DIY Fur Trim Beanie Tutorial!

Had this beanie for agesss but I've never worn it! It's a lovely hat but it just falls off everytime I wear it! -_-
And seeing as it has a cute little fur bobble thing on it, I figured lets add a fur trim?!

This is a ridiculously simple tutorial, all you need is:

• Scissors
• A hat
• Some faux fur
• A needle and thread
• And your own lovely head! 

I literally had to hold it onto my head whilst taking these...

Measure your head and cut the fur to that length adding about 3cm for seam allowance or just wing it and wrap the fur around your head and cut like I did.. :')

 Place the fur right sides together, so that all the fur is on the inside..

 Then sew it up! I used a sewing machine purely cos it's quicker but it's easy to hand sew aswell, just do a simple running stitch :)

 Then flip it so that the fur is on the inside..

 and fold it widthways so that all you can see is fur!

 Double check and make sure that it fits onto your head. (YAY SNUG)

 Start to sew the fur onto the hat. You should place the unfurry side against the inside edge of the hat and stitch all the way around. Make sure you keep the hat stretched or it will be too gathered in one place!

 Then fold the fur over the edge of the hat so that you can see the fur on the outside. 'Pick-up' some of the fur, pushing your needle in on the fur side of the fabric and pulling it back out on the same side. Then do the same with the next stitch but 'pick-up' wool from the hat this time. This will create a folded edge so that the raw edge of the fur doesn't poke out. And DONE! Now you can take silly pictures of yourself wearing your new fur hat! WOO! :)

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry! + Willow S/S 13

Not blogged for the last few days, can't believe I already broke my New Year's Resolution! But I'm not giving up yet!

Had a rather hectic past few days, had physio and college on Wednesday then went out with my friend Becky C partying in town! And Thursday, went to Buffet City (If you haven't been, GO) and did a bit of shopping! And then I think I just collapsed last night due to lack of sleep ahah :')

Today, I'm gonna share one of my favourite fashion collections that I've seen recently! It's Willow's S/S 13 range! Tons of things I want to DIY here..

For the full show go to Vogue..

New In-Jewellery Parts and Plain Tees

These arrived a few days ago, got a ton of plain t-shirts from Amazon to DIY for some lovely people and also treated myself to some spike beads from Etsy to make into some bracelets and necklaces and the like :)

Also, HOW CUTE IS THE STAMP FROM THAILAND?! AWHHHHHHH

DIY - Charity Shop Shirt to Collar and Skirt - Part 1 - The Collar

About once a month, I go around all the charity shops in Urmston (of which there are many) and try and find any nice clothes, bags or books etc. And in one of them, I found this disgustingly ugly, painfully bright shirt. But I actually kinda liked it, so snapped up it for a measly £3! Obviously though, I wasn't gonna keep it as a shirt, as I didn't feel like looking like one of those old grannies who lives in a 'community' and plays bowls. SO, the DIY ideas began and I ended up making a collar and skirt :) Instructions below for the collar! Part 2 - The Skirt up soon! :)  

What you need:

• An Ugly Shirt
• Scissors
• Pinking Shears
• Needle and Thread
• Hook + Eye
• Small Embroidery Scissors
• Elastic (for the waistband)
• Pins
• Sewing Machine (you can hand-sew but it takes a while)

First off you need to remove your collar from your shirt, dead easy! Just get a pair of small embroidery scissors or an unpicker and cut the stitches in the seam!

Your collar should now be completely separate from your shirt.

Your collar will have 2 pieces, a top and bottom, you need to resew these together, unless they are still sealed up.

Fold each side in by about 1 cm, then pin through both sides.

Do this along the whole of the collars edge, leaving your pins about 2 or 3 cm apart.

Now you need to sew, you can do this by hand but it will most likely take longer and not be as neat. With the presser foot in the up position, pop one end of your collar under the needle. Then put the presser foot down and lower the needle down into the fabric by using the wheel. Make sure you DON'T SEW OVER YOUR PINS. You could break your needle, or your machine, or both.. So just take them out as you sew.

It should be all sewn up :)

You just need to add a hook & eye so that it closes. All you do is position your hook and eye on each side of the inside of the collar, making sure they match up, then sew it on, try not to go through to the other side of the collar, cos it can look a bit scruffy. Instead just 'pick-up' a tiny bit of the fabric with your needle then push your needle through the holes in the hook.

Et Voila! You have a collar! 

See Part 2 - How to Make the Skirt here