1 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,180 Hi, welcome to "Get Sewing With Me", 2 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:16,700 The show where I do a little bit of sewing, and I take you with me for the ride. 3 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:19,660 Hopefully, teaching you some tips and tricks along the way. 4 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:25,381 So I have a real problem with buying shirts - like blouses, like ones with collars and buttons down the 5 00:00:25,381 --> 00:00:28,321 front - and the problem 6 00:00:28,321 --> 00:00:32,400 with this is, is that I don't actually wear blouses - like, ever. 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,400 But for some reason I can't stop buying them 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,460 So I have a closet full of blouses that I don't wear! 9 00:00:37,460 --> 00:00:40,801 So I thought I might wear all my blouses a bit more if I made them a little bit more interesting 10 00:00:40,801 --> 00:00:42,097 And it has definitely worked! 11 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,640 So without further ado, let's begin! 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,140 So the first shirt I’m going to try and upcycle is this boring black blouse. 13 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:53,500 Now I found these cute buttons a couple of months ago, and I think that now is the perfect 14 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:57,199 time to put them to use. I’m first going to sew two matching heart 15 00:00:57,199 --> 00:01:01,170 buttons onto the collar. So, using some needle and thread, I bring 16 00:01:01,170 --> 00:01:05,119 my needle up through my collar right in the middle like this, and then I thread my button 17 00:01:05,119 --> 00:01:07,640 on. For the first few stitches it’s going to 18 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:13,030 be all wobbly and move around a lot, but if I sew it on tightly – and this is about 19 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:17,640 after 15 times going up and down – the button will stay in place. 20 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,080 I tied a knot in the thread after bringing it through to the back of the collar, and 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,920 there we go! And I simply repeated this on the other side. 22 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:31,280 The buttons on this blouse were also very ugly, so I chopped them all off, and replaced 23 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,990 them one-by-one with these cute bow buttons. 24 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:39,440 And I’m really pleased with the final result. This shirt is now WAY cuter than it was before. 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,630 So this is another method for upcycling a standard old-shirt. 26 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:47,720 I layed my shirt down flat, right side up, making sure that the collar is totally flat 27 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,860 like this. Then, I grabbed a piece of lace and measured it to the width of my collar. 28 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:56,170 Then, with some fabric glue – and just as a side not, you can’t use craft glue or 29 00:01:56,170 --> 00:02:00,360 a hot glue gun here because it will make the collar fabric all stiff – it’s got to 30 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:05,800 be fabric glue – I put a thin line all along the back of the collar and then stuck the 31 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:12,030 lace down onto it. 32 00:02:12,030 --> 00:02:16,300 Then I realized that I probably needed to cover the entire collar in glue, so I did 33 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:20,209 that, pressed the lace down, flipped it over to make sure that the front side of the collar 34 00:02:20,209 --> 00:02:30,030 was totally flat, and then I let the whole thing dry for about 30 minutes. 35 00:02:30,030 --> 00:02:33,660 Now this is actually something that I’ve wanted to do a shirt for quite a while. Drawing 36 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:38,680 inspiration from fashion designers like Vivetta and Coco Fennell, I’m going to make a shirt 37 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,760 with a statement collar! For this, I’m using iron-on patches. You can find these basically 38 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:49,250 anywhere – but ebay and etsy are great places to find specific designs! 39 00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:53,940 And, as the name implies, all you’ve got to do here is iron the patches on. 40 00:02:53,940 --> 00:03:02,790 So to do that, you cover your shirt with some cloth, like a sheet or pillow case, and with 41 00:03:02,790 --> 00:03:07,880 your iron on its highest cotton setting you place pressure onto the patch and the shirt 42 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,950 for about 30 seconds. Try not to move the iron back and forth too 43 00:03:10,950 --> 00:03:15,720 much, because you might move the patch. And – the patch is now bonded onto the shirt. 44 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,050 And I repeat this with the other side. 45 00:03:19,050 --> 00:03:26,870 The last one was inspired by a shirt that I saw in Dangerfield, which I thought that 46 00:03:26,870 --> 00:03:32,540 I could probably recreate for a lot cheaper. Now this one does require a specialized stitch 47 00:03:32,540 --> 00:03:36,850 on a sewing machine. This stitch will probably only be found on mid-range sewing machines 48 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:41,319 and above, but, if you’ve got this stitch, you can give this one a go! 49 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:45,960 So this is the shirt that I’m going to transform. Before I begin sewing, I round off the edges 50 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:51,300 of the collar with a pencil, so that I’ll have a rounder collar. This is the line I’m 51 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:53,950 going to follow with my needle when I’m sewing. 52 00:03:53,950 --> 00:03:58,180 Then, I set my machine to that stitch, and, starting at the inside of the collar, I sew 53 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:01,770 all the way around the edges, and follow the pencil line around the pointy-bits of the 54 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:02,319 collar. 55 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:11,060 I end up with this, and then I simply cut away all the excess fabric. 56 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:14,890 And with the scissors, you’ve got to get right into those grooves, but making sure 57 00:04:14,890 --> 00:04:21,069 not to cut the stitches – and, hopefully you’ll end up with something like this! 58 00:04:21,069 --> 00:04:32,000 Of course, there is also embroidery! I’ve already covered this a couple of times in 59 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,819 previous videos, so I will link to them here, on you can find the links in the description 60 00:04:36,819 --> 00:04:38,560 box if you’re on a mobile device. 61 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,419 So, hopefully this video gives you lots of inspiration on upcycling your own shirts, 62 00:04:42,419 --> 00:04:47,680 both if you have a problem and can’t stop buying them like me, or if you’ve got some 63 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,410 spare time, and want to make a couple a cute blouses! 64 00:04:49,410 --> 00:04:55,310 Share photos of your up-cycled blouses with me on instagram using the hashtag #diyannika 65 00:04:55,310 --> 00:04:59,390 (and just a reminder that your profile has to be on public for me to actually see 66 00:04:59,390 --> 00:05:00,650 the photo). 67 00:05:00,650 --> 00:05:03,530 I hope you all enjoyed this video, and I'll see you all next time. Bye!