DIY Corsage

Swirl, a vintage-inspired shop in Singapore, have shared on how to DIY fabric corsages.

Its also ideal to get your scraps of material to do this corsage.

What is exactly a corsage?

It is a single flower or several small flowers, worn pinned.

A corsage is generally worn on the left side, just under the shoulder. It should be pinned with the stem down, the same way it would be planted in the ground.

I was crazy on corsages some time back because I thought it was just so pretty to add colour to an oh-so-boring top but everywhere I look, the corsages seems almost similar everywhere or even overpriced. I did eventually buy some to jazz up my outfit or a bag though but from Bangkok. The same piece was way overpriced in Singapore.

It can be worn at the shoulder, over the shoulder, in the hair, on the wrist, at the waist, hem line, on a hat, or even on an evening bag. Etiquette indicates that no matter how it is worn, it is most always worn on the left side.

Here are some ideas

(1) Paper Corsage

(2) DIY Fabric Corsage

Easy DIY Ways To Reuse and Upcycle Your Empty Perfume Bottles

Binning those pretty perfume bottles seem like such a waste when they can be upcycle to be something more useful. Put on your creativity cap and lets get going!

1. Keep old perfume bottles for decoration

• Stuff your bottle with glitter to make it a desktop-worthy decoration. Achieve the effect through glitter, glue and water as shown by Pinterest user Anina Tardif-Douglin. Hmm, that kinda reminded me of the DIY Christmas snow globe which I have done 4 years ago. 
• Floral perfume bottle is another alternative. Just insert fake flowers and gold flakes as shown here. 
• How about using it as a mini flower bud vase and placing it on your office table, with just hot glue gun and fake flowers? Check out the pretty illustration here and here.

2. DIY Reed Diffuser

• Awww..how brilliant! You can topped off with fragrance refills or create your own using a blend of essential oils mixed in sweet almond oil. Get your inspiration from here

Source : Bureka

Upcycle : No Crochet Braided T-Shirt Rug

Get tips from these talented crafters...on using old T-shirts to braid into an useful rug.

Source : Sewbliss713

Source : Mypoppet

Upcycle : Sew Denim Rosette Brooch

Stumbled upon Craftpassion while I was searching for some upcycling projects.

Savaged from a denim dress

Materials:

1. Hem (Double roll type) from denim clothing.
2. Strong thread (closest color to the denim)
3. Strong needle for hand sewing
4. Brooch pin

Tools:
1. Scissors

You can refer to the website above for the full pictures.

Step 1 : Cut the seam of the sleeve. We don’t need that thick seam, you can throw away or keep it for other purpose.

Step 2 : Cut along the hem line of the sleeve. Retain the sleeve, don’t throw.

Step 3 : Roll 2 rounds on the hem to make the center of the denim rosette.

Step 4 : Make a few stitches at the bottom to secure it. Use leather scrap and pliers if you find it is difficult to push and pull the needle through.

Step 5 : To make the “petals” of the rosette, simply pull the “fold” edge of the hem down to the bottom by making a stitch on it.

Step 6 : Keep pulling and stitching to create more petals as you roll the hem. Make sure you also make some stitches to the inner round of the rosette to secure all the rollings. Loosen the gripping tension of the hem a little as the denim rosette gets bigger so that the petals at the outer layer look bigger too. Continue rolling and stitching until you reach about 1″ from the end.

Step 7 : Bend the hem end away from the denim rosette and under it, sew at the bottom.

Step 8 : To make the denim rosette into a brooch, you need 2 denim leafs and a brooch pin.

Step 9 : Draw and cut 2 leafs from the balance denim fabric of the sleeve. Overlap the leafs and sew the brooch pin on them

Step 10 : Place the leafs+pin combo on the back of the rosette, stitch them to the denim rosette. Only sew on the circumference of the leaf.

Check out another upcycling project like
- DIY Fabric Storage Box using A4 print paper boxes

No Sew T-Shirt Pillow

Here's a creative yet simple way on upcycling your cushion covers without spending a dime!

Alternatively, this website explains more with pictures and text. Enjoy!

Fabric Bracelets

1) Cut the cord long enough to fit around your wrist with enough slack to slip over your hand (like a bangle bracelet).
2) With your favorite fabric glue (one that's really sticky like fabri-tac) or hot glue, glue the ends of your rope to create a circle.

3) You can chose to tear the fabric strip so that it gave a bit of a tattered edge,
4) You will need a long strip about an inch wide.
5) Gluing as your wrap, go around your bracelet a couple of times.
6)  This will help hold everything together as well as give it a nice look.
7) When you get to the end, tuck and glue on the inside.
Source : MaryJanes

Fabric Hair Clips

An awesome inspiration from PinkLittleLadies

 

-Scrap Fabric

-A cup to trace, choose one that is the size you would like your flower to be.

-Fabric cover buttons

-Barrette or alligator clip

-hot glue gun

-Stapler

 

1) Cut 8 circles out using a pattern created using your cup and some paper. Fold the circles in fourths and Staple at the point

 

2) Cut a small circle of felt or fabric and glue the pieces onto it. I glue four on, making sure the tips are a little overlapping, then glue the next four on top of the cracks ( meaning not right on top of another but between two of them)

 

3) Cover a button following the directions on the package. Glue the button in the center, use lots of glue. Then glue the clip onto the back.

 

 

 

Fabric Flower

1) Cut out 8- 2 1/2" squares from each color

2) Fold a square in half, then fold it again to make a smaller square
3) Cut the outer edges(not the folded edges). It will almost look like a heart shape

4) Pinch in the middle and stitch 2-3 times. Keep adding the rest of the pieces to it

5) End result of her beautiful fabric flower. Check out her blog for more inspiring ideas.

Source : TeaRose

Fabric Covered Bracelet

Yet another talented lady....

1) Fold the right sides of the fabric together, sew the fabric end to end using 1/4" seam allowance. Turn the tube inside out. Press the seam with an iron.

2) Slide a bead into the tube, then stick a needle through the tube above the bead and wrap it around the tube several times then tie it off. Remeber to hide the knot. Repeat until all the beads are in the tube. I used DMC floss and picked the color that I wanted to bring out of the fabric. I could have chosen red or light brown too

Source : Tearose

DIY Collar Accessory

I am never one to sew so I like simple DIY.  I constantly get inspired by folks who recycled their items. Here's one for sharing. Do check out her blog for interesting finds. She is a really talented lady who prove that you don't have to spend alot to look good.

Source : ThriftyCloset