Distressed Mom Jeans

Distressed Jeans

There's not much for me to say. I've been sorta in and out on updating my blog and such. I thought I'd just throw this one out there. 

DIY Halter Top

DIY Halter Top 

Newsflash:

If you guys don't follow me on Instagram, I did start a Youtube channel for my tutorials! You can check it out here. Also, follow me on Instagram for more updates. 

I have a lot of t-shirts that I don't wear laying around, so I decided to turn them into halter tops! It was easier then I thought it would be. I've been wanting a halter top for a while, but since it's so trendy, they're quite expensive. Here are the before and after pictures:

This was a fairly easy project and easy to do. I finished in less than a hour. If you guys would like to see no-sew tutorials, comment down below or comment on my youtube video!
Check my tutorial of this Halter Top on Youtube here!

My Tennis skirt is diyed. You can check out how I did it on my last blog post, or click this link.

DIY Tennis Skirt

DIY Tennis Skirt 

The Tennis skirt trend has been my current obsession, so I decided to make one! I found a piece of cloth that my mom bought at the thrift store a while back and turned it into a Tennis skirt. It took about half a day... Actually a little over.. about 14 hours and 45 minutes. This was spread out in a weeks time. I had a lot of difficulty trying to make it fit my waist so that took up most of the time. Once I got it to work, the rest was easy. 

I got the pattern from Q2HAN. You can check out their Tennis skirt tutorial here.

They do a lot of different tutorials on Youtube, so you guys should definitely go check their channel out! 

Enough of my talking and let's get to the pictures. Here is the outcome of my Tennis skirt:

• I'm still a beginner sewer so my stitches aren't perfect, but they work.

• I held the skirt together with a zipper and clasp. I couldn't find any invisible zipper that was the same color as my skirt, so I had to work with a white one. 

You can tuck in your shirt/sweater or just simply wear it over the skirt. 

This project was one of the harder ones and might prove difficult if your a beginner, like me, but don't let it limit you! Most Tennis skirts being sold are wayyy too expensive anyways. (ex: American Apperal for $54)  I got my skirt for under $5-7. A totaal steal right here.

DIY Joggers

Joggers

I've been wanting a pair of joggers, which I've been looking for since foreverrrr, and I finally found it at my local Salvation Army. I didn't bother to take any before and after pictures because all I did as add elastic to the bottom of my pants and ta-dahhh, you get your own joggers! for $3 ONLY. So awesome right??!! But here is the finished look to my homemade Joggers: 

Bad Photoshop, I know but thats besides the point. 

Try making your own! I really love mine and like I said, its super east to make. Well, with a sewing machine.

DIY Kimono

Kimono 

My mom bought a bunch of fabric a long time ago, but I didn't know what to do with it so it just sat in the closet until this weekend. The weather in California is getting warmer, so I thought why not make a kimono since i've always wanted one!  And, that's exactly what I did. It probably took me about one hour and thirty minutes to make it. Here's the finished look:

Back View

Close up view

The pattern for making a kimono is everywhere on the internet, so if you want to make one, just search up a pattern! It's super easy and perfect for summer!

• If you guys would like to recommend me to make something specific, you can contact me via email or my social medias which I will be posting up soon. 
• Please give me feedback so I can see what I'm doing wrong or right! 

Skirt to Shorts

Skirt to Short

I was searching through my closet the other day, and I found this skirt I bought a while back. I've never worn it like at all since I got it, so I thought why not make it into shorts! I've been making like spring/summery clothing lately and I don't even know why. Well here are some pictures of the skirt!

Front 

The skirt has pockets too (:

Side

 Back

To make it into shorts, I detached the waistband and cut it out using pj shorts as a template and sewed the waistband back on. Simple!

Front

Side

 I trimmed the pockets from the original skirt and sewed it onto the back for back pockets(:

And that concludes today's transformation! 

Transformation: Dress to Crop Top

Boxy Dress To Boxy Crop Top

I found this blue floral dress at the Salvation Army during summer and wasn't sure what to do with it. At first, I thought I would some how get to work with my fashion, but I couldn't. It didn't appeal to my eyes whichever way I refashioned it. Soo, in the end, I told my mom to trim it so it would fit me. Here is a picture of the dress when I first got it (bad quality because it was taken on my phone):

The picture on the left is the dress originally and so is the right picture (above), but I just put a belt around my waist. Here are pictures of the dress after my mom fixed it (below):

Sorry for the different lightings but you get how it looks like. The arms were actually too tight, and although it looks nice (the cutout pattern is so so so sooo pretty), I would never wear this. So I changed it into a boxy crop top! At first, I was aiming for a regular boxy top, but I ended up not having enough fabric. I want to explain how I got to the finished look, but I should probably show you guys the finished look first.

Again sorry for the lighting! This is the finished look, and I'm pretty satisfied with it. I wished I started this first and not trimming it to fit because there just wasn't enough fabric. The arm holes came out tight and it could have been a lot looser. So for the arms, I messed up and it got sewn on backwards. I was too lazy to seam rip the arms apart again and my mom said it looked good, so I just left it as it was. It's quite a twist to the shirt though. Not the norm I should say. I inserted a zipper (same zipper from original) to the back because this isn't a stretchy fabric.        This boxy crop top is cut out exactly as it's named. I cut a box for the body and a two boxes for the sleeves and sewed it together. Easy peasy! (not really) This was a great experience, and I hope I can do more of these fun transformations in the future! Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day/night (: