Woohoo! I'm hoping to make this a series of posts. THEIRS vs MINE! First edition over here brings you one of my favorite shirts. See the full how-to after the jump!
For those of you who are unaware of Urban Outfitters, they have their own specific line called Urban Renewal. They do a number of things with this line. One - they make new garments of out rescued/vintage fabrics. Two - they repurpose and alter vintage/thrifted items to give them a modern cut or twist. And three - they sell thrifted items (such as sweatshirts, tees, vests) that have been picked specifically by their buyers. It's a really interesting line. Some of it is great while some of it is, well, not as great.
In comes the
Urban Renewal Lace Inset Denim Jacket (normally $59-$69). Someone has posted a photo of the jacket on Tumblr and I thought,
hey, I can probably make that for a lot less. I am known a lot for my choice of wearing denim-above-the-waist a lot. No, no. Never a
canadian tuxedo or anything, usually a denim shirt or vest with black pants or a colorful skirt.
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| The denim shirt! |
I picked up a Gap brand denim shirt (opted for a thinner shirt since summer is coming up) at the thrift store for $2 and a lace curtain for $1.50 and went on my way with virtually no planning whatsoever. I have a bad habit of doing this. Pardon the ugly photos. We have carpet in our apartment and we hate it. We hope this changes soon. Anyway, onto the steps...
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| The back of the shirt. |
Flip the shirt over. I buttoned it up and made sure that it was completely flat before I started cutting. The reason that I picked this Gap shirt over some of the others was because I really liked the scalloped panel in the back. Take your fancy little scissors and cut the back panel out. I left about a quarter of an inch next to the seam so that I could fold it under and get a clean line when I sewed in the lace.
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| Making the lace panel. |
Next I used the panel I removed as a template to cut out the lace I needed. It was super simple and I pinned it in place just to be sure. Again, I left myself some room to work.
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| A blurry photo. Silly iPhone! |
Oh yummy, my scissors are so smooth. Anyway, I'll post something about those later. Next I pinned the lace to the jacket and used my sewing machine to make it permanent! It gets a little tricky around the collar, so be careful and
use those pins! When it was all done, I cut away the extra lace and ta-da! An awesome shirt that cost me all of $3.50 and under an hour of work.
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| Me and my lovely lace & denim! |
It sure beats spending $60, am I right?
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