TUPAC IS BACK!

Have you ever ordered a shirt, paid for shipping, waited and tracked the package only for it to be too small? My son ordered this shirt online in a large, but it was too small.  Well, I have a solution. And since, Tupac's image is on the front and back of this shirt, I could make 2 shirts from 1.

I went to A.C. Moore and bought this plain black tee in large. I'm going to take off the front of the graphic shirt and take the back of the black tee and sew them together.

I turned it inside out and used a seam ripper to remove the thread.

Make sure the sleeves stay attached to the front of the shirt.

This took a while, so I suggest sitting on a comfy couch or chair, because it's very tedious.

Since the graphic shirt took so long, I used scissors to separate the black tee.

Since the tee is a large, when sewn together, you'll get that extra room to fit, and the tee has a little stretch.

I laid the smaller graphic on top, pinned the shoulders and sleeves and continued down the sides.

You can see here, that the black tee will be longer in the back.

VOILA!

The shirt fits and has room to spare.

I repeated the same steps with the back of the shirt, but this time I cut off the sleeves of the black tee to make a tank top. You can really see here the extra material you'll have.

One thing though, the black tee was long in the front. My son wasn't too beat for a tank top.

 He said, "Ma, I don't like it with Tupac on the back." So I cut the collar out and turned it around.

It's mine now with Tupac in the front.

DIY VALENTINO ROCKSTUD LEATHER CLUTCH

Remember when I made the DIY leopard clutch in this post? Well, I'm back at it, this time with leather and studs. Valentino's clutch is available at Neiman Marcus retailing for $1,345 and is on back order. But mine is less than $15 and will be available as soon as I make it.

I purchased 1/2 yard of faux leather at Hobby Lobby for $5.99. Bought 200 12mm studs from largedepot on Ebay for $4.19 and the lining will be from a pair of silken pants that ripped.

I bought these "hard to find in the stores" 14 inch gold teeth zippers from ZipperShop on Etsy for $6.50. 

I cut (2) 14 x 9 1/2 inches of the leather and (2) 14 x 10 inches of the fabric.

Next, I used a ruler and penciled a mark every 1/2 inch for stud placement.

Then I just pushed down each stud, flipped it over and used small pliers to fold over the prongs.

I pinned the zipper to the leather and lining. When sewing, line the sewing foot close the zipper teeth.

Repeat on other side.

Flip it over and bunch up the lining, because it will be sewn apart from the leather.

 Pin and sew

After you're finished sewing, cut off the corners, because when you turn it right side out, the corners will be more defined.

Turn it right side out and pull out the lining. You can either hand sew this or on the machine. I used the machine.

Here's the finished product.

Adding a graphic lining adds a professional finished look.

Rockin' my clutch @ work!

GRAPHIC PRINTS

I was in my favorite store Target  looking at the graphic prints retailing for $12.99 and as much as I like the trend, I said to myself "I can make that!"

Shout out to Adiel at itsbecauseithinktoomuch for the tutorial.  I purchased this sweatshirt from Walmart 2 for $9.00. I used a ruler to find the center and laid out each letter on the grid to ensure uniformity.

Initially, I followed the grid, but went by eyesight for the second and third row.

TA DAAA!

I made this for my daughter because her last name is French; Foushee (pronounced Foo-shay).

It's also the title of French Montana's latest CD...Haaaannnn!