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Death Star Singlet

By ari - September 16, 2011
Not sure if I blogged about this shirt or not? I'm currently going through all the photos on my old computer and finding loads of things I don't think I had ever put up here! If I have well, uh, let's reminisce together shall we? I stenciled this singlet on May 5, I remember this because we were celebrating the afterparty of May the Fourth [be with...

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Beach Shorts

By ari - September 15, 2011
At Spotlight the other day, I spied this cute blue + white striped terry towelling fabric. All I could think of was my boy's delicious chunky legs sticking out of a pair of shorts at the beach. And that's exactly what I made it into when I got home. I was over-enthusiastic and got 1.5m. And these shorts took up like... 25cm. Soooo...

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Dress with a Peplum + Tutorial

By ari - September 15, 2011
See this dress?   I made it out of a Star Wars single bed quilt cover. I drafted the pattern myself from my old fashion school blocks. I am so ready for Anakin to take me to prom! It was pretty fun to make, even if the Star Wars print on it was apparently old curtain material. It was rubber backed! It was thick...

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Painting with Spray Bottles

By ari - September 08, 2011
I've been on a bit of a link adventure the last few days. You know where you are checking out one blog and it links to another and that links to another and you end up having about 45 tabs open and a whole new list of things you want to make? Yeh, I call that a Link Adventure. I love it, it...

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King of the Castle: Crown Tutorial

By ari - September 07, 2011
I made a crown for the Little Monster almost two years ago when Where The Wild Things Are came out at the movies. I made a little hood for him as well, but the crown still kicks around in his dress-up box [which is, by the way, quite pitiful. It contains 24 pairs of 3D glasses, a construction helmet, said crown and the...

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Seamstress Tiger

By ari - September 07, 2011
I found this on tumblr the other day and oh boy it made me laugh! Go follow Seamstress Tiger now, you're guaranteed to be nodding your head and grinning! ...

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T-Shirt Surgery: Lace and Bow Back Minidress Tutorial

By ari - September 06, 2011
Turn an oversized tee from this To this!  {SORRY! I can't find the original finished photo, so here is a webcam snap of it. I will replace this with the proper photo asap!} Hit the jump below for the full tutorial... ...

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Green Lantern T-Shirt Surgery x2

By ari - September 05, 2011
When Green Lantern FINALLY came out here in Australia in August, I made myself a minidress to wear to the private screening we went to! I won a shirt there so I made a second dress when I went again later that week with my friends! The green was the original shirts, and I added the black fabric. This one has a lace back...

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