DIY Easy Clothing: Twisted Kimono Shrug

Another simple styling of shawl into a different level of clothing: shrug with kimono look-alike.

I used Delisha's patterned shawl and 3 (three) pins

1. Twist the center of shawl

2. Wear the shawl, with the twisted part below your chest

3. Pin the back of the shawl to your shirt (see a similar step here if it's not clear enough)

4. Pin the sides of the shawl to the sides of your shirt (to create sleeves)

Done!

(If you want it more secured, pin the twisted part, too)

 Yay or nay??

DIY Easy Clothing: Shawl-Hoodie Vest

Yihaaaaa :D Finally I'm back with DIY Tutorials.. don't you miss it? wehehehehe (No, Tia, we don't miss it)

Soooo, you girls probably have some shawls at your wardrobe. Here's a few steps to turn your cotton shawl into hoodie vest. Well, 'hoodie' things is so in trend right now, eh?

Hana Tajima | Hana Tajima's Maysaa | Ria Miranda's Hoodie | Siti Juwariyah (wearing Jenahara) | Puput Utami | Nur Zahra Indonesia

To make hoodie vest, you need: 

Cotton shawl (mine is from Kamiidea 200 x 60 cm)

1 pin

1 brooch (if needed)

1. Wear the shawl over your head. This is to create 'hoodie' effect.

2. Take the outer side of your shawl to the back of your body. Make sure the shawl is at the same length.

3. Pin the shawl at the back of your blouse. Yes, your blouse. This way, your "vest" is more secured.

VOILA! As simple as that :D yayyy!!

Now you could create some improvisation. 

1. The back view of finished hoodie vest

2. Hoodie vest worn as it is.

3. The shawl at the shoulder is folded to the neck (so the "sleeve" is gone). The "hoodie" is not being worn.

4. Hoodie vest worn with jacket. The vest itself is buttoned by a brooch.

Is that all, Tea?

Well, you could create another style.

1. Grab some fabric from the center of your chest (from left & right shawl, probably 7 cm).

2. Pull up a little bit.

3. Pin at the center.

Voila! It has more drapery ;D

Do you have more ideas? Or do you feel like wanna try? Please share with me yaaaa ^^

Thanks for reading *smooch*

Slouchy Saturday & DIY Aladin Pants

Mbak Lely once asked me, where did i buy the aladin pants I wore in this post.

Well, actually the pants was bought in Up2date. And it WAS not aladin pants :D It's a wide kulot pants, and too long for the short-me.

DIY Aladin Pants :

1. I made the "too long" pants shorter by folding the bottom seam

2. Sew to make a seam at the bottom

3. Insert a ribbon (cut some thread at the joint of fabrics, for the ribbon's hole)

Voila! The wide pants can be worn in 2 styles now :) Just pull & tie the ribbon to create aladin pants.

DIY: Reversible Batik Vest

Done making a simple vest yesterday. Started at 6 am in the morning, finished in less than 2 hours, and wore it to office :D

(click pictures for larger images)

 (sorry for the disturbing face and bad quality of pictures heheheh)

HOW TO MAKE IT?

I found 2 sheets of batik fabric, they were scraps of mom's uniform :p

Mine were @ 105 x 50 cm. You can have them larger. No need to measure seriously.

In photo: (1) cut rounded the bottom; (2) have the wrong side (bad side of fabric) facing you, sew the sides but leave the top unsewn; (3) turn out, now you have good sides facing you. Pin the top side for easier sewing; (4) sew the top; (5) make arm holes. Tips: use your blouse to mark where the arm holes should be.

You're done. You can wear it for many styles... wear the bottom side for top, wear as cowl vest, wear it inside out, or whatever, just as you like.

For the arm holes, I used blanket stitch (tusuk felton). Couldn't think the fastest way to make them neater coz I was about to go to office. Yesterday was batik day, right? Heheh. But actually the blanket stitch was the-most-time-consuming part of the creation. So if you can suggest another easy way to stitch the arm holes, I am happy to hear that :D (kepikiran pake bisban tapi gak ada di rumah)

Visit my another ideas of easy-clothing :)

DIY Fringe Bolero from Pashmina [2]

By the time this post appear Insya Allah I'll be at Mekkah (Mecca) ... Bismillaah... Hope everything goes well, hope Allah enlighten our heart, always...

And this is the second series of experiment on pashmina... 

The result:

Wear it short or wear it long, up to you :) [1st & 2nd picture: short--pull the cardigan until the seam (I mean the pin), get closer to your armpit. 3rd picture: long--simply wear it]

Hmmm.... Hahaha it's not neat enough :p

Anyway, wish you all have a great day and may Allah bless you :)

DIY Fringe Cardigan from Pashmina [1]

Insya Allah tomorrow I'll go abroad... I'll tell you later, hehehe... Sooo just enjoy this scheduled-post ;) I just don't want to let my blog empty for a week hehehe...

As I've promised before, I'll post my experiment on pashmina... I do think this is a kind of draping. We will make a piece of cardigan without cutting/destructing the fabric (anyway who wants to cut their pashmina?? no wayyy) :)

Wellllll,,, this is soooo simple:

Stitch the blue area. Make sure to leave some space (no stitch) which is wide enough for your hand.

And the result:

Use it as cardigan... or simply attach a cute brooch (featuring Luchie's brooch) as on the last picture.

I got those crocheted brooch from Luchie... it's a surprise prize ^^ Thank youuu Luchieee you're so creative!

Enjoy your day ;D

DIY Ribbony Bow Cardigan

I once saw a cute ribbony cardigan at a boutique and I thought of make it by myself. So here I am, so excited at Sunday morning transforming my old piece of cardigan ^^

Plain grey cardigan + ribbons

= Ribbony Cardigan!

The first idea was to use safety pins for the bow (just like a brooch), but I'm running out of safety pins. So I sew the bow, and then I couldn't stop sewing those little beads.. Hmmm, a black polka dotted skirt would be perfect to match the cardi :)