My poor boots

My friends got me lovely boots for my birthday and I absolutely loved them because I'd been looking for grey boots for ages!! But then me being a cluts spilled red hair dye on one... So I baught antique grey dylon to dye them.darker.. It turned out really well!! Tips though for if your doing it WEAR GLOVES!! It's best to keep a close eye on the basin because you have to keep turning them to make sure its all even!!
But anyway I love them.now!!

Short Shorts

For todays DIY I decided to make a pair of shorts :) I used a Nail file, pyramid studs,chalk or a pencil and a tweezers

1. First cut your shorts to the desired length. its best to make with chalk or pencil to make sure they are the same length.  It's better to cut them too long than too short especially if you are fraying them!

2. Next I frayed them and faded them using a nail file. its gives a cool faded effect but the more you do it, it can develop little holes so be careful :)

3. Next I studded the inner pocket. I use a tweezers to close the studs once I have positioned them where I want them. It's much nicer on your fingers!!

Now for my next pair of shorts I needed a stitch ripper (can pick them up in Tesco or any suermarket), thread, a needle, an old hair band/head band and chalk or a pencil.

1. Repeat step one above :)

2. On the inside of the shorts draw cross shapes with your chalk/pencil. thread your needle and hand sew the crosses by sewing around the design. I suggest doubling the thread in the needle so your stitch is thicker. Be patient its a slow process!

3. Fray the end of your shorts using your stitch ripper or a needle. The easiest way to fray is to keep pulling the horizontal threads. 

4. Next I cut up on old lace hand band and measured it up against the short pocket and inner pocket. Because of the materials likeliness to fray I folded it once to create a seam and stop fraying. I used a sewing machine to stitch it on but of course you could definitely hand sew it.

So those were my little DIYs for the day.. loads more to come as I just bought all of these off Ebay. there are some great deals out there but you can get these ones here.   

So hello :)

Hello, I'm Joanne and I'm going to give this blogging craic a go!! I think I will mainly be posting a few ideas and DIY's I have done.

 So here goes. This is a bodycon dress I got and wore once, I felt it was a bit booby for how tight it was so I put it to the back of the wardrobe for the last year. Then as a favour to a friend I took up her beautiful Topshop midi dress (turns out midis are way too long for short people!!) After taking it up I was left with a bit of material from the end. So I put it to good use.

1. I ironed out the bit of material and measured it against the area I planned to sew it to, using tailors chalk I traced the shape onto the material on the side without the print.

2. Fold over the material to create a seam and stop it from fraying with wear. it makes it easier if you press the seam so it doesnt unfold while your sewing it.

3. I used a sewing machine to sew the material in place but you can also hand sew it, Place the material print side up and sew around the shape of the gap. Ensure to back stitch at the end so threads do not unravel.

Im quite happy with the result... Wish I had taken a picture of the steps though, next time I will. Bye for now :)

The dress in question

The midi I got the material from.

The Final result.