28
2012
Reblogged from katydidnot :
How To Be A Cool Athens Girl:
- Colorful patterned skirt
- Knee-high socks in a different pattern
- A little twee
- DIY bracelets
- DIY shirt cropping
- Werewolves shirt always
- Makeup designed to scare straight men away
- At least 1 accessory with a bird or other small animal on it
- Manic Panic
- Don’t look as sullen as me
A+ tutorial.
some other helpful hints (some of these are basically the same):
- for winter wear leggings every day. the same leggings. it doesn’t matter. tights when you are feeling fancy, but let’s get real, you can sleep in your leggings.
- no sleeves on any shirt (good work rikki)
- visible hairy armpits
- shit you cut up yourself and didn’t hem
- shit you handmade but very poorly
- cute diy accessories made by your friends
- sense of undaunted optimism, but also anxiety & depression
- vintage dresses you got from your friends
- punk as shit patches, probably either about feminism or your friends’ bands. maybe both.
- unnatural lipstick (of course) (covered in makeup to scare men)
- a really pretty bra. if you’re doing it right, it should be visible.
- alternatively, no bra.
- barrettes and shit
So I got on tumblr specifically to post this picture:
And then I saw this post. Please note patterned knee socks, DIY cutoff overalls (not hemmed obviously), a patch with the Hangar on it, and a god damned cat.
Then I had to think about my life for a while because oh my god I am a stereotype of myself.
28
2012
Grandma Pants »> Cuffed Shorts
Quick n dirty sewing tutorial. It’ll take all of 20 minutes.
Okay, so these houndstooth-print grandma pants are found in abundance in every thrift store ever and can be obtained for like a dollar. They are seriously unflattering as pants but can be made into cute high waisted shorts with extremely minimal effort.
YOU NEED:
- Pair of ugly pants
- Thread in a coordinating color
- Scissors
- An iron/ironing board
- Straight pins
- Marker/pen/tailor’s chalk
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Try on the pants. On one leg, mark where you’d like the top of the cuff to hit. Then decide how wide you’d like the cuff to be. Multiply that by two and add about a quarter inch for a seam allowance. Mark this distance below the first mark you made.
2. Cut off the pant leg at the second mark you made. Fold the pants in half and use the first leg as a guide to cut the second leg so they’re even.
3. My pants had a weird polyester lining on the inside, which I didn’t want. If your pants have this, you can just cut it out.
4. Fold up your quarter-inch seam allowance and press it flat.
5. Fold up the cuff and iron it flat. Pin in place.
6. Using thread in a color that’ll blend in, sew along the top edge of the cuffs. Make sure to keep your seam straight, since your stitching will be visible.
(ALTERNATE LAZY PERSON METHOD: Just do a couple of stitches on the very inside tops of the cuffs, near the crotch, and on the outside, where the side seams are, to hold the cuffs in place. It won’t be as sturdy, but if you don’t have a sewing machine/don’t have a ton of time, it’s easier.)
…That’s pretty much all you have to do. A good beginner sewing project.
13
2011
Reblogged from olivia-makesstuff :
SEWING TIME!
Now that it’s summer I can revert to my old lady hobbies. $1 thrift store dress altered to be non-bag shaped.
+10 HIPSTER POINTS FOR OLIVIA!
(Equally important: embarrassing book collection of my youth in the background including literary classics like Eragon and the Royal Diaries)
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