DIY Blouse

I had this fabric for a while now, and decided it was high time I made something beautiful out of it. A blouse seemed just the perfect thing to do.

What you need 
- a T-shirt, a pair of scissors, needle and thread, and some pins

Like all non-professionals, one has to make ends meet. So, for this particular DIY project, choose one of your best fitting T-shirts and cut the fabric accordingly, leaving enough space for seam and a centimeter besides this (in case your measuring was not perfect :) ).

First, cut the front part of your to-be blouse, and then cut the back one (larger than the front part).

Then, go around the two parts and sew all seams so that it is easier for you afterwards.

After this, sew the two parts only at the shoulder level. This is how you will make sure that in case the fabric is too short or too long, you can easily make adjustments. Then sew on the sides.

Cut another piece of fabric in order to make a front band.

Then, sew it on the front side of the blouse. You're done. Now go and show it to the world.

DIY Jewelry

You know I am a big fan of the handmade jewelry.
Here is my latest DIY jewelry project. Hope you'll get some inspiration from it!

What I used
- scissors, needle and thread, a piece of green velvet fabric, a button, and a chain

The pendant
I wanted to make a heart-shaped pendant, so I paid special attention when sewing the fabric. Also, you must consider the size of the fabric. The larger the piece of fabric, the larger the pendant. It's your choice.

Once the shape was obtained, I went further and sewed the button onto it.

And the end result of my DIY project:

I wanted to keep it simple and so I used thread as loop for the pendant, but you can use a metal loop if this suits you better.
This project was really fun and easy to make. You should really try making this piece of jewelry for yourself, or for your friends.

Blue ink

Remember when you were kids and got all of your clothes covered in ink?
Well, I tell you, somehow issues like this still happen when you're adults.
Back then we were too young to come up with solutions, but now I am glad to have been offered the chance to fix an inky problem.

The blouse

What I used
- scissors, needle and thread, and a lot of buttons.

It's a rather easy job, since all you have to do is to figure out where to sew the buttons in order to cover the ink stains. You can go wild, there are absolutely no limitations to your sewing.

What I did
My main focus was to cover the big ink stains. There were also parts were the ink was faded and I did not cover them all.
I started by sewing the big buttons onto the big stains, and sewed the small buttons around them.

One button after the other, the stains were no longer visible, and now the blouse looks like this.

Hope you'll find this helpful and should you have an accident involving ink, don't throw your clothes away!