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This is going to be quite a brief tutorial. I made this for myself as decent laptop cases can be expensive, but I didn’t intend for it to be a tutorial! I think if you have good skills on a sewing machine, it should be fairly straight forward, so if you have never used a sewing machine before please do not try this or ask me any detailed questions! I made it quickly so it isn’t that great a quality but it will do. You will need:
1) I had this spare piece of fake leather from a jacket I made at college. It’s not big enough to make another item of clothing so instead of throwing it away I thought i’d put it to good use! If you don’t have any, it only cost me around £11 a meter from my local fabric store and you only need probably a quarter of a meter! 
2) Fold the fabric RS together and place your laptop on top to measure. Then place it inside the material. Push it down to the fold.
3) Pin down each side of the laptop, pulling quite tightly on the material. Then use tailor’s chalk to draw an accurate line down through the pins.
4) Sew down the lines, and then trim excess material to about 1cm from the stitch. Cut off the corner as close as possible to the stitch.
5) This is optional but I wanted the lining to be padded to protect my beloved Macbook! I had this ugly quilted paisley print coat that I picked up from a jumble sale for about 20p. My mum wanted to throw it but I said “noo i’ll use it for something one day!” and I finally did! So cut 2x rectangles or 1 on the fold, and pin them to the outside of the stitch on the leather which should be inside out.
6) Sew the lining to the leather then trim off any excess to about 5mm. Turn the case through.
7) I didn’t take any photos of the zip process (I didn’t plan for this to be a tutorial really) but if you know how to sew you’ll know how to put on a zip. I used an exposed zip which I had lying around in my bag of zips which I got from the boot sale. It happened to be the perfect fit! And you want an open end zip (one that undoes completely) or it will be hard to get out your laptop. Trim the top of the case, pin one side of the zip down and sew, you don’t need a zipper foot for this kind of zip but you will if you are using any other kind of zip.
8) Tadaaa! Your case is nearly complete. This part is also optional. I wanted to put “Chanel” on my case in leopard print lettering, I used the template I made for my t-shirts to cut out the letters. I then just glued them on to the front accurately.
Hope you like this tutorial. Sorry it’s not very detailed but most people aren’t that skilled in using a sewing machine, and i’m no expert so I can’t explain it very well! But you get the idea. xxx
I think pretty much everyone on Tumblr has seen the famous leopard print cross t-shirt from Urban Outfitters:
Well i’m gonna show you how to make one like this virtually identical!
You will need:
1) I didn’t like the collar/sleeves/hem on my t-shirt, so I altered them buy cutting them to my liking. You can do this however you want!
2) Put your t-shirt aside. Get your leopard print fabric, and draw on a cross. You can print off a template or just draw freehand, it’s up to you. If you fold the fabric, you can just draw half of the cross, cut it out and it will be symmetrical on both sides of the cross.
3) Place your cross under the bondaweb with the right side facing down and the rough side of the bondaweb facing down onto the cross, and draw round it with a pen/pencil, just do a few dotted lines so you know where to cut. Remove the cross and cut out the bondaweb, it should be a perfect fit to your cross. The bit sticking out on my cross, I used the gap above the other side of the bondaweb for that bit, so avoid wasting any.
4) Go to your ironing board, and place the rough/sticky side of the bondaweb on top of the back of the cross. Iron them together, go over it a few times to make sure that its really stuck down.
5) Wait 30 seconds then peel off the paper backing of the bondaweb, and you should be left with a rough surface on the back of your cross.
6) Give your t-shirt a quick iron so it is a nice flat surface, then place the cross onto the t-shirt right side up. Position it where you want it, then iron it down.
7) Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa! It’s basically the same as the real thing. Apart from the Urban Outfitters one costs £28, and mine cost about £2 overall.
So a lot of people have asked me how I did my “splashed effect” bleached shorts that were in my giveaway. It’s like the easiest thing ever so anyone can do it!
You will need:
That’s it! And make sure you do it outside because you DO NOT want to get bleach anywhere in your house!
1) Lay them on the floor, I did it in my garden
2) Get your bleach and literally just sprinkle it on
3) Leave them to soak, I just put them on the garden table, so somewhere where it doesn’t matter if bleach drips onto it. I left them for about 20 minutes, but just leave them till the patches go white.
4) They should now look something like this
5) Put them in the washing machine, on their own, and turn it to any option similar to “Freshen up/Rinse”
6) When you have rinsed them, hang them out to dry and you’re done!
I loveee customising clothes, especially shorts… so thought i’d do another tutorial! Today I am going to show you how to cut up shorts, bleach, dye, stud and frey. Enjoy!
You will need:
So here we go!
1) Cut up your shorts to the length you would like them. You can just cut a straight line across, but I prefer to have them a bit longer at the back so my bum doesn’t hang out! Keep trying them on to make sure they are the perfect length. Also allow for freying.
2) Put them in the washing up bowl and pour the whole bottle of bleach over them. It does take a while to work, so leave it for a day. I know it’s annoying to wait :( Every now and then put on your rubber gloves and move them around. If you don’t there will be dark blue patches.
3) When they are done, put them in a “rinse wash” in the washing machine to rinse out all the bleach. On mine the option is “Freshen up/rinse”. Put them in separately, on their own.
4) Now fill up the washing up bowl with cold water, enough to cover the shorts. Pour in the sachet of powder dye and stir it. Put your shorts in and leave them for about an hour. Make sure to move them around (wearing gloves) every now and then so the colour is even.
5) When they are done, leave them to dry on the washing line or on an airer. They should now look something like this :) I think this dye is a little too light so next time i’ll use a darker one. To frey the edge, get your scissors and scrape along quite roughly and the threads should start to come out. Then pull them down untill they are long. You might want to put them in the wash now, as this will frey them a lot more and make them look nicer. It might also fade the colour though, so it’s up to you :)
6) Now to stud :) Studs have little legs, which you poke through and fold down. So take your shorts, and stud to your heart’s content! I’m putting mine in lines so the back looks like this. Try and keep them as neat/straight as possible.
7) This is how I did mine, I think it turned out okay! My shorts are now complete :) Wasn’t that easy?!
Have been wanting to do this for a while, and when my friend came round on Friday wearing a plain khaki coloured fringed tee I was shocked that it cost her over £25 from Topshop… really what? It’s only a t-shirt cut up! So I decided to make a few of my own :)
You will need:
And that is all :)
1) Lay your tee on a flat surface, I used the kitchen table.
2) Cut off the hem
3) Cut through the front and back of the top into thin strips.
4) Pull on all of the tassles and stretch them down. Be careful not to pull too hard though, I accidently ripped a few off!
And there you have it :) Saved yourself a small fortune and you have an adorable on-trend tee. Pair it with high waisted Levi’s for the perfect outfit!
So this is my first tutorial and my gosh it is so easy :) Today I am going to show you how to make a fake Chanel t-shirt from an old one. In my case I stole one of my boyfriends old white ones but you can use whatever, it doesn’t even have to be a t-shirt, it could be a jumper, shorts, anything. I made this last night and it took me a good hour and a half to make the template, but once you’ve made it, you have it forever and can re-use it as much as you want.
We will be turning this:
Into something like this:
What you will need:
And that is all :) So here we go…
1) Search on the internet for the logo you want. I am using a Chanel logo I found on Google, but obviously you can adapt it to whatever logo you want to use. Print it on an A4 piece of paper (I printed it landscape so it was as big as possible).
2) Stick it to a piece of card with Pritt Stick. This makes it easier to cut out, and also tougher so you can re-use it. Get your ruler, craft knife and cutting board ready.
3) Using your ruler, cut around the letters. I would leave the “C” till last, as all of the letters except that are just straight lines. You will get used to using the knife and then once you get to the “C”, just be careful and take it slowly and follow the lines. The trickiest bit is the big Chanel logo as it is all curves - again, take it slowly and it should be fine. Should you go wrong, just use masking tape to keep it together. Make sure you keep the inside piece from the “A” and the piece from the middle of the logo as you will need to paint round these. This part may take you a good couple of hours. But as I said, you can re use it, so you won’t have to make another one.
(Excuse the crappy photo, I was trying to show cutting and take a photo at the same time!)
4) Once you have finished cutting out everything, get the pieces from the “A” and the logo that you put aside. Position them where they should be, and put a bit of masking take over one side of the letter to hold it in place. You will paint round it, wait for it to dry, remove the tape and paint round the other side. The edges of the letters might be a bit rough so make sure you tidy them up a bit:
5) Now to paint! So get some newspaper to protect the table, your paintbrush, fabric paint and a scrap piece of fabric. I practised on some denim and it came out okay so I went ahead and started on my t-shirt. To keep the surface flat and to prefent paint from seaping through, get an A4 sized book and put it inside the t-shirt directly under where you want your logo. I decided to put it at the top under the collar line, but where you position yours is down to you.
6) Place your template over the book underneath and make sure the t-shirt is completely flat. You might need to iron it before. Using masking tape, tape the template to the t-shirt to hold it in place. Now, go ahead and paint! Be careful as it may bleed through, but aslong as you hold the letters down as you paint they should come out okay. I used a paintbrush, but you could use a sponge or even spray paint. When you get to the “A” and the top logo, paint around the bit you have stuck down, then once it’s dry, remove the tape and just hold the piece down with your fingers and carefully paint round it.
7) It shouldn’t take too long to paint, so once it’s done, leave the template on for a while so it can dry. Then carefully remove, and hang the t-shirt somewhere to dry. I left mine overnight. The fabric paint instructions say you should use an iron to seal the paint - this means you can wash it and it wont come off. So put a piece of greaseproof paper over the design and iron over it.
And that’s it! Hope you find this tutorial helpful. If you like it please reblog! This is my final outcome:
