I wanted to do something useful while I'm stuck at home with some kind of horrible sickness. I hate feeling unproductive. DIY comes in handy in these situations, because it doesn't use up all my energy and make me feel like death, but it helps me feel like I'm actually doing something.
For full-size, readable version, click here. Today, I bring you instructions for some badass little zipper creations - a cuff, and a rosette/flowe brooch. These DIY pages are one of the reasons I still buy teen magazines. These tutorials came from Dolly magazine, who are pretty much legends for their relatively simple DIY tutes that can be made on the cheap. The six zippers I used for these two projects cost me $7.95, and the other stuff (needle, thread, button, safety pins) I already had lying around. Now, I forgot to take my "before", and "during" pictures today, so you'll just have to look at the finished products.
This is my version of the zipper cuff. Ultra-easy. Even though I was hand-sewing, and my hand sewing is incredibly slow, this only took me about half an hour to finish. I forgot to buy velcro so I'm fastening mine with saftey pins, which are a legitimate accessory to me.
My take on the zipper brooch - this is pretty easy too, but a little more fiddly. I used one more zipper than the instructions say, because I'm a wierdo who is obsessed with symmetry. This one probably took me about an hour, because there was more hand sewing, and general fiddling required.
So there you have it! Some instructions for super-cute accessories, that should cost you less than $10 to make. Hopefully next time I will have found a good tutorial for turning a men's shirt into a fitted, corset-backed shirt like Emily asked for last time. I'm on the case lovely!
Until next time, xo.
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