DIY Halloween Collar

Hello everyone!
I'm back with another tutorial, easy and cheap as usual.

It's Halloween inspired, cause Halloween it's coming...

A quick DIY gothic collar!

What do you need?

• Black lace
• Black ribbon
• some gems
• Glue for fabric or Attack glue
• Black sewing thread
• Lighter
• Pins
• Meter
• Scissors
• 
  

Some easy steps to follow!

1. Measure your neck circumference
2. Cut the black lace as long as the measure (I cut two pieces of lace)
3. Fix the two pieces of lace in the middle with some pins
4. Sew them together
5. Leave some black ribbon on one edge and fix it on the centre of the lace with a pin
6. Fix all the ribbon to the lace, leave some more ribbon at the end and cut it
7. Sew the ribbon to the lace with a sewing machine or by hands, you can also glue it! I sew it twice on the edes of the ribbon
8. Measure the centre of the collar and glue the gems
9. With a lighter, burn the final parts of the ribbon

And there you go!
A simple and cool collar to wear for Halloween or wherever you like!
Check out my vlog and my channel :)

Love G.

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DIY - Handmade painted T-shirts

What do I do for living? At the moment my main occupation is painting t-shirts! Sounds really strange, but it is actually what I do all day! It's the perfect combination between creativity and manuality. Sometimes it takes long time and lots of energy, but the final result always pays off.
It's also a good way to reuse old t-shirts that you don't wear from ages and a nice way to customize them. Every single piece is different and unique. 

I want to show you what I use to paint my t-shirts and the main steps to do.

-CREALL TEX TEXTILEPAINT: acrylic based textile paint for natural and synthetic fabrics. Once dry, you iron for approx. You can wash you t-shirt up to 40 degrees. 

-JAVANA TEXTIL ART MARKER: fabric marker with brush point, water-based, fixable by ironing and washable up to 60 degrees. 

-JAVANA TEXI MAX: waterbased paint pen for light fabrics, same as the other marker.

-JAVANA TEX PENCIL: it's a simple pencil but you can transfer your draws on light fabrics by ironing.

These products can be found on this great site www.opitec.com
I recommend it for everyone interested in various hobbies, you can find pretty much everything! 

-PRYM TRANSFER: it's a dark violet/blue pen with the same function of the pencil, it's more precise maybe, but I buy it only in my local haberdashery.

All these products are really cheap and easy to use!

When you have all these items, you can start!
First of all, you have to choose what to paint on your t-shirt. Personally, I use Adobe Photoshop and Wacom Bamboo tablet. I bought it on www.amazon.com at about 50 Euros and it's really helpfull! If you are a good drawer you'll find it easy to use. 

When your draw is finished, print it!
Then trace the reverse of it with your transfer pen/pencil. I don't have a overhead, so I simply use a window and the sun light.
Last thing, iron the print on your t-shirt. Be careful to cover it with another paper or the ink will stick to the iron. All you need to do now is to paint the t-shirt with the textile paint, wait till it's dry and then fixate it by ironing.

I will post some of the works i've done in the next few days and they are available to buy if you want! :)

Love G.
xx

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