Scrap Skirt

I'm dying to make one of these!


What I'd really love to do is mix up the colors and the fabrics to be a little more similar to this one I saw on Pretty/Modest. And that's what's so great about DIY - I can make it look however I want! (In theory.) And so can you :) Here's the tutorial: (You're going to want to click on the pictures to enlarge them and actually read the instructions.)


This tutorial is courtesy of craftleftovers.com. Definitely go check it out - lots of fun, adorable crafts to engage in. :)

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Featured Site: Pretty/Modest

Is this not the cutest shirt you have ever seen? I love the whole ensemble - the sweet white shirt, the adorable belt, the classy jeans. I'm in love. And guess where I found it? At a lovely little blog also dedicated to modesty called Pretty/Modest.

I had a lot of fun this morning exploring all the pretty things and modest things this blogger has found from across the Net, so I hope you will also enjoy today's featured site.

Be Original

I don't know about you, but I've never thought it was much fun to look like everyone else. That's why I think DIY clothing is so much fun. Find a cute fabric, some fun trim, and make yourself a skirt that no one else will ever have. And, as a bonus, you can make it exactly as long or short as you're comfortable with. I'm not much good at sewing, but I can have fun with simple patterns and projects, such as one I found on crafster.org. You have to start by making this circle skirt:


Then follow these instructions*:

a) make a simple circle skirt (there's a great tutorial for that here on craftster!) but INSTEAD of cutting an arc to get rid of the squared-off fabric, leave it. It'll give you the aysmmetrical hem.
b) hem the bottom so that your hem line is about a centimeter above the bottom edge of the fabric
c) pin lace ON TOP of the fabric (right-side up!) so that the extra centimeter overlaps- or, rather, bottomlaps, I guess
d) sew on lace, using same coloured thread as the lace colour
e) bunch up the top a bit at random places. this will allow the skirt to fit you better, and looks prettier
f) hem the waist-edge of the skirt
g) make an elastic band for the top. I just cut up an old blood donor shirt, but anything with some give to it with colours that match should work!
h) attach elastic ON TOP of waist hem so that there's a bottomlap, like on the bottom with the lace
i) BY HAND, sew on pearl strands that are of varying lengths. If you do this by machine, you might accidentally kill yourself. I know I did.



*Originally posted here by Crafster member odile.

Summer Fun Board Shorts

For today's Make Your Own feature, I found a really fun tutorial on how to make board shorts out of a pair of old pants, a Hawaiian shirt, and a tie. This is such a simple fix up, I bet you could even do it without a sewing machine if you were feeling patient. I love this, because it is a cheap project and you can make it all your own. In the tutorial, they use old business pants, but you could use practically any type of pants and have your very own, cute, modest shorts.

Celebrating Modesty - The Scoodie?

I've decided to do a feature called Celebrating Modesty, which will just feature sites or tutorials that offer fun clothes that just happens also to be modest.

Ok, I know it's June and summer is supposedly just around the corner, but sometimes I still feel like I need one of these:

It's a scoodie: Scarf + Hoodie = Scoodie, so today for my Celebrating Modesty selection, I chose this fun, do it yourself accessory that will keep your neck and head warm. And you can make it from an old sweatshirt!