Saturday, September 19, 2009

Zookeeper's boy

Outfit from... sometime this week? I don't know. Pictures float around in my camera for way too long.

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I'm pretty sure this was what I was thinking when the self timer went off:



Love these shoes too much to care. S'okay, you can admit they do look big.

The other DIY I did last Friday... basically a slight variation on my fringe top: the fringe scarf. WOAH, HOLD UP THIS SHIZ JUST GOT CARAYZEEEE!

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Made from t-shirt like fabric, I used a black sheet that I bought for another project a while back. If you want to make a scarf like this, you could use 2 large black t-shirts. Here's the really basic tutorial of how to make this big and beautiful slice of heaven...

Take your 2 shirts and cut off the sleeves and collar area. The goal here is to make the biggest, most evenly shaped square possible. Also cut ONE AND ONLY ONE side edge, so it unfolds to make a large rectangle

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Take your 2 rectangles and lay one on top of the other and sew a straight stitch down the edge. Remember to double up on the ends to re-enforce the stich.


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Lay the rectangle down flat, and use chalk to mark out 2 curves lines, like so. Cut along the line on the bottom, making sure the 2 pieces of fabric are lying flat so that they'll be even when you open it up at the end.

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Mark out some verticle lines to help you keep your fringe straight when you start cutting them. Cut the fringe carefully through both layers, so you can finish faster, and don't cut past your marked out line. Make each fringe about half an inch in width.

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Before you open it up to behold your masterpiece, give all the fringe a little pull. The fabric will curl in on itself, making each fringe more stringy. Cool, huh? Okay now you can unfold it and WERQ!!

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Can't even wear stuff like this yet, as it has pretty much been 3o degrees every day this week. Ridiculous. My cardigans will just have to wait a bit longer...

13 comments:

Chip said...

looks better than my fail of an attempt at that

Julls said...

love the scarf.i acctualy did it myself last night (thnx for inspiration) but I only used one t-shirt so it's shorter.and then I sprayed ACE (acid) on it at in ended up so cute ^^ i'll make a post and I'll link your blog there.

hugs

Ciararad said...

LOVE IT!! I'm going to try to make this. It's been raining and being cold, so I want a nifty scarf to wear!! And I LOVE those shoes. Silver and shiny= my heaven! Haha! Great post!!
<3<3

Japke said...

I really like it that you show us so many diy stuff, and it always looks great. But my favourite must be this scarf! I should definitely put it on my diy-list!

Vanessa said...

That scarf is cool as hell.

Jessica Lucy said...

i LOVE this outfit, and the scarf is KILLER :O

may i ask, where did you get those yummy shoes?! x

ipopheart said...

I LOVE your giant feet (dont worry me too- for my height- size 7 1/2 is kinda huge). And jesus isn't that scarf beast

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belle in arms said...

Cool scarf!

Ruta said...

i love this outfit, especially the shoes. you have the most amazing DIY's all the time.

Adrienne said...

I love your shoes!! Where did you get them? I spent pretty much all of last year looking for a pair of lace-ups, until it got to the point that I bought 3 pairs of 'replacements' (none of which I even wear, and then last month I went into like 10 stores around town and I was seeing lovely brogues everywhere... darn Winnipeg...

Chip said...

revisiting this

it is awesome

Anonymous said...

natalie dee!!!
LOVELOVELOVE