14. DIY corset lace up thigh high

So, this was originally suppose to be a diy corset lace up legging tutorial but they turned into this and I love them so much I'm going to make a legging version with some cool string colors

I was inspired by the  style stalker snakebite legggings that were popular a little while ago

but you know me, never one to spend more than 15 bucks on leggings
 so just had to make an inspired version instead

but anyways,
I went and dug around my closet for some pleather leggings and it turns out the only plain pair I had left had some holes in some certain areas..

so I decided to chop the legs off and just make them into these legwarmer/ thigh high socks

there's a number of ways that you could go about doing this.

if you wanted a more polished look, you could use eyelets or eyelet tape

personally, I don't mind the rough unfinished look so I used the simplest method. 

first you'll need rotary punch. 

this is for punching in the holes

if you are going to be putting grommets as well, make sure that your hole is slightly smaller if your fabric is stretchy 

then you take your leg and fold it in half where you want the lace up to happen

now you can mark and start punching the holes 

when you're finished with the holes cut a line down the middle of the fabric to separate  them

now lace them up!

for the string , you can use anything you want. 

they should look like this

here I used shoe laces and the total amount of shoe lace I used is about 12 meters. 

Around 6 per leg. 

that being said  everybody's height is different along with the space between each hole and the width separating each side

for reference, I am about 5'8 and the there is about an inch between holes. 

now you're done!

13 DIY gothic corset swallowtail reconstruction.

last night I had a sudden thought to make this too large corset that I had lying around into a corset with swallowtails..(I'm not quite familiar with my terminology. Although experienced sewers would probably want to hit me for more than this issues in my post)

anyways,
I took this corset and cut off it from the back where the boning was.

then I cut out 4 strips

the 2 shown here will be the front strips.

I choose this velvet/faux suede material (again. forgive my lack of knowledge of fabrics) on purpose because I hate hemming
and it has nice structure that would fall quite nicely for this design

this is the 2 front strips and the 2 back strips
here I placed all the fabric according to the position that I needed to sew them in.

the two front pieces I sewed them directly onto the corset. (As to what method, I think I'd rather not have a steamstress murder me with her iron for telling you guys the wrong infromation. thanks. )

for the back pieces, I decided I needed a zipper but you don't need it if you don't want


now, you should have 2 sides on the front piece that will connect with the the 2 sides from the back.

measure place your grommets then use ribbon and lace them up

I love how this project I didn't have to measure anything because the ribbon makes things adjustible! (unless somehow u made things too big...)

here is what you should have

I sewed an extra piece of black fabric under the front lace up because I thought that it might be too much with 3 lace up sections.

and DONE ~

11. What to do when you get home and realize you just bought the exact same thing

If you have a terminal illness called shoppaholicitis then I'm sure you have probably bought some things that looked somewhat similar.

Yes. I confess

and I ended up buying two pairs of slightly different black flatform boots.

curse you itchy hands that just want to throw money all day.

but have no fear I fixed my problem by slighly customizing these boots with a slight DIY

The first pair was my YRU bloq boots in black
fabulous for a cheapy like me
got them for 30 bucks at urban outfitters

When I bought them, they came with another set of grey laces . I decided that the grey laces gave the shoes more dimension so I switched them. Then I decided to attach some chains and charms with some old necklaces by looping them between two lace holes and

viola.
new sparkling shoes.

The other pair I bought online from an off brand. I thought that they were going to be longer than these ones but nope, they were almost the exact same... so... I decided to make these my sharp pointy boots.

I got these spikes from online also. I think they were either 40mm or 50mm  but either one, they are pretty long 

So this is the end of my post today

10. 1 black magic DIY series goth ninja part 1: hooded infinity fringe scarf

before I get into the actual blog post content, I'd like to say that I am an idiot that managed to delete all the comments on my blog


.So if you wondering why  I didn't reply AND deleted your comment ...

or.. if you were wondering if I  had a " holier than thou" outlook on life....
 where I look down upon thy miniscule readers and sneered as I erased all evidence of contact with my heavenly being.


nope
I was just being a immaculate example of stupidity.

that is why.

  

anyways, I digress

its my 10th post 

In crazy girlfriend terms,  the 10th post equals the one week anniversary

and to celebrate I'm starting a  series using this giant piece of black fabric

In this series of DIYs, I'm going to take this piece of fabric and magically turn all of it into wearable(uhhh okay, well we could debate a bit about the definition of wearable ) pieces of clothing/accessories

hence the title...
black magic! (I'm so lame)
 Your parents taught you to not waste your food, I'm telling you to not waste your fabric. 

First DIY is for all the men out there..
if there is any reading my blog

I can almost hear a cricket

anyways.

this is going to be a DIY Goth Ninja Hooded Scarf (which by the way sounds a lot cooler than a snood)
inspired by  Deep style hooded fringe top with hood

you can find their stuff here on their official site  or on yesstyle if you just want skip everything and just buy it

and here is my DIY black hooded scarf

For all you people who have no clue what style a goth ninja is,
just imagine it.
its exactly what it seems

page from F*** Yeah Mens wear

I personally love this style.
its like Death eater chic

some key points to this style are
1. monochromatic colors such as black, black, black and shades of black (grey),
2.  the bigger the hood and the more layers, the higher the level
3. Rick Owens
3.5  drape.

Now, for the DIY, you'll have to sew a bit. but it shouldn't be a big deal for beginners. (I managed right? )

you will obviously need some black fabric (preferably jersey because it is light weight and you don't have to worry about the raw edges )

 fold your fabric in half with the insides of the fabric on the outside if your fabric has 2 different sides .

take something with a hood and draw a hood based on the size of that.
then extend your line to include fabric for the scarf part.

make sure the folded part is the bottom (if you want, you can also have the design with the folded part on the top if you don't want your scarf ends to touch )

pin it carefully

cut it while leaving about an inch for error and other things

sew  it all together and you should get this.

I cut some lines for the stringy effect.

and...as you can see it is totally hand sewable 

 now you could totally stop here but why not go to the extreme to use up all that fabric?

 I took some of the cut offs and cut them into strips then I braided it and sewed it on

I then  took another piece of the left overs  and sewed it on the inside of the scarf part.

remember to turn it right side out after sewing!


TADA