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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Matter Of Style FREE PATTERNS

Intaglio necklace free pattern

Dear crafty readers, how are you?
Have you downloaded any of my free patterns lately?

Marisa kindly told me that she had problems with it. Thanks for letting me know Risa, I tried to understand why and I discovered that Scribd, the platform I used to upload the free patterns, have just changed the terms of its services (without letting me know) and now asks to be registered to download the patterns.

Don't worry, all my free patterns will be free forever, I just moved them to Google and now you can easily enjoy and print them at home as usual. If you'll ever have problems with it just give me a shout! ;)

 Browse all the free patterns here and you'll find also all the relative tutorials.

or choose one below

• The Peter Pan Collar free pattern
• The Cape Coat pattern
• The corean collar free pattern
• Shoe Bag tags pattern
• Intaglio Necklace free pattern
• Pop Comic T-shirt pattern
• Flame shoes pattern

Speaking of changings you can now find a whole new navbar under the Blog title.
You can now browse all the DIY Tutorials by categories and by trend, so you can quickly find all you need, I hope you'll like it.
Thanks for reading this blog, your comments really warm my day!

How to start knitting

the white one is a fluffy schrug I made mixing a white wool with eyelash yarn

This winter I'm loving mohair and other fluffy yarns to make nice and soft jumpers. Above you can see some of the jumpers I just knitted. Why you should learn to knit? I'll give you at least three reasons:

1. knitting your own jumper means that you can design it from scratch: choose the color, the style, the decorations.  For example I'm really into pastel colours right now and mint in particular.
2. knitting is like riding a bicycle, once you learn it you can't forget it
3. it's easier than it seems.

Here's a few steps that will take you from 0 to make your jumper.

1. Get your tools It all starts with a ball of wool and knitting needles. Knitting needles come in different sizes. Choose a yarn (not too thin at first), you'll find on its wrapper the dimensions of the needles required.
2. Learn the basics:  Knit and purl stitch is everything you need to know. The easiest way to learn is to see someone doing it so the answer is You Tube! Click to learn how to knit and  how to purl stitch.



plain classic knit

3. Start easy: knit a scarf the best project to start with is a scarf (It's just a long rectangle!) and you'll kill two birds with one stone: you'll learn the technique and you'll make a terrific handmade Valentine's day gift for your boyfriend.
4. How to obtain a plain classic knit (also called Stocking Stitch) Row 1: knit all stitches; Row 2: purl all stitches and then repeat.
5. Now Get the pattern In order to make a jumper you need a pattern. There are many free patterns around that can fit your needs. Be sure to have the same size of needles indicated in that specific pattern so your jumper will fit right. Otherwise you can end up with a jumper that is too big or too small. 
6. Make the sweater. Your sweater will have 4 pieces: the front, the back and the sleeves.
7. Put it all together When all the pieces are ready it's time to sew them together! First sew the front and the back together then sew the sleeves.
8. Here's an easy pattern you can start with, you can find this one and others like these at Lion Brand Yarn  (click on the pics to enlarge them)



via Lion Brand Yarn 



via Lion Brand Yarn 

Quest'inverno ho scelto lane mohair e altri filati "pelosi" per realizzare soffici maglioni (li potete vedere in queste foto). Ci sono almeno tre ragioni per imparare a lavorare a maglia:

1. realizzare i vostri maglioni vi permetterà di sceglierne colore e stile.
2. lavorare a maglia è come andare in bicicletta: una volta che avete imparato non potete dimenticarlo
3. è più facile di quello che sembra.

Ecco alcuni step che vi aiuteranno a realizzare il vostro primo maglione

1.  Gli strumenti per iniziare: Tutto comincia con un gomitolo di lana e da un paio di ferri. I ferri sono disponibili in diverse misure. Scegliete la lana (non troppo sottile per cominciare); troverete sulla confezione la dimensione dei ferri indicata per la sua lavorazione.
2. Imparate i punti base:  Dritto e rovescio è tutto quello che dovete sapere. Il modo più semplice di apprendere è osservare qualcuno lavorare a maglia quindi la risposta più ovvia è You Tube. Cliccate per imparare il dritto e il rovescio. 



plain classic knit

3. Cominciate con un progetto facile e realizzate una sciarpa: la sciarpa è perfetta per cominciare, è un rettangolo e vi permetterà di prendere due piccioni con una fava: imparerete bene i punti base e realizzerete un perfetto regalo di S. Valentino per il vostro boyfriend.
4. Come si realizza la trama classica: Alternate un ferro a punto dritto con uno a punto rovescio.
5. Prendete un modello Per realizzare un maglione avrete bisogno di un modello. Online potrete trovare alcuni schemi gratuiti. Quando leggete un modello fate attenzione ad utilizzare i ferri della stessa dimensione indicata in modo da ottenere un maglione della giusta dimensione. Utilizzando ferri di dimensione diversa rischierete di ottenere un maglione troppo grande o troppo piccolo.
6. Ora realizzate il maglione. Il vostro maglione sarà composto da 4 pezzi diversi: il davanti, il dietro più le maniche.
7. Cucite tutto insieme Quando i diversi pezzi sono pronti li dovrete cucire insieme. Cucite il davanti con il dietro e poi cucite le maniche.
8. Ecco un modello semplice da cui partire per realizzare un maglione. Potrete trovare questo e altri modelli sul sito Lion Brand Yarn  (cliccate sulle immagini per ingrandirle) altrimenti vi basterà cercare in edicola riviste specializzate sulla maglia.

Missoni nails DIY

 Just for fun I tried to do a zig zag manicure today. I applied a base coat and then I drew little V in different colors with a metallic tip obtaining the zig zag decors. This is the first experiment, I found out that an older nail polish, more dense than newer ones allows to draw a more accurate zig zag but it will make a thicker layer so it takes longer to dry. I still haven't tested nail art pens,maybe they could be helpful for intricate decorations, what do you say? Have tried them yet? What do you think of the result?  

La manicure di oggi si ispira alle stampe di Missoni e all'iconico motivo a zig zag. Ho applicato un primo strato di smalto come base e poi ho disegnato delle piccole V in colori diversi con una punta metallica ottenendo il motivo a zig zag . Uno smalto che avete da un po',quindi un po' denso vi permetterà di ottenere più facilmente delle striscie precise ma impiegherà più tempo per asciugarsi. Già da un po' nei negozi si trovano degli smalti in  pennarello per facilitare la decorazione delle unghie,questo è uno di quei casi in cui potrebbero essere utili, voi che ne dite? Li avete già testati?  Che ne dite del risultato?

DIY SHOES

Pom Pom shoes DIY tutorial

Mustache flats

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Studded mouse flats DIY tutorial

Fluffy feathers shoes DIY

Flame shoes DIY

Metal cap toe shoes DIY

Valentine's day glitter love shoes DIY

Glitter Boots DIY

Valentino inspired shoes

Lion Heads shoes DIY

Face wedges DIY

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Color block wedges DIY

Cut out overknee DIY

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