Strictly speaking, this doesn’t even qualify as a DIY expert post. Everything handed to me on a plate for me to play around with in 2 minutes does not a DIY project make. I’m finding that styling tricks that you see in fashion magazines can work perfectly for the everyday wear and I think this… Continue reading Netting… much easier than Knitting
Category: DIY
Resurrecting a Category
I’m almost ashamed as to how mouldy the DIY expert category of this blog has gotten. It’s now past the stage of normal fridge mould and has now actually mutated into a living, breeding amoeba. But thankfully, a surprisingly free weekend has saved the category from becoming a thing of the forgotten past. I deliberated… Continue reading Resurrecting a Category
The Unravelling of the Gold Dress Part One
So allow me to introduce you to what looks like a Cyndi Lauper stage costume. It’s this gold dress made out of the shinest, most garish lame you can find, not unlike the wrappers of Werther’s Original toffees. I found it in a charity store and like some sort of intrigued magpie, I just bought… Continue reading The Unravelling of the Gold Dress Part One
Sewing don't come easy
A reader commented on the Miki Fukai post asking me how I learnt to sew and how did I manage to produce my make-shift DIY garments. Want the ugly horrible truth? I can’t for the life of me sew AT ALL! If anyone actually did a close up shot of my garments, they’d see flaws… Continue reading Sewing don't come easy