Sunday, October 16, 2011

A little embroidery….

can transform a boring skirt into something a bit special.

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Take one 70’s stretchy skirt…

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…add an old embroidery transfer…

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…and play around with stitches you got from an old embroidery book.

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It looks better on me than on the mannequin, but I never take photos of me if I can possibly help it! The stretchy synthetic fabric was the devil to embroider neatly and I should have used some stabilizing fabric to stop it puckering, but overall I think it’s pretty cute.

Beccy @ wipster 

3 comments:

fluffnnonsense said...

this is really sweet!! it reminds me of this: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8358081ff69e20154360f1ace970c-500wi which is another gorgeous way to spruce up an old skirt xx

Refashion said...

Really pretty embroidery. It makes this skirt look great.

Debbie
EOD

Huli said...

i think i have some retro embroidery transfers somewhere this has made me wana try one out! very funky!