Spring is a beautiful time to the year. In pagan beliefs, it is a time for rituals of cleaning, renewal and rebuilding. With that sentiment, it has seemed to fuel my current DIYs, and this is a douzy of on article with 3 awesome projects for fashion and home that I’d like to share with you all!
#1 Distressed and broken t-shirts
I work at a high end fashion boutique, so when raggedy beat up shirts started showing up at the store and I also saw this look in movies and tv, I wanted to get it. But I wanted to get it for free. So of course I would DIY this look, it’s so easy to. Who doesn’t have a t shirt in the drawer that is not getting used these days and could benefit from a make-over? I used an old graphic tee that I barely wore and after a few tutorials from youtube on how to compose a good distressed pattern, I went out on my own.. and I quite like it. Try it yourself, it is really easy, but I recommend you distress a trial t-shirt you can dispose of first before doing it on the one you want to keep. It really helps you learn what kind of distressing works and where you want it on the shirt…
#2 Uneven Jean Hem
This trend is a bit more low key. I have only seen it a few times, and it looks best with healed shoes or backless mule type slip ons or loafers. I like how it’s edgy, and adds just the right amount of street cred to a boring full length jean. And it’s far from being the pedestrian looking cropped cuffed jean. To get this look, you break apart the seams carefully with scissors on both sides of the jean leg bottom. Then cut straight across on the front panel, higher than the cut on the back panel. I distressed the cut edges a bit too. And voila, you have an interesting looking jean hem that you will love to sport on errand days or for just getting out on the street…
#3 Bunnies from unwanted gloves:
Ever wanted to have a cute plush toy made from things you didn’t think could be cute? Enter these old gloves I had lying around my house that were not pretty enough to be worn in the winter, or too mismatched from losing the other pair over various winters. I decided to make stuffed bunnies out of them for Easter. I cut off the thumb, the pinky, and middle finger, leaving just two finger for ears. Then I sewed up all the holes, and added some leg shapes by cutting a slit at the bottom of the glove for where they would be. I stuffed the gloves, and added whiskers and a ball tail. And now I have the cutest stuffed bunnies this side of the world! I am selling these on Etsy, so if you want one, just make an enquiry!
What do you think of my Spring DIYs? Are they fun and easy enough to inspire your projects? I love being creative and re-inventing materials to make clothes work better for oneself’s life…
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