Showing posts with label diy dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diy dress. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Peek-a-boo - DIY your sheer with scissors

sheer dior gown spring 2013
Dior spring 2013 pic via splurgerina
See-through garments are a hit of the season. They're intriguing and with the proper cuts you can show just the right amount of skin without reveal too much.
Your new sheer garments are those you already have in your wardrobe after a quick refashion treatment. Sheer panels can be smart too. You can cut away faults, enlarge clothes that are too tight, renew garments you don't wear because they are so last season.
Get inspired by some of the season hottest pieces and make your sheer garment with a pair of scissors.

Misterious, elegant and feminine, this Dior gown has a romantic allure given by the embroidered lace and it shows legs with nonchalance. In order to get this look you can cut a maxi dress around the side seam. Place the dress flat on table and then, without the need of any pattern, pin the lace/sheer fabric on the cut part and sew it on the dress exactly like I did with the Stella McCartney inspired sheer skirt, you can see the tutorial here.





Versace spring 2013 lace see through dress
Versace spring 2013 pic via style.com



Like I said before this technique can be used to fix faulty garments. In fact, you can substitute the damaged/stained part of fabric with a sheer panel. You can make sheer or lace sleeves, you can add a sheer panel at the bottom of a skirt to lengthen it or if you dare, you can add a sheer panel at both sides of a dress to enlarge it a bit.

stella mccartney fall 2011 polka dot sheer dress
Stella McCatney fall 2011 polka dot dress via coolspotters

Versace spring 2013 pic via style.com, cut out corset dress
Versace spring 2013 pic via style.com
This is a perfect festival look. The corset detail makes this dress unique and the diagonal line makes it fresh. You can use this trick to make a shirt a little bit larger. If you feel that this look is too daring, you can make this detail on the back of the shirt and it becomes instantly more wearable.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

The flapper dress DIY

flapper dress diy,diy,free pattern,tutorial

flapper dress diy,diy,free pattern,tutorial
flapper dress diy,diy,free pattern,tutorial

Christmas is approcching and we're putting together our party outfit.
Last week we diy-ed a our glitter shoes and now it's time to diy our party dress.
The dress I made it's a flapper dress in a blush pink color and I used a sheer crepe georgette fabric.
If you saw the latest runways you maybe know that the flapper dress will be really trendy next spring, so we're making a dress we can wear a lot next season. See the step by step tutorial after the jump.

 Natale si avvicina ed è tempo di mettere insieme il nostro outfit. La settimana scorsa abbiamo realizzato le scarpe, ora è il momento di cucire il vestito che ho realizzato in stile charleston scegliendo un colore rosa cipria. Se avete seguito le ultime sfilate saprete che i ruggenti anni venti stanno per tornare di gran moda la prossima primavera quindi il vestito di oggi è pronto per essere sfoggiato durante il corso della prossima stagione. Troverete il tutorial step by step di seguito. 




spring 2012,flapper dress,gucci,etro,cavalli,alberta ferretti
low waist flapper dresses for spring 2012: Alberta Ferretti, Etro, Roberto Cavalli, Gucci
flapper dress pattern,flapper dress diy,diy,free pattern
The dress is basically a tube wide as your hips; the back is made a little smaller to obtain a slimming effect, sew the two rectangles at the sides and at the shoulders leaving opened the armholes and the neckline
Il vestito è in pratica un tubo della larghezza dei vostri fianchi, il dietro è tagliato più piccolo ottenendo un effetto snellente. Cucite i due rettangoli ai lati e sulle spalle lasciando aperte le maniche e  lo scollo.
to wear the dress easily slash the back at the middle and add a button 
You've now made the dress. I then added a funny ruffle at the bottom and a decorative belt
Per indossare il vestito eseguite un taglio al centro dietro e aggiungete un bottone per richiuderlo.
Il vestito è pronto, a questo punto ho aggiunto una ruche in fondo e una cinta decorativa.

How to make the ruffle:

how to make ruffles,ruffle tutorial
I then hemmed the ruffle and then gathered it: I stitched the edge of the ruffle loosely and then I pulled the thread. You'll see ruffles forming and you'll obtain this result
When you gather the fabric, it gets shorter so I cut 2 circles of fabric, one for the front and one for the back.
(I also gathered the shoulders)
Come si realizza la ruche:
Qui sopra troverete il modello per la ruche, una volta tagliato, eseguite l'orlo e poi arricciatelo. Per realizzare l'arricciatura basterà eseguire una filza lungo il bordo della ruche e poi tirare il filo, mentre la stoffa si arriccia vedrete diventare più evidenti le ruche. Arricciando la stoffa la lunghezza della ruche necessariamente si riduce; ho quindi tagliato due cerchi di stoffa, uno per la ruche sul davanti e una per la ruche sul dietro.
(Ho anche arricciato le spalle).





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the ruffle sewed onto the dress
cucite la ruche sul vestito

How to make the belt: I cut a rectangle 10cm tall and 'hips width' long, I folded it in half and I sewed on the reverse and then I turned inside out. I then sewed onto the dress.

Come si realizza la cinta: Ho tagliato un rettangolo di stoffa della lunghezza dei fianchi e alto 10 centimetri. L'ho piegato a metà e ho realizzato la cucitura laterale a rovescio. Ho rivoltato la stoffa a dritto e ho cucito la cinta sul vestito.


How to make the bow: I cut another meter of fabric 10 cm tall, then I made the bow and I stitched it onto the dress.

Come si realizza il fiocco: ho tagliato un rettangolo di stoffa alto 10 cm e lungo un metro. Ho rifinito la striscia allo stesso modo della cinta. Ho eseguito un fiocco e l'ho cucito sul vestito.

et voilà! The dress is ready to wear!
Et voilà! Il vestito è pronto da indossare!