Day 328-Mullet skirt

Tonight I have been putting together my handout notes for the final "upcycle" workshop this weekend (I can't believe its the last one already!).

So I started putting together a page with the step by step process of revamping a long dress or skirt by cutting the hem short at the front and long at the back. Then I went online to look for pictures of similar skirts as examples and cracked up laughing when I found that online people were calling them "Mullet" skirt's!

So its all "party at the front, business at the back" in fashion right now... enjoy the examples below...

 I like how she has worn this as a sideways mullet skirt!

Have you made a "Mullet" skirt or dress? email me at craftdays365@hotmail.com

to share your creation...

craft out

xxoo

Day 319-2 items for the price of 1

So last night you would have seen my retro "Moo Moo" make-over and tonight I have used the left over strip of fabric from the hem to make a super cute skirt!

2 for the price of 1! That's up cycling at its finest!!

there was a large amount of fabric to cut off the bottom of the dress to re-hem it to a

 "non-60's love child kinda length"

 below; to the right is the strip left over

I used the original hem for the new short skirt hem, Easy!

 I created a waistband from a piece of wide black elastic, overlocking the ends together to form the loop.

Next I used a gathering stitch to gather up the skirt fabric around the top edge and then pinned the two together.

 Finally I overlocked the two pieces together 

craft out

6o's swirls

xxoo

Day 301-its a pair

Tonight I have whipped up the 2nd upcycled boot (and as per usual burnt my finger with the glue gun a few times in the process! its dangerous stuff this "crafting")

dam that naughty glue gun!!!

 all finished!

 time for a road test!

 love them!

craft out!

xxoo

Day 300-celebrating the 300 days milestone!

Today I am celebrating 300 days of the craft blog with a photoshoot.

My besty Bianca has frocked up in my newly upcycled skirt, a matching lacey fascinator and an upcycled singlet.

Bianca's art deco St Kilda apartment made a great backdrop for our fun shoot!

I can't believe its only 65 days to go!

if you have a crafty project you would like to share then email me at craftdays365@hotmail.com

craft out

xxoo

Day 294-I do declare I have a pair

I have evened up the shoe balance 

by upcycling the second shoe to complete the pair

craft out

xxoo

Day 280 Room reno begins!

Over the next month I am planning to renovate my bedroom. It is a tiny room with a large window and exposed beams. When we bought the house a year ago we painted the room white... and that's as far as we got! So its time for the next step...

This is how the room looked when we purchased the property 

I have decided to go for a black and white theme...

starting with my upcycled bedside tables below

pretty ugly bedside tables, but they had a good shape and i saw potential

(op shop, $25 each)

 after a wipe down and a light sand, the painting begins... high gloss black!!

 WOW!! looking great!

 now I have left them to dry,

I am thinking of painting the drawers high gloss white with the handle in black

I was also thinking of lining the inside of the drawers with some wallpaper/wrapping paper

(maybe black and white stripes? or fleur de lis?)

renovate out

xxoo

Day 276-Op Shop dress upcycle

Happy Monday! 

Did you check out september's wrap up on the previous post?

Only 3 little months to go!

I really like tonight's craft! The other day I was scavenging at an op shop and came across this super simple 80's shape summer dress in a light seersucker fabric (see pic below)

 Ive added a floral frill around the neckline and a belt

 I tried adding a flower out of the same fabric too, but then thought it was better without it

 perfect summer dress!

craft out

xxoo

Day 264-scrap to scarf

Last week when I was visiting resource rescue I picked a pile of fabric swatch samples, beautiful fashion prints and detailed textures. The only problem is most of the swatches are small pieces, so now I need to think up lots of projects using small pieces... any suggestions are welcome!

a pile of swatches

 Ive decided to use this piece today

 overlocking it, right sides together, length-wise, then turning it back out the right way

 then overlocking the ends together, right sides together again

and I am left with a little hole for hand stitching (I hate that last little section! is there a better way to do this? any advice?)

 once around

 twice around

 how about the headband-scarf combo?

hello sailor!

craft out

xxoo

Day 263-old scraps of leather transformed

I had some off cuts of leather laying around and decided to get crafty...

I pinned the pieces together and stitched them up to create these crafty cuffs! 

 then i jazzed them up with some old clip on earrings

craft out!

xxoo

day 254-Coat standarama! a few screws loose and in need of some love

I am having a good run of fun projects after all those blackboards!!!
I purchased an old coat stand from the charity shop on saturday. The shape was good and I thought it had potential for a revamp.

it started like this, an old coat stand that had a few loose screws and needed some love (kinda like me)

this was my $15 bargin purchase

I tightened all the screws, wiped off the dust

and gave it a light sand.

Next I opened a can of "SUPER HIGH GLOSS red paint"

me out in the cold painting

it took me just over 2 hours to paint the first coat. 

painting with high gloss paint is a BITCH! its all sticky (like painting with nail polish!)

i then moved it inside to dry (and proceeded to stink out the house!)

 love the high gloss finish!

 yay! another fun project from the crazy 365 house!

GET CRAFTY!!

xxoo