Lace up trousers DIY - inspired by Isabel Marant pour H&M

One of my favorite pieces from  Isabel Marant pour H&M collection were the lace up leather trousers so I added that eye-catching detail to a plain pair of black trousers. I added a leather strip from the knee down because in my opinion trousers are more wearable this way. See how I made it below.

DIY parrot shoes tutorial

The inspiration: Isabel Marant pour H&M         

  lace up trousers                           

Isabel Marant for H&M lace up trousers pic via WDUGT

You'll need:

• a pair of trousers
• grommets
• grommet setter
• faux leather
• sewing machine
• scissors

Wear your trousers. Fasten a pin at the knee level.
Rip the inside-leg seam till the knee.

Draw a pattern like the one above. Measures in inches are rounded off for ease. Red edges are seam allowance and they will be hemmed. Circles indicate where grommets will be placed. Extend the pattern for the lenght of the trousers. Place each grommet at 1.4" (3,5 cm) of distance from each other.
My pattern has 12 grommets.

Draw the pattern on the back of your faux leather fabric. You need two strips of faux leather for each leg.   Draw two right sides, then put the pattern on its back and draw two left sides.
Underline the spots where grommets will be placed.

Hem the 0.2"  (0,5 cm) edge and top and bottom of the strips.

Cut a tiny X with scissors. Place a grommet in place and then use the presser.

Place the leather strip at 1" (2,5 cm) of distance from the lateral seam of trousers. Sew it. Do the same with the other side.
Put the trousers inside out and hem the inside-leg seam.

How to make the leather lace:

Cut a strip of faux leather 0,6" wide and 32" long  (1,5x 80 cm), fold it in half and sew it.

Insert the lace into the grommets as shown.  Knot it at the beginning and the the end.
I made a second shorter 14" (35 cm) lace for the bow at the bottom  for comfort.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Happy Weekend!

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Transform your boots from am to pm

 Some pieces in our wardrobe just go with everything, like a pair of jeans. They can take you from day to night  with heels instead of flats and the outfit can feel and look different. I wish all clothes were like these, able to change face according to the situation.  I really want a pair of fringe boots but I still need a pair of simple boots. So instead of changing forever the look of my black boots I decided to make a detachable fringe accessory for them. Now they are simple boots during am, fun boots during pm, for once we can have it all, hurray!
These boots are so festival ready!
See how to make it.



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You'll need:

• boots
• 2 rectangular pieces of suede or suedette fabric
• scissors
• self adhesive velcro
• measuring tape

Measure your boots at the calf

Cut two rectangular pieces of suede wide as the calf leght plus 3 - 4 cms and 15 cm long. Fringe it with scissors.

Add velcro.

That's is. You're ready to rock.

Pick your DIY : the 7 fashion DIY tutorials you asked for

Pick your DIY the 7 DIY tutorials you asked for: diy Pom pom shoes - D&G diy rafia dress - diy chanel butterfly bag - diy charlotte olympia kiss shoes - diy ruche bow bag - diy phoenix necklace - diy cross back top

This is it! It's time to see your favorite stuff transformed into a step by step tutorial. You've seen the tutorial I made for you, the pom pom parrot shoes now it's time to unveil my blogging friends step by step instructions to recreate your spring must haves. They are all amazing tutorials. We have a dress, a top, two bags one with butterfly and the other one with bow, pumps and ballerinas, almost an entire DIY warbrobe also incredibly well matchable into rocking DIY outfits. If we all lived in the same place I'd ask my blogging friends to borrow their diy creations. Thank you for taking part to Pick your DIY with your voting and pinning. The Pinterest board will remain open to collect your diy ispirations and desires, join the group if you haven't yet (we're 1108 already!).

A big thank you to my fellow DIY bloggers, the crafty fairies Donatella, Carly, Charley, Cat, Sylvia and Auna for their amazing creations, it's been a real pleasure to collaborate with you.
With all these DIY material, are you still reading? Go buy some diy supply (or look in your stash) and start diy-ing your dream wardrobe now!

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Your DIY pick: Pom Pom shoes DIY tutorial

pom pom parrot shoes DIY

the inspiration - Your DIY pick:  Caroline Issa  for L.K. Bennett parrot shoes

Welcome to the "Pick your DIY" final stage. You, dear readers, pinned what you love around the web on our Pinterest board and we, crafty fairies (7 diy bloggers) transformed your favorite stuff in a DIY tutorial.
We'll keep the board active to collect diy inspirations and diy wishes so read how to get invited and start pinning if you haven't yet.
Today it's my turn to unveil the DIY tutorial of one of the most voted item, you'll see the other 6 on Sunday.

Firstly I would like to thank you for joining and for picking these super fun shoes that I didn't notice, how could I miss them? They scream spring with all these colors.
They are limited edition shoes designed for L.K. Bennett by the fashion icon Caroline Issa. Only 300 pair were made, you can  buy them here.
I would have called these shoes " fiesta latina" because they're so fun!
Ok now back to the DIY tutorial because this is what you asked me and not to give them a name.
Let's see together how to make these shoes (with very basic supply)!


Due settimane fa io e altre 6 diy bloggers abbiamo inaugurato per voi la bacheca di Pinterest "Pick your DIY". Voi avete salvato i vostri articoli preferiti dal web e noi con le nostre manine li abbiamo trasformati in tutorial di moda fai da te.
Grazie per aver partecipato numerosi, la bacheca rimarrà aperta per raccogliere i vostri desideri, leggete qui come come aderire se già non lo avete fatto.
Oggi vedrete il tutorial per realizzare uno degli articoli più votati, le scarpe di L.K. Bennett disegnate dalla fashion icon Caroline Issa;  scoprirete tutti gli altri domenica.
Complimenti per la scelta, sono delle scarpe deliziose e coloratissime adatte a inaugurare la primavera. Vediamo come realizzarle.

supply

You'll need:

• trims ( 1,2 meters of red heart trim - 4 flowers of lace trim (or lace applique or flower patches)- 2 meters yellow trim)
• glue
• scrap of leather
• left over wool yarn in many colors
• shoes
• fabric markers

It doesn't matter the kind of trimming you're going to use, pick them for their bright colors, there are plenty to choose from at the haberdashery.

Occorrente:

• trine (1,2 metri di trina cuori - 4 fiori di trina di pizzo o toppe a forma di fiore - 2 metri di trina gialla)
• colla
• un ritaglio di pelle
• fili in lana
• scarpe
• pennarelli stoffa

Scegliete le trine che più vi piacciono in merceria, prendetene di colori sgargianti.

Glue your trims around the edge of your shoe. I glued the red one over the yellow to recreate the zig zag pattern of the original shoe. You may be luckier than me and find some zig zag trims at your local store that are closer to the original.

Incollate le trine sul bordo della scarpa. I cuori ricreano il motivo zig-zag della scarpa originale. Se siete fortunate troverete una trina zig-zag già pronta in merceria.

This is how they look when done. The original shoes are more pointy than mine.

Ecco come appariranno finite.

Color lace flowers with fabric markers and let them try.

Colorate i fiori in pizzo con i pennarelli per la stoffa. Comprando le toppe a forma di fiore potrete saltare questo step.

Glue your flowers at the tip of the toe and at the top of the heel. I didn't liked how the mesh part looked onto shoes so I filled it with thread making it look embroidered.

In this case also flower patches could work very well. No coloring is needed just glueing. Unfortunately I didn't find any I liked but I suggest to search for them so you can jump one step.

Incollate i fiori sulla punta della scarpa e alla sommità del tacco. 
Non mi convinceva l'effetto della retina sulla scarpa quindi ho riempito il fiore di filo dandogli un aspetto ricamato.

Cut two little pieces of leather and glue them at the ankle.

Ritagliate due pezzetti di pelle e incollateli sul retro del tallone.

Cut two strips of leather 2,5 cm wide and 25 cm long and fold them in three to get the ankle strap. Glue a little trim onto it to decorate it. Sew a snap button at the edge to fasten it around the ankle.

Now the funniest part. While making these shoes I could try a technique that I saw many times on Pinterest. It's an easy way to make miny pom poms using a fork.  The original tutorial is by Vivid please.

Tagliate due striscie di pelle larghe 2,5cm e lunghe 25cm. Piegatele in tre per ottenere il laccetto che cinge la caviglia. Incollate la trina decorativa sul lato dritto. Cucite due bottoni automatici ai margini per legare il laccetto alla caviglia.

Per realizzare i pom pom ho utilizzato una tecnica facile e divertente che ho visto molte volte su Pinterest.
Il tutorial originale è di Vivid Please.

I used some left over yarn to make them. Now pom poms are ready to be knotted onto shoes. And you've done! Shoes are ready!

Terminate legando i pom pom alla scarpa. Guardate altre scarpe fai da te qui.

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Saint Laurent and their homemade boots

Saint Laurent fall 2013 biker boots

Streetstyle breaks into the runway. This is a perfect example of boots a girl could have done at home with pieces of chain, random buttons form her stash all sewed on a piece of fabric and then glued onto her boots. Runway collections are after a young and fresh look and it's often the one that comes from streets.

Today I'll try for the first time a new "image experience". Hover with the mouse over the image to unveil hidden links then tell me if you like this innovation or if you think that the "good, old list of links" was just fine. ^__^

Lo streetstyle irrompe in passerella. Gli stivali di Hedi Slimane per Saint Laurent sembrano personalizzati in casa con bottoni, perline e borchie incollate sulle fibbie. Il look giovane e spontaneo ricercato dagli stilisti è a volte proprio quello che si fotografa in strada.

Oggi vi propongo un'immagine interattiva. Passate con il mouse sull'immagine per svelare dei link nascosti e poi ditemi se preferite quest'innovazione o la "vecchia" lista di link sotto l'immagine.