by Greenie | May 21, 2010 | Dresses for less, Pants |
Rib trim cuff pants Following on from yesterday’s Harem or Turkish pants. Click here to see. In the picture to the left you can see how to cut and stitch the rib trim. At the top you can see the leggings and how the rib trim is folded in half and then attached...
by Greenie | May 20, 2010 | Dresses for less, Pants |
Harem pants tutorial Harem pants or Turkish pants have been the business for a season or two now. One never knows which trends are going to linger and which will pass quickly. My preference is to try a trend in a classic or restrained sort of way. And of course if I...
by Greenie | May 19, 2010 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
Cookie cutter brooches In the picture are the FIMO brooches up close. You can see the pin which I glued to the back of the brooch. Apart from the wide range of possibilities in size, colour and shape with these brooches, one can also decorate the front. I considered...
by Greenie | May 18, 2010 | Accessories, Dresses for less |
Working with FIMO In the picture is a heart shaped brooch I made from FIMO. FIMO is available in most craft shops and really easy to work with. FIMO comes in a range of colours. This particular one had a sparkly seashell like luminescent quality to it. How could I not...
by Greenie | May 17, 2010 | Dresses for less |
Upcycle gloves My mother was doing some volunteer time at a charity shop and she bought these gloves for me. In a Karl Lagerfeld moment I removed the trim at the wrist and added a piece of chain. These gloves are butter soft and since I zip about the city on a...
by Greenie | May 16, 2010 | Dresses for less, Other |
Easy unlined curtains Yesterday I started with instruction for this project. Find the instructions – here. Here are the balance of the instructions for the curtains. As you can see I used clip-on tabs which hook into the curtain rings. The curtain rod was placed...
by Greenie | May 14, 2010 | Dresses for less, Other |
Curtain tutorial This is not an item that can be worn but these curtains were dead easy to make. I measured the window area and determined the drop or length the curtains had to be. Then I took the width and since I wanted two curtains, divided the width in half. For...
by Greenie | May 12, 2010 | Dresses for less, Jewellery |
Coin jewelry I was having a Chanel moment with this necklace and wrist chain. They had bags of these coins for sale at our local craft supply store. I attached them to an existing wrist chain and then bought a long strand of thinner chain to make the necklace. I used...
by Greenie | May 11, 2010 | Bags, Dresses for less
Cloth bag sewing tutorial The instructions for this bag are – here – and also – here. I’ve made it a good few times. My favourite sling bag in a different green. It’s probably a bit obvious by now that I do like green....
by Greenie | May 10, 2010 | Bags, Dresses for less
Denim bag tutorial Sometimes these items are so much harder to explain than they are to make. Here are the instructions for yesterday’s sling bag. It consists of two rectangles of firm fabric about 80centimetres by 40centimetres. I have hand stitched in big...
