I've been wanting to do this thing called up-cycling for a long time now.・゜゜・．
Up-cycling is taking things and giving them a revamp. Maybe theres a T-shirt you'd like better as a crop top or no sleeves. Up-cycle! Maybe your jeans are to dark, bleach them. Up-cycle! Maybe a Dress would look cuter with a few more frills and buttons. Up-cycle!
After months and months of thinking I should but never doing it, I finally decided it was time I tried! ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆
Today's project is this cute pink spaghetti strap top with black hearts on it. I always felt it was cute, but not quite my style....
The first thing I decided to do to it was add lace to the bottom. ｡.｡:+♡*♥ This was my mothers lace. (*^ ^*) Now, I do not have one peace big enough for the whole project, so I will have to use multiple pieces of this same lace.
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| I used this wide pretty durable lace! |
Okay, so now for the part of attaching it! You are going to want to pin the front sides together. So put the shirt upright, then place the lace on top of it upside down and pin! You can't really tell with this lace as it is mostly similar on the front and back. *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
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| Upsides together and pin! |
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| Like so! |
Time to start sewing! You are going to want to get a similar color tread to the fabrics you are using. I am using white as the lace is white. I am also going to double my thread so there is more support then a single thread for this project.。o○☆
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| I am using these needles and thread. |
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| Double the thread on your needle |
You want your stitches small and relatively similar in size. I am still having difficulty with this, I have some good stretches but a lot of bad stretches here in this piece. Here are some examples:
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| More like this |
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| Try to avoid this |
After we finish sewing, we flip the right side of the lace foreword. this was the aria in which we stitched will be on the back. Now it must be ironed so it lays flat and doesn't roll up. *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
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| Flipped over |
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| Ironed, doesn't it look so much better? |
So this is the piece after ironing! I think it looks much nicer then before! The lace adds a little more length to it and makes it much cuter I feel! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
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| The hem is not perfect, but good enough for now I feel |
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| Where I had to use another piece of lace. I added this little detail to make it look as if it was a design element rather then 2 pieces put together |
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Before and After *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
Some Pictures in an outfit!
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