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
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About a Bow
It’s the attack of the bow! It’s ego grew and grew until it started attaching itself onto my neck, my bust, my head. There’s no stopping the growth of the alien bow! Actually, inspired by Giles Deacon use of the structured bow, I got some plastic mesh and covered it with some orange lining fabric… Continue reading About a Bow
Fab Findings
This well laid out UK-based site, MacCulloch & Wallis, seems to have everything I would ever need to get my DIY fashoin projects underway. I was particularly engrossed by the metal findings section which to some people look like straight forward belt buckles, but I want to incorporate them into dress straps, attach belts onto… Continue reading Fab Findings
DIY handouts
I love it when DIY projects get handed to be on a plate. Just by flicking through some old issues of Hong Kong and Japanese magazines, I have already got 3 ideas lined up just like that. Alas, I’m not one of those original geniuses who can just come up with creations all by themselves. … Continue reading DIY handouts