight across the same length as your hemline measurement.

5. turn inside out, and use a seam ripper / quick unpick / scissors to undo the inside hem.
6. keeping the skirt inside out, sew the front seam straight down the center.

7. turn the skirt around and fold the crotch piece over and pin in place, eliminating a little fabric so that it doesn’t flare and so that the center seam is straight.
8. sew the back seam following the line of the crotch (the original seam line)

9. over-lock the hemline (if you don't have an over-locker, just do a zigzag stitch!


Enjoy :-)


Monday, May 30, 2011

flick

can't get enough of this movie.. or the soundtrack...

 

Romeo & Juliet (1996)



  1. "#1 Crush" - Garbage
  2. "Local God" - Everclear
  3. "Angel" - Gavin Friday
  4. "Pretty Piece of Flesh" - One Inch Punch 
  5. "Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo + Juliet)" - Des'ree
  6. "Whatever (I Had a Dream)" - Butthole Surfers
  7. "Lovefool" - The Cardigans
  8. "Young Hearts Run Free" - Kym Mazelle
  9. "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" - Quindon Tarver
  10. "To You I Bestow" - Mundy 
  11. "Talk Show Host" - Radiohead
  12. "Little Star" - Stina Nordenstam
  13. "You and Me Song" - The Wannadies

Thursday, May 26, 2011

sheer polkadot skirt

I have been getting crafty and sewed a bunch of things, particularly this sheer polka dot skirt...

(shirt & blazer are from zara)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Dion Lee Leather Shirt

I bought this leather shirt today, I can't wait to wear it...
Love how it's been styled.. triple leather.. genius!

Dion Lee for Cue

Thursday, May 19, 2011

patchwork backpack


Shirt: Siam Square (Bangkok)
Jeans: Cotton On
Shirt: Country Road
Backpack: Chatuchak Market (Bangkok)
Shoes: Shubar

Monday, May 16, 2011

Amanda Norgaard

Massive girl crush on danish model Amanda Nørgaard... 




Saturday, May 14, 2011

good all over again

Upon finding a box of childhood items - mostly toys, drawings and school books, I also found my beloved sandals I so proudly wore at the tender spice girl loving age of 9 years.  They were far to big for me then, and I just squeeze into them now, but I love my 90's flatforms all over again.

 

Dress: American Apparel
Scarf: Market find
Bag: Alexander Wang
Shoes: Vintage flatform sandals

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

ten oh five