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It's Queensday in Holland and after strolling the market last night in the city, I'm in need for some relaxing. And what a perfect day it is to hang out in the garden and enjoy the sun!

Happy Sunny Day everyone!

Upcycling Shirts Tutorials

Day three: Shirt into Bracelet

(There is an update about this post, on the bottom part of this page)

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Due to several questions about this tutorial, I decided to post an update with more detailed steps. You can find the tutorial below:

1. Take 6 pieces of fabric, mine are about 45 cm long and 1,5 cm wide. Place something heavy on the toppart to keep them in place.

2. Take right strip and follow the red line in the picture.

3. It should look like this.

4. Take the left strip and follow the red line in the picture.

5. It should look like this.

6. Now repeat steps 2 and 4. Pull on them, but not to tight!

7. Keep braiding until you have ure desired length.

8. Get you're glue gun or some textile glue and place a stripe of glue on top of the end. Do this on both sides.

9. Cut the fabric that is on the other side of the glue strip. Not the braided side!

10. It should look like this.

11. Put some glue on the outside of the braid, like shown in the picture.

12. Place the other outside against it and push them together until the glue has dried.

13. Measure the width of youre braid.

14. Cut a piece of fabric. The size should be 2x the width of your braid + 1 cm.

15. Fold the piece of fabric around the part where the bracelet is attached. And glue it together.

All done!

You can of course also sew the bracelet instead of using glue.

The bracelet will be easy to slide over you're hand, because the fabric is stretchy and soft.

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Upcycling shirts Tutorials

Day two: shirt into Braid Necklace

Make this simple braided necklace out of just one shirt! It's very soft to wear and easy to make! Here's how:

1. Take an old shirt.

2. Cut the sleeves of and cut the shirt into long strips. The width of your strips depends on how thick you'll want your necklace to be. I cut them about 2.5 cm.

3. Cut the fabric until you have 9 strips.

4. Start braiding a simpel 3 strand braid.

5. Repeat braiding until you have 3 braids. Braid a new 3 strand braid with your braided strips.

6. Cut six more strips from the shirt, but this time cut them thinner: about 1 cm in width. Use them to make two smaller braids.

7. Cut the endings of the big braid and use some glue to seal it.

8. Attach the smaller braids to the ends of your big braid with some glue.

9. Take a small leftover piece of fabric and wrap it around the part were you attached the braids together. Use a small amount of glue.

All you have to do know is, tie it around your neck, and that's it! Easy right?!

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Upcycling Shirts Tutorials

My boyfriend and I have been cleaning out our closets and it felt like the perfect opportunity to recycle some of the shirts and turn them into some fabulous new pieces. 

So today will be the first in the series of: upcycling shirts Tutorials. 

I hope you'll enjoy it and let me now what you think!

 Day 1: Shirt into Skirt

All finished!

Spring Break

Spring Break is here, but I'm not feeling to well today :(   Fortunately I still have a whole week to go, so be prepared and empty you're schedules, because there are a lot of DIY's coming you're way as soon as I am feeling better!

With a little help from my friend

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I am busy working on my newest DIY project, but didn't manage to finish it today. So here is my lovely model showing you a sneak peak!

Bracelet Tutorials

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I was feeling nostalgic and thought about 'the good old days' where you would make you're own bracelets  during those boring classes in school. But I forgot how to make these simple but fun bracelets. That's why  I searched the internet and found some very easy DIY's by my fellow bloggers.

I made the bracelets on the first picture with the help of:  buatkalunggelang

And the second bracelets where made, thanks to the easy step by step tutorial from: honestlywtf

Todays Inspiration

Bow Necklace Tutorial

Yes, I know I already did a Bow Button Shirt DIY a couple of days ago. But I just really seem to like bows these days! That's why I just had to make a bow necklace to wear with my summer dresses. It was actually really easy to make, so I am very excited to share this DIY with you!

It takes 9 steps to make a pretty bow necklace, but don't worry they are very tiny steps, just to make the process as easy as possible for you!

These are almost all the things you will need. I also used a needle, thread and a sewing machine. But you can also use some glue if you prefer that.

  And that was it! You are now the proud owner of a pretty girly bow necklace! Enjoy!

2 Pieces, 5 Looks

Skirt- New Yorker, Top- Primark

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Inspiring Textile Art

More of Amanda McCavour can be found here 

These artworks are made by Amanda McCavour. She is an artist living in Toronto and a graduate from York University with Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts. These amazing installations are all made with a special technique: She sews on a dissolvable fabric and by sewing repeatedly, the installation gains strength, which is displayed beautifully without the support of any fabric. 

I'm inspired!

Look Of The Week

Simple and chic

Dress- H&M, Scarf- Vintage, Shoes- Vintage

Pictures by Lana

Vintage glow

Noa Noa spring/summer collection 2012

This makes me feel warm again :)