Diy Megathread

[korinna5555]

Originally Posted by Draconysius

I love that! Was it done with bleach?

For those of you that haven't seen them yet...
Here's my completely DiY jacket.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o/100_1537.jpg

ribcage shirt
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o/100_1509.jpg

Specimen band shirt
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o/100_1473.jpg


Any ideas what my next project should be? I'm kind of tired out on band shirts for the moment.

Silver acrylic paint, actually. I should have used a fabric paint though, because a lot of the paint came out when I washed it. The bat was a stencil I drew myself, based on the Bacardi bat (kick ass little bastard).

[PersephoneX]

Ok, how do you take in a tshirt/shirt or whatever that's too big at the waist?

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by PersephoneX

Ok, how do you take in a tshirt/shirt or whatever that's too big at the waist?

I do this with almost every shirt I own...

With the shirt on inside out, hold the edges as far in as you want them to go and mark it right at the waist. Then once the shirt is off mark a line going down the side from the edge under the armpit, gradually moving into where you marked it earlier, and then gradually out again until you reach the bottom of the shirt. By hand or machine sew along the line, preferably with a similar stitch to the one the shirt was sewn in originally. Cut off any extra fabric, and you're done.

[PersephoneX]

Wicked. ok. thanks!

But what happens with the sleeves?

[bleedingheart344]

Lace help anyone?

[PersephoneX]

what about it?

[intimate curse]

I tried that fishnet pantyhose thing! It's so cool.. I never thought of that before..

[bleedingheart344]

Originally Posted by PersephoneX

what about it?

I posted about it not too long ago. I want to make lace cuffs to put on a black dress shirt.

[Saphyra Runa]

Originally Posted by bleedingheart344

I need some help. I already asked someone about this but I decided to take it here. I am planning on adding black or possibly dark red lace cuffs to the ends of the sleeves of a black dress shirt. Problem is, I've never worked with lace nor have I sewn much. I've sewn comforters back together and such. Any tips?

Does the shirt have button cuffs?

[bleedingheart344]

Yes, it does.

[Dancing_in_rain]

Well, it depends on whether you want the lace cuffs to be be flowy, gipsy sleeves or simply a lace extension of the sleeves.

If you want lace extensions, sort of like those new leggings that end in lace, turn the shirt in question inside out and stuff an empty toilet paper roll inside the sleeve. Take your piece of lace and pin it around the end of the sleeve. Then, take your needle (this is the slightly trickier bit) and bast (not too loosely or it'll pucker and be hard to sew) the lace to the sleeve with a different coloured thread. Then, actually sew the lace to the sleeve. I find that is done easier if you actually put the shirt on at this point (hence the basting) and sew the lace on firmly with a needle and thread whilst it is actually on your arm. Otherwise, a simpler version is to simply take a pair of old lacy tights or leggings and cut off a tube as long as you want and sew that on. Use the toilet paper roll technique to test it out first.

If you want flowy sleeves, put the sleeve around a toilet paper roll or around your arm and using a measuring tape, measure the circumference of the hole through which your arm goes. Then depending on how dense you want the lace to be, cut a length about three times the circumference. Now comes the slightly harder part. You need to ruffle the lace around the hole of your sleeve. Either put the shirt on or put a toilet paper roll in so that the sleeve's fabric is not slack. Pin the lace on so that it is ruffled. You may need to do this many times. I know I did when I made ruffles the first time.

I actually just found an entry in antimony and lace with a slightly more professional way to do this, so I've copy-pasted it below. Enjoy!



Ruffled Sleeves
There are several ways to do these. One is by using a self-ruffle, where you simply cut the sleeve long enough to cover your fingers and then make a track out of a strip of fabric 3-4 inches inside the sleeve (where your wrist should be) and ribbon or elastic is run through it. I don't really care for this method personally, but I see it alot on ren shirts.

Another way is to sew the elastic directly to the inside of the sleeve at wrist level. This is an easy way, but it's not the most durable method. If you decide to do this look for something that can be found in the elastic section and can really come in handy (this stuff is great for skirt waists too). It looks like a multi-lane highway and starts off not having any stretch to it at all. There are elastic cords running through it, that once the fabric band its self is sewn on, can be pulled as tight as necessary. It also makes very evenly spaced gathers.

My favorite way to put a ruffle on a shirt sleeve is to attach it to the cuff, you can either use the same fabric as the shirt or lace for the ruffle. In order to do this, instead of just folding the cuff fabric over make it with two pieces and sandwich the bottom of the ruffle between the two pieces. Each piece should be cut wider than just half of the folded over version and the edges should be folded under and finished before being attached.

The ruffle should be 2.5 times the length of the cuff. If you are using the shirt fabric, or lace that you will have to finish the edge of, cut the strip as a slight arc; the ruffles will come out better than if you just do a rectangle. I would then finish the outside curve, and ends by turning the very edge under and sewing. At this point you can start pleating the ruffle around the opening. Make the pleats as even as possible. You may have to do this more than once in order to get the hang of getting just the right amount of fabric in each pleat. Don't worry, everyone does.

[raineofblood]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...er347/Shirt.jpg


I've been looking for this thread.

First freehanded tee. Please critique ^_^