tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79512086896194341342024-03-12T18:35:47.471-07:00Salute to CuteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141141482133254871noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951208689619434134.post-57584125212306005102013-12-22T09:37:00.000-08:002013-12-22T09:37:01.253-08:00Pressed Flowers in Frames<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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$3 for a frame</div>
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I have lovely childhood memories of wandering through my Nanna's wonderfully colourful garden, collecting bundles of pretty flowers and finding endless uses from them.</div>
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One of my favourite things to do was press them, because opening the precious newspaper parcel after what seemed like forever was so exciting, and the results were always so delicate and beautiful.</div>
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It is spring in New Zealand at the moment, almost summer, and our garden is full of beautiful flowers. So I decided to take a walk down memory lane and press some of these pretty flowers.</div>
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Framed, pressed flowers make a lovely gift which is sustainable and personal, coming from your very own garden.</div>
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Flowers</div>
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Chopping boards/books/anything flat and heavy</div>
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First of all you need to choose some beautiful flowers.</div>
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Thin flowers work better than heavy, think ones as they press more completely. Leaving some leaves attached to the stem creates a more natural, full look.</div>
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Make sure your flowers are very dry, any water droplets will harbor mould and not press well.</div>
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Lay your flowers out on your chopping board or hard surface, making sure the leaves and flowers are positioned prettily and not folded or bent. </div>
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Carefully place a piece of newspaper on top of your flowers.</div>
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Now place your precious package into your how water cupboard, or somewhere warm and dry, and place a book or anything you have that is flat and heavy on top.</div>
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Now it's time to wait.</div>
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Two or three weeks is usually enough time, the smaller and more fine your flowers, the less time they will take to dry. </div>
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And just like that you have a beautiful bundle of dainty pressed flowers.</div>
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Now it's time to frame them.</div>
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You can find photo frames at most op-shops for only a couple of dollars, these three cost me $7 all up!</div>
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Take the glass out of the frame and place it on top of your piece of paper. Plain A4 printer paper will work just fine, but textured paper or card will look extra special.</div>
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Trace around the glass with a pencil.</div>
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Now cut the traced rectangle out, making sure you don't crease the paper too much.</div>
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Next return the glass to the frame and place your flowers on top, face down.</div>
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Now carefully place your paper on top of the flower. If you find the flower is moving around too much, you can use PVA, or a gluestick, to lightly glue the flower to your paper where you want it.</div>
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Finally, place the back of the frame on top and close the little metal flaps.</div>
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These look lovely in little bunches and make beautiful gifts.</div>
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You could personalize them further by writing the name of the person you are gifting them to on the bottom of the piece of paper so it shows up at the bottom of the frame.</div>
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This shirt cost me $8, I wouldn't recommend spending more than $10 on a shirt for this tutorial</div>
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Hi! Amy here! A while ago, Ali and I were walking through town in Dunedin on one of our many op shopping outings and we saw this girl with the coolest backpack that we have ever seen. It appeared to be made out of a man's shirt and all the pieces were intact; the collar, the cuffs, the buttons down the front. Needless to say we stopped her and asked if she had made the bag herself and how she did it. The girl had bought the bag in Sydney and wasn't too sure if it was made out of an actual man's shirt or simply made to look like it. The bag made an impression on both of us and I decided to try my hand at making one. I came across a beautiful vintage Hugo Boss shirt in a pale lavender with a green pattern, I wanted a heavier weight to the shirt as I couldn't be bothered lining it, unlike the labour of love Ali created <a href="http://salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/backpack-denim-scraps.html" target="_blank">here</a>. You could use a denim shirt or even a corduroy shirt for this tutorial but I was worried that my sewing machine wouldn't cope with the thickness of the fabric. This backpack would make a great gift for a boy or a girl and is super easy to whip up. </div>
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A man's collared shirt</div>
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Begin by cutting the shirt that you have into four different pieces. The main part is going to be the bag itself, the two arms will be the shoulder straps and the collar will make a flap to cover the drawstring at the top of the bag. </div>
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My shirt was a large size so I needed to cut it down. Taking the main piece, cut off the seams and re-sew them. Essentially you are taking it in at the seams by a few centimetres- you may not need to do this if the shirt you bough is a small. </div>
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The main piece should not look like this, with raw top edges and unsewn on the bottom. </div>
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Pin along the bottom of the shirt following the slightly dipped line that is already there. This needs to be exaggerated so that the bottom of the bag is rounded- you can see from the pins in the photo below how to pin it. Sew the bottom of the bag closed. Once you have done this you can trim off the extra fabric in the seam and overlock it if you like. </div>
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Next, pin and sew the "underarm" part of the shirt. </div>
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The next step is to start the drawstring. Fold over about a centimetre or two of the fabric at the top of the shirt and sew close to the raw edge. You shouldn't sew it all closed as you won't be able to insert your drawstring- leave a two centimetre gap over the button piece. </div>
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Make sure when you are pinning your drawstring that you don't sew shut the front pocket. This can be a bit tricky as there isn't that much fabric to work with. However, it is possible to fold the material for the drawstring but avoid the pocket. </div>
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This is what the final bag piece should look like, the drawstring itself will be inserted later. </div>
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Now to begin the front flap. </div>
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Round out the raw edges of collar piece. </div>
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Turn this piece inside out, pin, and sew up the seams.</div>
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Turn the sleeves inside out and run a sew up the side. This is to make the sleeves thinner and straighter. As you can see from the photo above the sleeves are rather triangular and not great for straps, this is why this step is necessary.</div>
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Attach the sleeves to the top and bottom of the bag. I decided to leave the top of the cuff loose, sewing the sleeve just on the underside at the bottom of the bag. </div>
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Place the collar piece on the back of the bag and pin it in place, it should be able to fold over the the other side. You only need to attach the flap by about three centimetres on either side of the button piece. </div>
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One of the last steps is to put in the drawstring. I taped the one end of my string and used a safety pin as a guide; it is much easier to push a safety pin through the drawstring casing than just the rope. The drawstring needs to go round the casing twice (as it makes it easier to pull it closed) and you should be left with a piece of rope on either side of the casing. </div>
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<br />Amy Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552012914212951234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951208689619434134.post-69634730982486202152013-12-03T23:17:00.000-08:002013-12-03T23:17:53.733-08:00Tribal Wall Chevrons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello there, Ali here!</div>
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I don't know about you, but I am super in love with all of the bright colours and tribal prints this season!</div>
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They're popping up on dresses, iPhone covers, shoes and cat collars everywhere. Okay, well maybe not cat collars... yet!</div>
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So I decided, what better a place to have a brilliant bright tribal pattern, than on my wall? I have a habit of filling up my walls with all of the many things that I love, it just makes me so happy to be surrounded by pretty pretty things.</div>
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This tutorial will show you how to combine two of my favourite trends right now; tribal print and chevron.</div>
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And please don't get too worried about the presence of paint in the photo below. You don't need any painting skill at all to make these, you just have to make straight lines! If the thought of wielding a paintbrush still sends shivers down your spine though, you can use felt pens or coloured pencils instead.</div>
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Join these three new points and you have a chevron shape!</div>
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All you need to do now is cut it out, and then repeat these steps twice more so you have three lovely chevrons.</div>
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Now it's time to start decorating, wohoo!</div>
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This gives you three chevrons, ready to be tribalized.</div>
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Pinterest is also good for finding lots of pretty patterns. </div>
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Now get painting, you can use any number and combination of colours you like; so go crazy and personalize.</div>
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This would make a super cool personalized Christmas prezzie too if you painted your giftee's name into one of thee pattern rows.</div>
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That's it, you're all done!</div>
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How great do these look? An amazing addition to any room.</div>
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$5 for a singlet</div>
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It's that time of the year again, Christmas is coming!</div>
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Hello hello, Ali here.</div>
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I don't know about you, but when it comes to Christmas shopping there is one big group of family members and friends that I always find super hard to find prezzies for - boys!</div>
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Whether it's boyfriends, brothers or dads, boys just aren't easy to sort out for Christmas.</div>
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You might remember our <a href="http://www.salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/badass-pockets.html" target="_blank">Badass Pockets</a> post from a while back, when we made super cool tees for Tom and Nick? The tee-shirts were very popular and we've had lots of requests for more. So I decided that another contrast pocket tutorial was in order, just in time for Christmas. </div>
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That special boy in your life will love this personal and very cool new piece of clothing, I know mine did!</div>
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I've added a little bit of extra special into this tutorial too so you can embroider a little message or saying onto the pocket too.</div>
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So you end up with an outline on the singlet and a pocket template.</div>
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Place the removed pocket on top of your contrast pocket material, using it as a pattern piece to cut around.</div>
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Sew around the entire pocket with an overlocker (serger) or zig-zag stitch to finish the raw edges and prevent fraying.</div>
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Next, iron a 2cm seam around the entire pocket. </div>
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Lastly, pin your pocket onto the singlet, in line with the outline of the original pocket and sew around all edges except the top, you don't want to sew it closed!</div>
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Hi! Amy here again, I'm still stuck in Dunedin and still procrastinating from studying for my exams. This covered box was so easy to make and is super cute. I put together a bunch of items that I think are necessary for a basic sewing kit, and in this adorable box the kit would make a great gift. The box covering can be a bit fiddly but because of the slow drying nature of PVA you can fiddle around with the material until you get it right. </div>
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A small box</div>
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<b>Step one- </b>Begin by cutting out two squares of material, one for the lid of the box and one for the box itself. Place the box on your fabric and cut around it, leaving a wide border; it needs to be wide enough to cover the outsides and the insides of the box. </div>
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<b>Step Two</b>- I began by covering the lid first, but the first few steps for covering the box are the same. Paint glue onto the top of your lid and place it in the middle of the square of material, smoothing the material so there are no lumps.</div>
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<b>Step Three-</b> Next, paint glue onto two opposite sides of the box. The glue should cover both the inside and the outside, fold your material over these sides and smooth. </div>
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After waiting for your glue to dry for about ten minutes, paint glue onto one of the uncovered sides and fold in the fabric, like a present. You should be left with the side of lid looking like the picture below. </div>
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From the outside your box lid should look like this. Paint some more glue on the inside of the box and tuck this piece inside the lid. </div>
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Repeat this step for the other uncovered side of the lid. It doesn't matter that the flat inside of the lid is quite messy, this will all be covered up later. </div>
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For the box itself, repeat steps one to three first. This is where it gets slightly fiddly. On the first uncovered side of the box paint your glue in a pattern like the one below and fold the two opposing sides of material inwards.</div>
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Then, as with the lid, fold the left over fabric like a present and glue it in place, both the inside and the outside. Repeat these steps on the remaining uncovered box side. </div>
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After all the sides are covered the inside of the box should look like this. Again, this is very messy, but it doesn't matter as it will be covered. </div>
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The final steps for both the lid and the box begins with cutting out two squares of fabric that will fit snugly into the bottom of the box and the inside of the lid. Then, smother, and I mean, the more the merrier, the uncovered sides of the box in glue. The glue smoothes the fabric that is already there so that the surface you glue the smaller square of fabric onto is even. </div>
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Are you guys excited that I made a gif! I'm so excited and although it's slightly uneven (that first picture...) I'm proud of my first gif! </div>
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The items that make up my sewing kit are;</div>
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A pin cushion, complete with pins</div>
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An old cotton reel with various cottons on it; black, white, blue and grey are common colours</div>
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A small plastic bag that contains the spare buttons that have come with various items of clothing</div>
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The wee book I used cost me $6.50, I wouldn't recommend spending more than ten dollars on a book for this DIY although you may have to trawl second hand book shops until you find something you like the look of. </div>
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Hi there, it's Amy. Unlike Ali, I am still in the throes of exams, she got to go home aggggeeees ago! So it's rather dangerous because she has entrusted me to venture alone into the realms of craft and see what I come up with. I have been inspired today but the fabulous Olympia Le Tan clutches that are seen in the hands of the rich and famous! Fortunately, the wee wallet I created cannot even put a scratch on the price tags of the real deal.</div>
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I would quickly like to mention that my mother is a librarian so yes, I fully comprehend that many of you may think I am ruining a perfectly good book. In response I would like to say...</div>
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Then, using a craft knife, I cut down into the pages of the book along the lines I had ruled. This step is really the trickiest, you have to keep going until you have managed to cut through all the pages. I pegged my book together at the corners to ensure all the pages stayed together. </div>
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When you have cut out the pages you should be left with a thin border of pages. It does not matter at all how ruggedly you have cut the pages (as you can see I hacked away until the job was done) as this will all be covered up later. </div>
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Fin! This book is the perfect size for an iPhone and there is room left over for a few credit cards and a lippy. This book would make a fabulous gift, or, as my flatmate Petra suggested; you could use it to hide your phone in and text in class without the teacher noticing. </div>
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I have a confession to make; I'm obsessed with these teacup succulents, I think they're just too lovely!</div>
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The obsession started I while I was in a hostel in my first year of university. I was feeling a bit homesick and missing my mum, and having a menagerie of pets around to cuddle. </div>
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So I decided I needed to give a little life to my room, and the best way to do that, of course, was to combine pretty teacups with lively succulents!</div>
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The cost of this project really depends on the Op-shops you can find. Pretty English teacups can be found in secondhand shops for anywhere between $2 and $25. The trick is to look around and find a place that has them at a reasonable price, not just but the first pretty trio that you find.</div>
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We have some very exciting news; we're going to be going to market here in Dunedin to (hopefully) sell some of our lovely things!</div>
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There is an adorable little market here called Market 22 which is held on Vogel Street on the last Saturday of every month, and it's just wonderful. So if you're around the Otago region of New Zealand this coming Saturday (the 28th), please come along and see our lovely things in the flesh.</div>
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This is another Ali creation in my attempts to use up my massive stash of denim pant legs, left over from many, many pairs of shorts. Denim is a great, tough material and I thought, what better to make from lovely strong fabric, but a backpack! </div>
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For outer bag:</h4>
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1x back (13.5'' x 15'', rounded top)</div>
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1x front (13.5'' x 11.5'', rounded top)</div>
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1x base (13.5 x 3.5)</div>
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1x top (21'' x 3.5'')</div>
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For lining:</h4>
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Now attach the pocket to the front bag piece by pinning the base of the pocket to the middle of the bag, as far up as you would like it. I pinned mine in line with the contrast fabric piece</div>
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This set cost me about $22. The squares of fabric are $5.99 from Spotlight and the bias binding was $3.99. This can be done a lot cheaper if you use up scraps of material that you have left over, but I recommend investing in the bias binding as it makes things very easy. </div>
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Amy here! I'm home right now and I'm using the opportunity to raid the mystical realms of my mother's sewing cupboard. I realise that there are countless bunting tutorials out there but I have a thing for bunting. (Please see accompanying pictures)<br />
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I think of bunting as a bit of a palaver but really, this probably took me less than three hours to whip up. I'm giving this set to a special friend and I think bunting is one of the best gifts out, it's so personal and it shows that you made an effort. Bunting is also perfect for a flat. As a student there really is not going to be a better time in your life to adorn your living area with lots of tiny flags.</div>
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To begin I would like to apologise to Ali. She is the fastidious measurer out of us and to be honest, I prefer a "rustic" style when it comes to cutting and sewing straight lines. I'm sure glad she wasn't with me to witness the things I had to do to get a good string of bunting.<br />
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Begin by cutting out a template for your flags from cardboard. My template measured about 17cm across the top and 22 cm down each side. I wanted my flags to be about 15cm by 20cm so I ensured that my template took seam allowances into account. Using your template cut out as many flags as you want.<br />
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Then, sew along the long edges of your triangles. You don't need to sew along the top as it will be sewn shut later. When you get to the bottom, stop about 1cm from the end, put your needle in and pivot so that you can sew the other side. </div>
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Unravel your bias binding and pin the top of your flags into the binding, folding the one side over the raw edge as pictured. You can leave a gap between your flags or you can sew them right next to one another like I did.<br />
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The Great Gatsby was one of the most wonderful movies we've seen this year; the music, the costumes, the hair, Leo... Beautiful.</div>
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So it seemed only fitting that we have a Gatsby themed tutorial, and what better to make, but a gorgeous glittery, golden headband!</div>
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This is Ali's take on Gatsby glam, the easy, inexpensive way!</div>
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First up, measure the circumference of your head and then subtract 10mm.</div>
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This is the total length your headband should be, allowing for elastic stretch. From this total, decide how long you want the elastic section to be, mine was around 9cm long. </div>
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I then sewed these pieces on using my sewing machine, first with a straight stitch, then a tight zigzag for strength.</div>
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Having made the appropriate head-wear, it was only fitting that we have a Gatsby themed event to show it off at!</div>
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So when Tom, Amy's boyfriend and Ali's flatmate, decided he would have a Great Gatsby themed Red Card*, we were both super excited! </div>
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With Tom's permission we were allowed to be in charge of decorating Ali's flat for the event, so we invested in some gold and silver glitter and got started!</div>
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We had both been collecting glass jars bound for the recycling bin so we had all sizes and shapes of jar from jam to pasta sauce. These are a cheap and eco friendly alternative to buying mason jars, which have become pricey following their rise in popularity. Plus, once the labels are washed off, these jars make an eclectic and beautiful collection of odd shapes and styles, which just look gorgeous together.</div>
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We then got to glittering them, following <a href="http://cakerypapery.com/2012/11/27/festive-holiday-diy-glitter-mason-jar-candles/" target="_blank">this</a> tutorial.</div>
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We had clusters like the one above around the room, and they were all made using recycled glass. The only things you have to buy are glitter and candles, yay! Amy upped the classiness even further with some pink carnations as well, aren't they lovely?</div>
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Below is the Great Gatsby himself (AKA Tom), looking mighty dapper with his cigar and martini.</div>
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Behind him you can see some black and white balloons Amy and I filled with gold stars and attached to a string which crossed the room. Amy also pulled out a few strings of bunting that she has had for a while, perfect for a bit of old fashioned style. </div>
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Amy complete with a glamorous sequin and feather headband which she made herself.</div>
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This is one of the quickest ways to bring new life to an old accessory; lightening it up with a playful pattern. We are so pleased with the result! </div>
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A vintage bag with a surface that you can paint on; leather, vinyl or anything shiny you feel like you can pour water on without it soaking thorough is perfect.<br />
Ali found this gorgeous handbag in a Save-Mart op-shop for $3, and it's genuine Italian leather!</div>
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Start by cleaning your bag with water and a soft cloth.<br />
Any dust or grime can make it hard for the paint to stick to the bag, so you want to get it all off. Be gentle though, make sure you don't rub so hard the colour comes out of the bag, if you found it in a thrift store chances are it's pretty old so handle with care!<br />
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Once your bag is dry, use a pencil and a ruler to sketch your design onto the bag.<br />
You can do whatever you like here, how cute would a bag with a family of elephants painted onto the front be?<br />
Ali went for the classic stripes and polka dots look, which is awful easy and full of class!</div>
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Once the paint has dried you will have a completely functional, super cute new bag, yay!</div>
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OK, we know that winter is almost over but this tutorial has been coming for a while.<br />
However, we feel that the weather is always going to be sneaky and we will bet our socks that there is an unseasonable cold snap just around the corner. If not, perhaps we can just consider this post as an early winter gift to all our readers in the Northern Hemisphere!<br />
These amazing beanies were so easy to make, we couldn't believe how quickly we managed to whip them up.</div>
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Begin by measuring the circumference of your head.<br />
You will need to take a few centimetres off this measurement to make sure that the beanie fits snugly and won't fall off.<br />
The amount you take off will depend on the amount of stretch in your knit. If it is really stretchy, take 5cm off the total, if not, only take off 2cm.<br />
Cut up one side of your jersey to the armpit and then cut your circumference length in a straight line across the middle of your jersey. </div>
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In the middle of your folded rectangle, snip into the fabric at the top end. This end is the bit that doesn't have the jersey hem. This snip should be about six centimetres deep and will create a slouchy fit. It can be longer is you want a beanie that has more of a snug fit; the longer that this cut is, the shorter your beanie is going to be.<br />
Don't worry if this doesn't make sense yet, keep reading and all will fall into place!</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Diamonds are a girl's best friend. And so are free printables! </span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">This beautiful little project is as easy as pie, and can be customized to match any living space.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">These wonderful diamonds are perfect for a flat as you can make them as colourful as you wish, they are sure to brighten up your day! </span><br />
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Start by printing out the first of the two file links at the bottom of this post.</div>
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Now it's time to print the second file linked to the bottom of this post.</div>
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Then glue each piece onto this page, in the same diamond shape and placement as the first page. </div>
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Place the remainder of the first page (with the the cut out diamonds) underneath to help with piece placement.</div>
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A pair of thrifted jeans- $5</div>
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The first part is a bit of fun. Take all the jeans that you have collected and hack the legs off them!<br />
Cut each of the legs down the in seam so you have a nice flat piece of denim to work with.<br />
Trim off any extra jean detailing like hems and seams. All that should be left are some long and wide pieces of denim. </div>
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Take these pieces and join them up end to end so a long patchwork of denim pieces develops. </div>
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Next figure out the length that you want your draught stopper to be and cut three equal lengths of your denim patchwork to fit this measurement. </div>
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Sew the pieces along the long seams, joining them up into a bigger, wider patch work of denim pieces.<br />
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Lay out some newspapers to protect the surface you're working on and carefully pour some bleach into a container that can be discarded when you're finished. Lay out your denim patchwork on top of the newspaper. </div>
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Wait for the bleach to dry and develop the pattern on your denim. When this has happened, fold you draught stopper in half lengthways, right sides together, and pin to make a seam.<br />
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Sew this seam closed and turn your draught stopper the right way out. Stuff the draught stopper with anything that you have handy. You could ball up old newspapers and use those or even cut up the bits of jeans you didn't use and use them to fill up your draught stopper.<br />
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This is Ali's gorgeous dog Hunty (he has cropped up <a href="http://salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/there-ali-here-time-has-come-for-me-to.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/diy-hair-bows-denim-scraps-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a> too) falling asleep on her nifty collection of draught stoppers! </div>
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Thrifted Shorts- $4</div>
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Some cute shorts</div>
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A sewing machine</div>
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I found these adorable shorts in the 'vintage and retro' section of a local op shop and knew that we were meant to be together.</div>
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Dusty pink with lace trim and a pleated high waist? It was love at first sight. </div>
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However, being somewhat small in stature, when it comes to hem lines, anything too close to my knees makes me look a little ridiculous, but luckily this is an easy fix!</div>
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So, as the finale in our Salute to Cute month of alterations, I will show you a simple and easy way to shorten a pair of vintage shorts.</div>
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One of my favourite parts of these shorts is the lace trim at the bottom, so I'm going to shorten these a little differently to normal so that I don't lose the lovely lace.</div>
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Vintage finds are often all about these little details; how lovely and flattering are waist pleats? And they're so feminine too. I'm smitten.</div>
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If there is no detail at the bottom that you want to salvage, simply cut the length off the bottom of the shorts. However, with these I took a section from just above the detailing.</div>
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I then pinned the bottom trim section back on to the now slightly shorter shorts and sewed the two pieces back together. The added bonus of altering your shorts this way is that it adds a small amount of volume to the bottom of the shorts for a lovely bloomer effect! </div>
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A pair of adorable shorts, tailored to fit and complete with pretty lace detailing.</div>
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Hello! Continuing our month of refashions and alterations, we bring you this super quick skirt alteration. Amy was lucky enough to find this gorgeous skirt while op shopping a wee while ago and jumped on it, even though it was labelled as a size 16. All the skirt needed was a few neat pleats to take in the waistband and it's ready to go. This is a very easy way to make an article of clothing fit better and the pleats add a lovely volume to the finished piece. </div>
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The first step is to try the skirt on and get an idea of how it fits you, where are the areas that are the worst fitting? These areas are where you will alter the skirt to fit better. </div>
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On our skirt, there were already some small inverted pleats on either side of the buttons up the front of the skirt. We used these as markers to place our pleats. While wearing your skirt, gather a small amount of material in the waistband to fashion two pleats. Make sure that the pleats are the same size. Pin them in place. </div>
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Take off the skirt and ensure that you have the pleats in the right place and they are the right size. Continuing pinning the pleat into the skirt a small amount, when it is the length you would like the pleat, run your pins into the side of the pleat. You now have a neat triangular pleat. Finish your skirt by sewing your pleats. </div>
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Your beautiful skirt is finished, and fits much better! </div>
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Op-shopping, or thrifting, is ideal for students. </div>
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It's a super cheap way to stock up your wardrobe and source one-off pieces. But it isn't all about wearing your granddad's clothes and looking incredible as Macklemore would have you believe, unless you're into that, in which case we're sure you look amazing. </div>
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So we've come up with some op-shopping tips to help you thrift like a pro and come away feeling like a million dollars, even if you only have $20 in your pocket. </div>
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1) Be open minded</div>
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You can't go into an op-shop expecting to find a perfect grey and blue spotted winter coat, you have to be patient and keep an open mind. </div>
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Instead of trying to find something specific, widen your search from a grey dotty coat to any warm winter woolies. </div>
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Also, be patient, you need to rifle through a ridiculous number of racks until you find something you love. Remember too that YOLO*, and right now might be the only chance you get to buy a leopard print cat-suit; it's all about taking the opportunities as they come.</div>
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2) Go big</div>
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When you are op-shopping, trying on pieces is very important, you can't just trust size labels. </div>
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This is especially true if you are shopping for vintage pieces as the shape of humans, women especially, has changed a lot over the years. For women, what used to a be standard size 12 is today's size 10. It is important to try things on to make sure they fit. If a piece is too small, unless you have some clever sewing tricks up your sleeve, it's best to just love it and leave it, making a piece bigger is incredibly difficult. However, if something is too big it can usually be taken in quite easily. </div>
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Over the summer Amy bought a pair of vintage blue culottes which were far too large, all she had to to was re-adjust the elastic at the waist and they are perfect!</div>
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3) Rips and tears can be your friends, sometimes</div>
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Small rips or stains can mean that a piece is heavily discounted when really, there isn't much wrong with it. </div>
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A rip in the seam of a garment can be easily fixed, but tears in the fabric are going to be a nightmare. You shouldn't buy something if you are going to be spending lots of time putting it back together. The same can be said for stains, sometimes stains just don't come out no matter how hard you try. </div>
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Don't just look at the garment, try looking at the fabric and the trimmings too. </div>
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Op-shops can be full of beautiful silks, velvets and other luxurious fabrics. So although you wouldn't be caught dead in the item, its fabric can be super useful in other craft projects. Also look at buttons and other small details, Ali recently bought an old shirt for a dollar which had the most beautiful copper buttons, an asset to any seamstress's stash.</div>
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Vintage dress - $4</div>
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Welcome to week two of our alterations month at Salute to Cute! </div>
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Remember the vintage dress Ali transformed into <a href="http://salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/dress-peplum-top.html" target="_blank">this</a> cute peplum top last week? Well the refashion didn't stop there! She also cleverly crafted a cute and easy skirt out of the bottom of the dress.</div>
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So this week Ali will show you how to make a simple skirt out of a vintage dress.</div>
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Start by cutting the dress in half, leaving you with a long skirt and a cropped top.</div>
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Next trim the bottom off the skirt so it is a bit longer than you want it to end up.</div>
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The next step is to gather the top of the skirt.</div>
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To do this, sew a basting stitch along the top of the skirt. It is easiest if you sew two lengths of stitching, one along the front and one along the back.</div>
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You want the skirt to be half the length of your waist measurement when it is lying flat.</div>
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Then tie a knot in the two threads at each end of the row of stitches.</div>
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To do this, use the fabric you cut off the bottom of your skirt to cut a rectangle 1 inch longer than your waist measurement and twice as wide as you want the waistband to be. My rectangle was 28'' long and 6'' wide.</div>
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Dress - $4<br />
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Hello again, Ali here. </div>
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Amy and I are still away from Dunedin in our respective home towns, enjoying our last bit of time at home before university starts again tomorrow.<br />
We thought that we would dedicate this month to one of our favourite past times, op shopping! Every week this month we are going to post a tutorial showing how to alter various pieces that you can typically find while thrifting. As well as this, keep an eye out for our how-to guide to op-shopping!</div>
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I have been busily scouring second hand shops for gems and projects, and absolutely fell in love with this dress.</div>
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I love the pretty floral fabric, and there's so much of it!</div>
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It also fits me pretty well, so I've decided to make a top and skirt from it.</div>
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In this post I'll show you how to make a wee peplum top out of this vintage dress. </div>
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Peplum is a super flattering shape, nipped in at the waist and flared at the bottom, ideal for those days when you need to eat a lot.</div>
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Start by cutting the dress in half at the waist seam. Make sure the remaining top part is the length you want the fitted part of your top to be.</div>
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To do this I put the top on and pinned a line from the shoulder seam down to the underarm. You might need to get a friend to help you with this, especially when pinning the line down your back. </div>
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Having the top on while I decided where to cut meant I could make the sleeve exactly how I wanted it, and tailor it to my body shape.</div>
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Then cut down your pin line, cutting on the sleeve, not body, side of your pins to give you a seam allowance.</div>
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If you're lucky the vintage dress you have will have a front that you like and you can skip this next step. However if you, like me, want to change the front of the dress this is one way you can do it.</div>
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I wanted a round neck, not a v, and wanted to get rid of the buttons down the front. So I used the same method as I used to remove the sleeves and removed the middle of the front of the top. I put the top on and pinned a line from the neckline to the bottom and cut the front of the top out. </div>
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Amy here, I had so much fun making these beautiful flowers even though I must have burnt my fingers about a million times. These are really quite simple to make once you have the technique down. Fortunately I did all the experimenting for you so I now know the best way to make these gorgeous flowers. I have chosen to add my flowers to a headband to make a floral crown but the opportunities are endless with these flowers. I think they would look amazing on a small bag or as a pin, even just to brighten up a room. </div>
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Fabric- it must be 100% polyester or else your flower petals won't melt properly. I have used a selection of fabrics, the top pink is a chiffon, the middle lilac is an acetate and the bottom pink is a lining fabric. The fabric must also be very light, a chiffon is perfect, as is the lining. </div>
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Hello there, Ali here! The time has come for me to tell you a little something about my lovely home in little old Rongotea. </div>
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It's the university holidays at the moment, so Amy and I have ventured up the country to our respective homes in the North Island.</div>
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Last week Amy shared with you some of her favourite things <a href="http://www.salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/these-are-few-of-my-favourite-things.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and I've been spending the past few days wondering what to tell you about in this little section. Happily, after some pondering, I realized that the answer was sitting right on my lap! </div>
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The thing I enjoy most about being home and miss most while I'm at university in Dunedin is, of course, my family members. </div>
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You've already met my lovely mum in our <a href="http://www.salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/magical-mums.html" target="_blank">mother's day post</a> in May, so I'm going to introduce you now to the rest of my colourful family, weee! </div>
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This is the ever lovely Aiko. </div>
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Meaning "love" in Japanese, Aiko distributes hers in a sparing and on her own terms manner. Being so very pretty everyone always wants to cuddle her, but she has a quite strict "out of arms reach" policy. </div>
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Luckily this policy generally doesn't apply to me and here she is staring lovingly (sort of) into my eyes from her favorite spot, on the end of my bed. </div>
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Next up is Kuni. Sister to Aiko, and named for her likeness to a Kune Kune pig in both colour and eating habits, Kuni is the self appointed king of our castle. </div>
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Here she is making a belly shaped dent in the top of mum's soft top car, much to mum's contempt.</div>
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These two are ever so helpful with anything craft related, particularly if it occurs on the floor or involves paint. Aiko, like many cats, enjoys sitting in the single least helpful position possible. You're lucky this post makes any sense at all because she has been trying to settle on my keyboard for the past half hour. Cats. Kuni is less passive aggressive, more aggressive, her party trick being that she will pull sewing pins out of my pattern pieces with her teeth and run around with them in her mouth, mewing victoriously. </div>
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Next up and not to be forgotten is Hunter, the gentle pooch. Having made his blog debut <a href="http://www.salutetocute.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/diy-hair-bows-denim-scraps-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a> last week, he has proven to be a highly photogenic hound. German Shorthaired Pointer by breed, Huntey was destined to become a drug sniffer dog at the airport, but was soon found to be lacking in maturity and restraint. Thus he was rescued and has since become a beloved member of our family, now a bit more dopey and grey around the chops. </div>
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And it doesn't end there! We also have four clucky chooks in our back yard; the taller one is my mum, proudly holding our bantam's first green egg!</div>
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So there you are, a little taste of my home life via a cacophony of furry and feathered friends.</div>
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All in all they make for a bundle of laughs and, at times, a great need for coffee!</div>
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Ali and I are both home at the moment and it is fantastic! We were both fortunate enough to make it home just before one of the worst winter storms in 20 years hit New Zealand. Luckily, we could fly to our North Island homes, no problemo, but some of our friends have been stuck in Dunedin, their flights delayed or cancelled by heavy rain, gale-force winds and snow flurries down to sea level!</div>
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Needless to say, Ali and I are super glad to be in our warm homes with all this going on and so we thought we would do a post each about our five favourite things from home. I am going first this week, and Ali will do the tutorial and next week we will swap.</div>
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<b>1) Baking and Tea</b></div>
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When I go home I love to bake. There is an endless supply of ingredients and I don't have to pay for them; thanks Mum! Being home for me is all about the small luxuries, using the best tea set or erring on the side of extravagance with the butter and jam.</div>
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Mum always stocks up on books for me before I come home and I love to spend my days curled up somewhere reading, keeping multiple cups of tea on the go at once. This is one of my favourite places to read, I can snuggle up here all day long. </div>
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This is my room and I think it's super cute! I have amazing views across the valley and I get wonderful afternoon sun. If you look closely you can see my electric blanket control. I would have taken a photo of this as my all time favourite thing about home but it wouldn't have made as pretty a picture. </div>
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This is my mum's sewing corner and it is brilliant. It has everything you could need stocked away in the cupboards, endless amounts of fabric and threads of all colours. On the table is a shirt that my mum is currently working on. </div>
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