Sweater T-Shirt Surgery Sewing Tutorial

Does sweater surgery still count as tshirt surgery? XD

In The Great Wardrobe Clean Out Of 2012 James’ old work uniform jumper was on the chopping list. It’s very soft but so ugly and seeing as he hasn’t worked at this place for almost 4 years there was really no reason to keep it.

Totally flattering? Not so much…

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Bring on a challenge!

I love going through the throwing away pile of clothes because I can do whatever I like with them without fear of ruining something good! So time to get out those scissors and start cutting >:DThis is what I started with and I was aiming for a big, loose , comfy, so-ugly-it’s-cute kind of sweater for relaxing in.VioletLeBeaux-tshirt-surgery-tutorial-685_16448First thing I did was remove the horrible collar and cut it into a boat neck.

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Next I cut the bottom into a more flattering “U” shape.

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I cut down the front to remove the zip and sewed it back together again. This made a more flattering neck shape too.VioletLeBeaux-tshirt-surgery-tutorial-691_16454

There wasn’t really a need to finish the cut seams because this kind of polar fleece doesn’t fray but I zigzagged them anyway with contrasting thread.

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Next some details! Plain black is boring so I used up some striped scraps to cover it with cuter hearts.

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All different sizes and directions to make it adorably random.

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Then of course my sewing machine died so James spent 20 minutes trying to fix it while I sulked on the couch.

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Once it was fixed I zigzagged around the edges. Had I been even lazier I would have just used fabric glue 😀

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DONE!

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So what do you think? I’m loving it, removing all of the thick edging makes it drape so much more and it’s super comfy now!

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Sorry guys it’s too comfy… nap time!

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Tshirt/sweater surgery for the win 😀 And an old crappy jumper which was going to be thrown out now has a new life!

Snapshots- L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Show

Snaaaapshots!

Quite a while ago (yes surprise I’m behind on things) I modeled in the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival for Glamaz Melbourne.

Glamaz is a local store which imports Japanese brand clothes including a lot of Gyaru brands. LIKE!

They asked me to model LizLisa for them and I was like “HELL YES!” 😀 Anyway I’m sure you’re more interested in photos!

Myself, Yolada, Risa and Julia

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Julia wore my favorite dress of the night, she is SO pretty *_*22005967_7gSZcZ-1Ruru represented rock style, she had the most amazing hair, I wish I had better photos of it.22005967_7gSZcZ-6Risa was in sweet style with me and she suited it so well even though she usually wears rock style! I really wanted the playsuit she was wearing, it was so soft and warm looking *_*22005967_7gSZcZ-7

Julia and I.

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This was Risa’s second dress of the night, again so pretty! All of the clothes were amazing.

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More photos of us during the dress rehearsal:

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Yolada (in blue) was helper for the night and she was so organised! None of us had dinner so she went out and bought us candy to snack on until the end 😀

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Me during rehearsal, this dress is one of mine because my actual outfit was a super hot jacket.

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Here are screencaps from the video of the actual show, I’m editing it at the moment so up soon!

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The show was sold out and there were 3 big rooms with so many people they were standing packed along the run way to get a look *_*

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James video’d it all so I’ll post that soon too. Luckily I didn’t trip or make a fool of myself hahaha!

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That was such a wonderful night and the other girls were absolutely lovely! Definitely check out Glamaz at Fashion Park if you’re in town.

Of course it wouldn’t be snapshots if I didn’t notice something hilarious, in the kitchen that we were waiting in back stage I spotted this potato on a shelf:

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There was anther one next to it which I couldn’t get a clear shot of which had the answer “Don’t ask me!” XD Small things amuse me!

Now to less glamorous snapshots XD

I won a little cat from claw machine!

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James won a turtle:

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So cute, hot chocolate cup that comes with ready made marshmallows XD

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I saw some buildings being destroyed to make way for what I think is going to be a new shopping center. Really interesting to watch.

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It was raining the other week and there was a wedding party of cars which made Little Collins St look like something out of the 1920’s!

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I love the buildings on Little Collins already but the rain just makes everything that much more beautiful.

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When I was going to meet Vanessa we randomly ran into Meg and her partner visiting! Such good luck XD

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Later on Vanessa spotted this hilarious men’s button down shirt in a discount store we were in XD

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She was stunningly dressed as always.

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Bergamot had a good month too being dragged around town, she is getting a bit dirty though so she needs a wash XD

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I laughed a little too hard at this restaurant’s tag line…

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and one last shot of some pretty buildings and good weather.

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What are you guys up to this week?

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Playing With Chocolate Pocky Molds – Food Friday

Quite a while ago the lovely Yumeko came to visit Aus and she gifted me with some chocolate Pocky molds. I suck and therefore I have only now gotten off my butt to actually buy pocky so I can make these. Yeah I suck.

Yay Food Friday though 😀 😀 😀

You need:

  • Pocky molds
  • Chocolate
  • Pocky
  • Decoration

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It’s an easy concept, melt some chocolate!VioletLeBeaux-deco-pocky-580_14907Put a piece of pocky and some decorations into the mold.

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Sometimes it’s easier said than done without getting them everywhere XD

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Camwhore with the instructions.

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Add chocolate to the mold.

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Put chocolate into the pocky part before you stick into the pocky this way it gets completely encased.

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Pocky next.

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Then more chocolate.

Scrape off any extra… or alternatively don’t add too much in the first place.VioletLeBeaux-deco-pocky-601_14928

Stick them into the fridge until completely set.

My first lot pretty much sucked because they broke as I took them out of the molds. At this point if yours don’t suck you can add more decorations.

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My second batch was much cuter.

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Of course it was a super hot day so after about 10 seconds they melted back into chocolate goo and I ate them with a spoon XD

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Awesomely fun way to spend an afternoon especially if you can make them with a friend!

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Now if you want to see good cooking look at what this handsome guy who seems to live in my kitchen has made lately…

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Delicious paella, soooo good. I only tried this for the first time recently but it’s so yummy!

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Sausage bread and he even baked the bread from scratch!

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And green tea loaves of bread too with cream cheese inside. *drool*VioletLeBeaux-deco-pocky-728_15183

Did you eat anything delicious this week?