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Hey! Welcome to Make Thrift Buy, the show[br]where you send in stuff that you want me to

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try and recreate, and then sometimes, I recreate[br]it! Now, I’ve done musical-themed items

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on this show before, like this pleated piano-skirt[br]dress, and today’s challenge is along the

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same lines – which is, these musical note[br]tights! Thank you Boomer Love for the suggestion!

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Now the original tights are from… ebay?[br]Maybe? This is an item that appears to be

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sold out absolutely everywhere that I looked,[br]which makes it a perfect candidate for some

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DO-IT-YOURSELF. So let’s begin!

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The important materials that I’m going to[br]need are a pair of tights – and I actually

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have like 5 packets of these sheer white tights[br]from the 80s that were given to me by a family

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friend, so this was $0 for me – but it is[br]really really easy to find these kind of tights

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in thrift shops.[br]I’m also going to need a black marker –

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now, my one is an actual fabric marker, but laundry-safe permanent markers will work fine as well.

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Now the first method that I tried out involved[br]getting myself a big old piece of cardboard.

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The next step was remembering that I should[br]probbbably at least make an effort to brush my hair.

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Yep.

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Anyway, I rolled the piece of cardboard up[br]into a leg-sized tube like so.

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I then taped up the tube so that it stayed[br]this shape.

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Then, I stretched the tights over the cardboard[br]tube like soooo.

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Why do I feel like I’m giving instructions[br]for a highschool health class-

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– and then I started drawing some musical[br]notes!

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Now if you’re anything like me and your[br]artistic skills aren’t AMAZING, then you’ll

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want to practice drawing some beforehand on[br]a piece of paper, and then keep these pictures

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nearby for reference while you’re drawing[br]on your tights.

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You can even print out an image of the shape[br]that you want to trace over, stick this on

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your tube, and then use it as a template to[br]guide you.

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While drawing the notes onto the tights, I[br]put one arm inside the tube to help the tube

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keep its cylindrical shape. Because the marker[br]will snag on this fabric, I found that the

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best way to go about drawing was to first[br]dot an outline of the shape of a musical note,

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and then to fill in the outline using small,[br]quick strokes, like this.

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And then I basically just repeated this with[br]a number of different musical notes for both legs!

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And before I show you all what they looked[br]like, I also did a second pair of tights with

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MORE musical notes on them, using a slightly[br]different method.

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Now, this is a method that you can use if[br]you don’t have any cardboard paper but you

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have some tights and a marker and you want[br]to get started on this project right away.

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THIS method involved covering my legs with[br]paper, so I wouldn’t get pen all over my

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legs, and then drawing on my musical notes.[br]Because this pair had many more musical notes

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on it than the other pair, it took me around[br]~3 hours to complete. And gave me a sore back.

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I would not recommend this method if you plan[br]on doing a really detailed design like this.

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Anyway, I put about double the amount of musical[br]notes on this pair because I think that it

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makes it look closer to the original.

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I also made a pair with lettering, which I[br]did by printing out my letters and then tracing

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over them, and a pair with a cherry-pattern,[br]using my coloured fabric markers!

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Anyway - how did they turn out?

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[music plays]

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[record scratch sound, music abruptly stops]

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Annnnd there's a hole in my tights.

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[music resumes]

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[record scratch sound, music stops abruptly]

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Are you kidding me.

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No matter how good your designs are, if you're[br]going to be working with sheer tights, prepare

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yourself for some heartbreak. These rips and[br]ladders happened AFTER I worked on the design,

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and before you mention it, it's not just because[br]I was using thrifted retro tights - the ones

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that I used for the MAKE, THRIFT design were[br]actually brand new!

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Sheer tights are the worst.[br]They’re the worst.

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Seriously why do they even exist? Why do we[br]even wear them? WHY ARE THEY A THING!? I don’t

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think that I’ve ever had a pair of sheer[br]tights last me, rip-free, for more than 1

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wear. Has anybody out there??[br]IS THE WHOLE WORLD MAD?

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So with this musical pair of tights - while[br]they worked really well, I don’t even think

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that I’m ever going to wear them again because[br]they took me 3 hours to make and the disappointment

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when they rip – WHICH THEY WILL DO – will[br]be far too soul-crushing. So, I can’t do

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it. So, my conclusion is:

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[scissor snipping, zipper sound effect]

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BUT… use thicker tights. And it’s not[br]like you can buy these anymore, anyway, so

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that does kind of cross out "buy" from the[br]whole make thrift buy equation.

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Most tights you get online are super thin[br]and flimsy anyway – I actually bought a

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whole bunch of tattoo tights when they were[br]really popular a few years ago, and after

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one or two wears - they all got holes in them![br]Of course I have kept them all because I can’t

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bear to just THROW clothes away… even though[br]these are no longer useful to anybody which

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is why... SHEER TIGHTS JUST MAKE NO SENSE.[br]But, anyway, at least I didn’t spend like

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$20 on these suckers. Just time and energy.[br]Priceless.

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ANYWAY IGNORING HOW MUCH SHEER TIGHTS SUCK[br]- these actually did turn out pretty well.

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The music note tights don’t look exactly[br]like the original, and I think that I made

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them a little too busy – the notes could[br]have been spaced out a little bit more evenly

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– and they really are a labour of love - so[br]if you were feeling more lazy and wanted music-themed

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tights, you could just maybe just draw some[br]bigger notes, do them more spaced-out, or

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draw like a really large quaver on your knees[br]- for a kind of similar effect. It's really

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up to you and how much energy and time you're[br]willing to put into something like this. Just

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USE THICKER TIGHTS. I can't stress that enough.[br]Oh my god I hate sheer tights.

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And with that, I'll see you all in my next[br]video. Bye!

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Thank you so much to all of my Patreon supporters,[br]whose love and support helped to make this

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video happen![br]In this episode, I want to give a shoutout

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to one of my wonderful business supporters[br]– Sarsparilly! Maria makes the prettiest

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dresses. I’ve had this Mermaid print one[br]here for over 2 years now and it’s still

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one of the prettiest, most well-made thing[br]that I own. Check her Sarsparilly's store

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– there's a whole bunch of original, handmade[br]designs along with a whole bunch of vintage-reproduction

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dresses as well! Links are in the description.