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Hi, welcome to Make, Thrift, Buy, the show[br]where you send me interesting, weird, cool,

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expensive, mass-produced clothes from the[br]internet, and I try my best to recreate them

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through a combination of thrifting or crafting[br]or sometimes both!

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Today's challenge was sent in by TheMusicivy[br]who wanted me to try out this winking eye

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shirt. Now I originally think that the shirt[br]was by Asos, it's been sold out for a long

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time, and there are copies on a bunch of wholesale[br]sites all over the internet. So I think that

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this is a pretty perfect one to try and recreate.[br]So, let's get started.

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The first thing that I did was to go and find[br]a collared shirt at

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the thrift shop!

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I wanted to find a plain-coloured shirt with[br]a nice big collar.

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I did find a white shirt, but the collar wasn’t[br]big enough

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So I chose this light-pink shirt instead.

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I set up my reference picture, then, using[br]a pencil, started drawing a closed eye onto

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one side of the collar.

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On the other side of the collar, I drew an[br]open eye.

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And the good thing about using pencil for[br]this step is that you can rub out any errors,

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and start again, until you’re happy with[br]the design.

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Then, I also got some embroidery thread in[br]a contrasting colour to the shirt.

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Embroidery thread is thicker than normal thread,[br]and normally comes as 6 threads all woven

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together like this.[br]The more threads you use, the thicker your

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embroidery will be.[br]I am going to use three threads, so I divide

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this into three threads each and pull the[br]threads apart.

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Then, with one of these three-thread pieces,[br]I thread it through an embroidery needle,

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and tie a knot in the other end.

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Then, I start embroidering!

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So for the closed eye, I am going to use what[br]is called a “back-stitch”.

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This is where you bring your needle up about[br]a rice-grain’s length away from the previous

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stitch, and then insert your needle at the[br]end of the previous stitch.

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When you pull the thread through, also make[br]sure that you don’t pull on it too hard

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– because you don’t want to bunch the[br]fabric up in-between the stitches!

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Then I continued back-stitching all the way[br]along the eyelid,

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And did the same stitch on all of the eyelashes.[br]Which gave me this.

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For the eyeball, I did all the outlines also[br]using a back-stitch technique.

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So I went all the way around the eye, and[br]the iris of the eye, like this.

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To fill in the iris of the eye, I used a different[br]embroidery technique. This one is called

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a satin stitch. So with a satin stitch, you[br]start at the edge, and bring your needle up

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at the top of the shape, bring it down at[br]the bottom of the shape, and bring it up again

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at the top.

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So your shape is slowly filled in using these[br]long, straight stitches.

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I continued this all the way along the shape,[br]until it’s entirely filled in.

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And it’s super important that you don’t[br]pull your threads too tightly when you are

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doing a satin stitch here, because otherwise[br]you’ll bunch your collar fabric up.

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Then I used a backstitch to finish off the[br]eyelashes, and, I’m done!

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So now the question is – How did I go? How[br]does my version compare to the original?

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[Electronic dance music plays]

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[Electronic dance music stops]

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*Sigh* I'm trying to wink, you guys, I'm trying[br]to wink. You know, to like, match my collar.

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Okay.

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[Electronic dance music resumes]

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No!

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[Electronic dance music stops]

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See that? That's a good wink, right there.[br]Yep. You should do this whenever you're wearing this shirt.

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So, I think that this one worked pretty well.[br]So my conclusion is:

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[zipper, scissors snipping sound effect]

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Yeah, definitely thrift a shirt and make this[br]for yourself. What I particularly like about

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this is that you're not restricted to the[br]one jumper like you are in original item,

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where the pink jumper appears to be attached[br]to the shirt - at least in some iterations

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that I've found.

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With this one, you're free to change it up[br]however you want! Wear it with sweaters, underneath

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cute dresses, and it even looks pretty cute[br]just by itself.

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So that's it from me, I hope that you're all[br]having a really good day - give me a thumbs

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up if you liked this video and don't forget[br]to leave suggestions for clothes that you

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want me to try and recreate in the comments[br]section below.

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And I hope you're all having a really good[br]day! Bye!