anthro scarf

my internet is down so i havnt been able to post the tutorial for the anthropologie scarf yet. should have it back up and running in a couple of days and will post it then. im excited for you to see it. it turned out great.

-kelli

Inspiration Anthro : Tutorial Tissue Three Roses Top

Here is the complete tutorial on how to make the Tissue Three Roses Top from J Crew.


1 - Using your tailors chalk roughly sketch on your tshirt the placement of your three roses and zigzigs.

2 - Cut about 8 - 16" x 1" strips of fabric out of your knit (I used an old black shirt).


3 - Starting in the center of one of your roses, tack one end of a strip in place in the middle of of the fabric. Continue to wrap the strip in a circular fashion and stitching it in place in the middle of the strip. (the strip will then fold in half giving more bulk to your rose.)


4 - When one strip is used up, simply add another where it stops and keep wrapping and sewing. This is not an exact science and will look a little messy - this is part of the shirt - it should look a little rough.
* I found it very helpful to keep my needle in the down position so that every time I stopped sewing I could just lift the presserfoot and pivot easily - which you will be doing a ton of.


5 - Once one rose is complete continue with the other two roses.



6 - To make the zigzazs on the lower portion of the top, cut a bunch of 1/2" strips in varying lengths.

7 - Take one strip and place it on the top where desired - folding and zigzagging it. Stitch around all edges roughly. Continue to cut more strips and sew down until desired result.




8 - Thread a hand sewing needle with coordinating thread. Hand sew small clusters of beads on the shirt in various places.



9 - Add a few more strips of fabric and a few clusters of beads to the right hip of your shirt.



Finished shirt:

Inspiration Anthro : change of plans + materials

So there has been a little change of plans. Originally I was going to do a demo on the winding road tank by Anthropologie. After trying to make it repeatedly and unpicking it 3 times I gave up. For some reason it just wasn't working for me. If you still want to make it , Adventures in Dressmaking made a great tutorial here.

Once giving up I realized that I still had a bunch of strips cut out of my fabric and so went out to find another top that I could make and use the strips already cut. Then I came upon the tissue three roses top at Jcrew and fell in love. So this is the top that I will be demonstrating instead.


Here are the materials you will need:

- 1 tank top or tshirt with a scoop neckline
- about 1/4 yard of matching fabric (I used an old shirt)
-1 package small matching beads
- chalk
- hand sewing needle
- rotary cutter or scissors

* i will be posting the entire tutorial tomorrow so go gather your materials and hurry back.

Inspiration Anthro : Vintage Lace Dress : Steps 31-36

Today we finish up the dress with the hem.

31 - Try your dress on and mark where you want your hem to hit. (I did mine at middle knee)

32- Take off dress and mark 1 1/2 " down from hem mark. Cut off excess fabric.



33- fold up the bottom edge of the skirt 1/2" and press.


34- fold up the edge another 1" all the way around and press.


35- On the right side of the fabric stitch all the way around the bottom edge of your skirt 3/4" from the edge. Backstitch at both ends.


36- Iron your dress. Try it on and enjoy!

front

back

Inspiration Anthro : Vintage Lace Dress : Steps 21-30

Now that we have the top and bottom ready, it's time to connect the dots with the belt portion of the dress.

21- Take your 1 1/2 inch wide black elastic and fit it around your high waist (wherever you want the two portions of your dress to intersect). Mark where it fits comfortably. Add 2 inches for overlap and cut. Pin with 2 inches of overlap.



22- With black thread securely stitch the overlap down so that it now forms a permanent circle. Stitch a box and then and x in the middle as shown below.



23- With pins or chalk mark center front, center back, and the two sides. Do the same on your skirt.


24- Match the markings up with those on your skirt, with the overlap being center back of your elastic. Pin at all points with the skirt tucked about 1 inch under the elastic. (There will be a lot of excess skirt fabric inbetween each marking as the skirt portion will be gathered.)



25- Put your machine on it's longest stitch -basting- and stitch around your skirt about 1/2" from bottom of elastic on the inside of your garment. Do not backstitch either end as this will later be taken out. While stitching, pull the elastic with your right hand so that the top fabric is not gathered (once your let go of the elastic it will gather the skirt fabric). This can be a bit tricky, but go slow and remember this is just a basting stitch so it doesnt matter what it looks like.


26- Press the skirt gathers.

27- Change your stitch length back to normal. On the top side of your elastic and dress, stitch 1/4" from the bottom edge of the elastic all the way around. While stitching, pull on the elastic so that the skirt fabric is no longer gathered like before. (this is important otherwise you will snap your threads the first time you try to put the dress on) Backstitch both ends. Trim any excess seam allowance on the inside of the skirt.




28- Now let's do the same thing to the top of the dress. First mark the CF, CB and sideseams, and match with the same on the elastic.


29- Basting stitch all the way around on the inside of the garment. Stretch both the elastic and tanktop while doing so.

30- Top stitch around the elastic 1/4" from the top edge on the top of the garment. Stretch both the elastic and tanktop while doing so. Remove all basting stitches from elastic.



*we are almost done. tomorrow we will hem the dress.

Inspiration Anthro : Vintage Lace Dress : Steps 17-20

Now that the top of our dress is finished, it is time to make the skirt portion.

17- Measure your hips (or the widest portion of your lower section). We will call this number (A).
Measure the desired length of your skirt by measuring from your bellybutton to where you want your skirt to end. We will call this number (B).

18 - Cut two rectangles out of your preshrunk skirt fabric using the following formula.

width = A /2 + 2 inches (ease) + 2 inches (seam allowance).
height = B + 1 inch (top seam allowance) + 2 inches (hem)

example :

hips = 38" (A)
length = 22" (B)

width = 38" /2 + 2 + 2 = 23"
length = 22 + 1 + 2 = 25"

*always error on the side of larger. You can always take it in/up more, but you can't replace what you cut off.

19- With right sides together, pin two side seams. Stitch, backstitching at both ends.


20 - Press open seam allowance on inside. Try it on and make sure that you like width of the hips. You can always take it in a bit at this point if you need to.


Tomorrow we will make the belt portion and connect them all together.