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 ~

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