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
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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 Headband Tutorial

Hello!

This is my tutorial for an easy and cheap headband (so fashion, thanks Harry Styles!)

What do you need?

• A piece of stretchy fabric
• A meter
• A ruler
• Fabric chalks or a pencil
• Scissors
• Pins
• Sewing thread

Follow these simple steps to do your own headband!

1. Take the meter and measure your head circumference.
2. When you have it, subtract some cm from that number. My fabric is medium stretchy so I subtract 5/6 cm. If the fabric is really stretchy, subtract more. If not, then subtract less.
3. With your fabric chalks or a pencil write down on your fabric the final lenght of the headband. Then sign the height. Mine is 24 cm because I want to fold it three times. Be sure you draw 90 degrees angles. Finish to draw the rectangle. 
4. Take the scissors and cut the rectangle you just drew.
5. You now have to sew the ends of the headband. Lay the sides of the fabric one on the other. If your fabric has a forehand and a backhand, be sure to match the two forehand sides. 
6. Fix the fabric with some pins.
7. Sew the fabric with a sewing machine using an elastic seam if you have one or you can sew it by hands. Two important things to remember are to leave a cm from the edge of the fabric and to secure the stitching at the start and at the end. A good way to do it is to go back and forth a couple of times. 
8. If you want you can iron the open sewing for a better result.
9. Take your headband and fold the edge sides inside. 
10. You can leave it like this or you can sew on side to fix it better. 

And this is the finish look! 

I hope you like this tutorial and if you try to do one yourself, send me some pictures on twitter or instagram! 

Check out my vlog about this :)

Love G.

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Floral Crown - DIY

In this period I really love flowers, I think it's because spring is actually arrived :)

So I decided to make a floral crown by myself with white, pink and violet flowers! 

This tutorial is the easiest thing to do ever, trust me! 

WHAT YOU NEED:

• fake flowers, I found them in a chinese shop and they are really cheap! Choose the colors you prefer!
• a rubber band, I picked a white one in a haberdashery, you shouldn't spend a lot because you need just a small lenght of it!
• sewing thread in the same color of your rubber band
• a needle
• a tape measure
• hot glue (or another type of glue)

HOW TO DO:

• measure with a tape measure the circumference of your head
• cut the rubber band 10 cm less than the circumference (this depends on how elastic is your rubber band, try a few times and then decide your perfect measure!)
• sew the rubber band to the two ends overlapping them slightly
• start stitching the flowers on your rubber band with the hot glue or any other glue you have
• when you are satisfied with the result, wear it :)

Wasn't it easy? :) 
It took me about half an hour to make this cute floral crown and I think I'm going to make some other ones in different colors! Feel free to ask me all the questions you want and send me your pics with your handmade floran crowns :)

Love G.

xx

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