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[Intro music]

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Hi everyone, and welcome to episode two of

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Make Thrift Buy. A show where you guys send[br]me in cool clothes that you find on the internet,

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and I try and recreate that item either through[br]DIY or thrifting, or a combination of the

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two.[br]Today I’m going to attempt to re-create

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a clueless inspired outfit. So the original[br]outfit is from a store called: Glitters For

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Dinner, and it’s $85 for a coordinated set,[br]BUT I’m pretty confident that we can get

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away with making this ourselves for under[br]$10. So, let’s get started!

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So I start with a stretchy tartan fabric that[br]I got second hand, and I folded it in half.

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So to make the template for my top I just[br]take this tight fitting dress whose shape

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that I like and I place this on top of the[br]fabric, with the middle of the dress on the fold.

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[Annotation: I am adding an extra “seam allowance” of ½ an inch]

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I trace around the top part of the dress,

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and then I simply cut through both layers[br]of fabric. Then I unfolded this and I have

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a top…looking…thing.[br]Then I repeat this step so I have two identical

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pieces. One will be the front and the other[br]will be the back.

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Now I’m going to make some darts on my top[br](you totally don’t have to do this). Start

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by making a marking right in the middle of[br]your top, and then make two more markings

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three inches out or however wide you want[br]your darts to be. So on one of your darts

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(and you’ll do this with both), but on one[br]of them do a dot that us about five to six

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inches away from the bottom of your top. And[br]then make this into a triangle by making two

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marks half an inch apart connecting this with[br]the top dot, and making a pretty triangle!

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Also draw a line straight up the middle of[br]the triangle, and then simply fold the fabric

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on this middle line, and using a straight[br]stitch on your sewing machine sew along the

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edge of the triangle.[br]And you should end up with a pretty dart like

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this! Repeat this on both sides.[br]And if I did this again, I would do the dart

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on the side rather than the front, but it’s[br]up to your own personal preference.

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[Annotation This is your lining fabric. It[br]doesn’t have to be the same pattern but it *MUST* be stretchy]

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Then I placed each of these pieces face down,

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on another piece of fabric and I pin it on,[br]and cut around it. And leave them pinned together.

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So I do this with the front and I also do[br]this with the back piece as well and…ughhh…I

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haven’t cut enough fabric…[br]I’m not cutting another piece of fabric

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so I’m just going to pin this together,[br]cut the excess off, and hope for that my seam

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allowance was wide enough.[br]So now that I’ve got both of the pieces

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pinned together, I sew them together like[br]this.

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[Annotation: sew around all the edges EXCEPT[br]for the bottom!]

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And I use a zig-zag stitch.[br]Using a small zig-zag stitch on stretchy fabrics

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is best because otherwise your thread will[br]break.

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Now here comes the fun bit![br]Turn this piece inside out, and you have a

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top kind of thing! Or a hat! Yeah, I think[br]by this time I might have contracted sewing

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madness.[br]In any case you should now have both a front

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and a back piece sewn together with their[br]linings.

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So you need to place these on top of each[br]other, front sides together, and pin them

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together at the shoulders and the sides. And[br]then you just need to sew like this. And again,

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use a zig-zag stitch.[br]Turn it inside out.

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Wait for it.[br]Wait for it.

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Anddd, you’re done![br]Well, almost. You’re going to need to hem

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the raw edge at the bottom here. So you’ll[br]have two layers, the lining and the front

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part. You need to fold both of these up about[br]an inch or so and pin them together, and you

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need to do this on both the front and the[br]back, and then sew an inch away from the edge

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all the around the front and back sides.[br]Now the top I was basing this off also had

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a collar, but as I was feeling lazy I just[br]got this dress with a white collar that I

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got from the Op shop, and I cut the bottom[br]off. Made it into a cropped kind of thing,

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cut the sleeves off so you wouldn’t see[br]them underneath an- wore it under my top.

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[music plays]

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And that’s it! That’s my Clueless outfit!

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Oh, and I also made a matching skirt which[br]I did using my circle skirt tutorial which

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you can visit here to learn how to do.[br]So, my conclusion?

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[Scissor snipping sound effect][br]You can totally make this yourself. It only

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took me two hours and all you need to know[br]is some really simple stitches.

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Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you all[br]next time!

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