I made Indian beaded tassels for my beaded choli. I used transparent and opaque orange, pearl and gold seed beads, and golden sequins. The foundations for the beaded circles are padded fabric circles. Here I’m wearing the beaded tassels as decoration of my DIY twig hair stick.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
How To Make Real Silk Flowers: Roses – Tutorial Part 1
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make your own silk flowers with 100% silk fabric. In part 1 I make a pink and white silk rose and a pink wild rose, while in part 2 I make lilac flowers. Continue reading How To Make Real Silk Flowers: Roses – Tutorial Part 1
Edwardian Jasmine Scented Cold Cream Recipe
I’ve made another Edwardian cold cream. It’s the ‘1902 Rose Cream’ recipe Continue reading Edwardian Jasmine Scented Cold Cream Recipe
1920s Black Velvet Jacket With White Faux Fur
After admiring antique 1920s velvet jacket for years, I finally decided to sew one myself! 😀 Even though I hate sewing velvet and fake fur fabric because it’s so messy: After sewing the whole room is covered in black and white fluff! But at least, the jacket turned out nice. 😉 Continue reading 1920s Black Velvet Jacket With White Faux Fur
How To Stretch Your Shoes With Ice
Did you know that you can stretch tight shoes with ice? 🙂 Just fill water in a freezer bag, place the bag inside your new leather shoes and put the shoes in the freezer. Continue reading How To Stretch Your Shoes With Ice
How To Line A Hat
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make your own hat lining. Here I sew a lining for my 1920s black wool cloche hat. Continue reading How To Line A Hat
How To Make A Shoe Pattern
Before I threw away these old, scratched ballet flat shoes I used them to make a shoe pattern to make new shoes! 🙂 Continue reading How To Make A Shoe Pattern
DIY Upsized/ Refashioned Skirt
This skirt became too small, but I liked the color and fabric so I decided to upsize and refashion it. Continue reading DIY Upsized/ Refashioned Skirt
DIY Linen Dog Collar
As I’d left some linen webbing from my DIY espadrille shoes, I made a matching linen dog collar for my dog. – Originally, I had bought the linen webbing for a dog collar, 😉 but then I used some of it for the espadrilles – and luckily I’d just enough left for the dog collar! Continue reading DIY Linen Dog Collar
DIY Espadrilles With Jute And Cork Sole
I love to make my own shoes from scratch! In recent years, I made DIY Leather Huarache Sandals, Upcycled Espadrilles, DIY Bathing Shoes and DIY Pompon Sandals From Scratch. And this time I made nautical striped espadrilles with crochet jute soles and cork outsoles. Continue reading DIY Espadrilles With Jute And Cork Sole