Tees's can be such a nightmare!
I had these plain tee's sitting in my cupboard for ages andjust didn't know what to do with them.
I had a pile of perfectly good tee's that were in gorgeous colours that suited me to a tee, "haha", but they were in possible to wear without the neckline falling open all the time when I bent over. Anyway I thought I must not be the only person who finds it hard to track down and buy tees with higher necklines or have a cupboard full of tee's with horrible necklines, so here's how to not only fix it but snazzy up your tee at the same time!
Well as you can see in the first pic I have just a basic tee. From there simply grab two small sections in the neckline and fold (tuck) them over onto themselves.
Make sure that your two sections are even or it will look funny, as well as fold both the sections facing away from each other. This will ensure that the very front of your tee is being pulled straight.
After you have folded them both, pin your folds in place and try it on to check and make sure that your new neckline is the right size, looks good and that you can still get your tee on and off.
Than, using a needle and thread, sew down your folds and you're nearly done!.
From here it's up to you how you dress it up!
In the following pics I have used a few different ways to jazzy up my tees.
I found some pretty buttons and sewed them straight on top of the folds (tucks) I had just made in the neckline.
On this tee I found some leftover cotton lacing laying around, so I sewed in onto the bottom of the tee as well as around the neckline. And yep, straight over the folds!
And, last but not least, my flower tee. I cut the flowers off another tee that I threw out and hand stitched them on..
Well there you have it, a very simple way to make those nightmare tee's pretty, modest and worry free!
Go for it and have some fun, I did =D
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To my dearest Mother & Mummy,
I praise my Lord and Savior for such a great blessing
as you in my life.
You have cared for and tenderly helped me
grow into the young woman that I now am.
I remember the nights you stayed up when I was sick,
the songs you sang to me when
I could not sleep and the warm arms that comforted
me when I was teary.
But more than these, and many more, you have blessed me in a greater way. In you I have seen a true woman of God.
You have shown me how to love and serve the Lord Jesus and taught me of His love and salvation for me from when I was little.
You serve our family with gentleness and humility,
you are a Godly Wife and Mother.
Thank you Lord Jesus for my beautiful Mother,
oh what a treasure for me.
May I learn all that you Lord have called me to learn
from and through her life of Love
From a Daughter
Written by
Anita
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Have you ever thought about turning a
strapless dress into a skirt? Well I have!
It all started when I went op shopping the other day and found this this elastic topped strapless dress. I don’t wear strapless dresses but the fabric was so nice that it got me thinking that maybe I could make it into a lovely long maxi skirt.
My skirt turned out so well that I wanted to share how I have done it with you!
Step 1.
First you
will need to check for and remove any non-slip, see-through elastic tape from the top of the dress. You can
remove this with a quick un-pick quite easily, just be careful that you don’t
cut any other
Step 2.
Try your skirt on
and decide where you want the top of the skirt to sit and mark it
with a pin.
Once you have marked it take it off and measure to the pin.
Add another 2 cm's to your measurement for the
seam allowance and then measure and
pin all the way around the skirt. Cut along
the now pinned line. (NOTE: if there are lines in the
fabric make sure you use them to help you get nice
straight lines).
Step 3.
Now we will work
on taking up the bottom of the skirt.
Have a good
guess at how much you think that you will need to take off and mark
the length
with a pin. Measure and pin all the way around the skirt and pin up the extra
fabric so you can get
a good idea
of what it will look like. Try it on and check if it is the right length.(NOTE:
mine was not the right
Step 4.
When you
have the right length add another 2 cm's for the seam allowance and then cut on
your pinned line.
Once you
have cut off the extra fabric make a new hem for the skirt at it’s new length.
To hem simply fold about 1 cm up from the bottom of the skirt and then fold
it over again ensuring that you no longer have a cut edge showing. (NOTE: if
you have an iron handy you can iron your new hem to help keep it in place for
sewing). Once you
have made your hem on the bottom and pinned it to hold it, repeat this and hem
along the top of your skirt too!
Step 5.
Now that you
have them both all hemmed and pinned it’s time to sew them.
For the top
of the skirt I used a Zig Zag stitch,( NOTE: I used the Zig Zag stitch so that
I would
have stretch in the stitching
and Still be able to simply pull the skirt on and off, you could also use a Over-locker.) For the bottom hem I used a regular straight stitch, you
could use just about any stitch here but I
liked the
look of the straight stitch.
Well now you
have a beautiful maxi skirt that’s made just for you!
From here on
I went on to sew a petticoat into my new skirt!
