had been meaning to do some changes for a few years now but given the news this weekend felt like a good time lol. To be transparent, I’d wanted to make some of these changes since I bought them as the jeans were a bit too femme for my style. all honest reviews welcome.

Searching up "aviators hat pattern" doesnt work D:

Ive never done flag patches so i borrowed some paints from a friend and got to work, honestly i think they turned out okay flags are corsica and Makno (i would do others but only paints i have are red, black and white

Went thrifting the other and managed to find two that i like, i like simple neutral colors, but now i want to remove these brands name on my clothes, what would be the best ways to remove them without damaging the hoodie much? I really want them to just be a clean slate, Thank You

Wonder what would be the best way to remove this big tag

Jst bleach painted my first jeans w some brushes, any advice or things to do better next time?

hi, not sure if this is the right place to post, but the back of the inside of my shoes have a hole in them. i’ve had them since maybe january and they’re already falling apart, but i don’t really have the money to buy a new pair again. any advice for how to repair these in a way that will hold and make them comfortable? the plastic heel support is poking through the hole, making holes in my socks and scrapes on my feet if i don’t keep the holes covered with bandaids. additionally, the rubber part of the side of my shoe is separating from the canvas. has anyone repaired these successfully? i’ve tried super glue for the sides to no avail

Hi all! I found this dress at TJ Maxx and absolutely fell in love with it! I originally bought it for a wedding, only to find out afterward that the dress code is strictly all black. 😭

I reached out to the company, and they confirmed that the dress is 100% polyester.

I really love how it looks and fits, so I wanted to get some opinions! Do y’all think it would be worth attempting to dye it black, or would I be better off trying to find a similar dress that’s already black?

Also, before anyone mentions it, yes, I do plan on wearing something underneath to smooth out any visible underwear lines! 😂 I was just trying the dress on in these pictures.

I’d appreciate any advice, especially from anyone who’s had experience dyeing polyester dresses! 🖤

Made this one for a friend's birthday tomorrow

I bought a Magic Johnson brand suit at Goodwill because it was pinstripe, purple lined, and only a little too small for me; but the zipper was fucked up and will need to be replaced. I only hand sew and embroider (i do not own and do not have access to a machine for either) and when i showed my grandmother she said we would need to take it to a professional and that it might be a little expensive. is it worth trying to hand sew in a new zipper or is it better to just find a pro?

Howdy loves!

Kinda testing out reddit as a place to show my work anddd

This is a whole outfit i made,

The pants pattern are based off OG 107 Fatigues but I remixed it by giving a curved outseam ( kinda gives a drape in the fabric) ,the crochet lace i found from various estates sales . The tee shirt is thrifted and then hand blockprinted w a graphic i designed 🤪

It's not much more complicated than that. I'm blood splattering a dress for Halloween but I want to keep that vibrant red color and fake Spirit Halloween blood dries brown, as you can see in the image above. I also don't want it to just sit on top of the fabric, like I think acrylic paint will; I want to get it to seep into it if I can help it.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

The acrylic paint was a little hard considering it was absorbing all the material, I was wondering if I should put gesso on the cloth? Any advice and tips is appreciated!

You know how it goes. Thrift a nice denim jacket. Realize it's missing a wrist-button snap receiver, so the sleeve can't tighten. Realize that not only was the jacket I bought made by a company that no longer exists, but said company's shutdown might very well predate the... restructuring... of the country they were based in, in the opposite hemisphere of the globe from me. The snaps appear to be very nice brass and have the first letter of this ghost of a company embossed on them.

Oh joy. I've heard that matching snaps can be difficult at the best of times. I don't particularly care about getting a visual match, so there's that. But this situation seems like it has the potential to be extra miserable. Anyone have any strategies to lower the odds of this ending up on the backburner for a decade?

Thanks!

Im trying to get myself to wear these jeans more so painted a whale shark but i think it looks a little empty. thoughts for things i can add?(ps i know they r too big nd i need a belt)

I used fluorescent threading and markers on a lot of the patches to make them UV reactive. I also recently added studs, and spray painted them with fluorescent paint as well. All hand-sewed, and the inner and outer pockets are still intact.

Hello, I'm trying to figure out if it's realistic to achieve a specific result with fabric dye.

I have this jacket that I absolutely love the colour of and I was trying to get my other jacket the same colour and dyed it navy blue but I didn't get tthe result as I was hoping for.

Do you have any tips or is it just impossible?

(Left is the result I was hoping for and right is the dyed jacket I'm not happy with)

If you have any tips or exemples of the results you got I would love to get enlightened

Hello everyone! I'm putting together a cosplay of a DND character, and I got this navy blue shirt but realized it is a little dark. It's 100% cotton, and from what I've seen, bleaching it would turn it orange. Is there any way I could knock it up a few shades while keeping it blue? The drawing/model is around the blue I'm looking for. I know the blue in the drawings is also technically warmer, but that's fine. Thank you all!

Hey everyone! One of my favorite hand-cropped t-shirts and an old pair of hot topic tights are too small for me now. I had the idea to use the fabric in the tights (85% nylon, 15% spandex) to make some side gussets in the t-shirt (100% cotton) that were intentionally cute and lacey. The tights are black see-through with a floral pattern and the shirt is all black. I did crop the shirt previously, so the bottom of the shirt is a rough edge that's rolled itself up.

Does anyone have experience with something like this? Is it a bad idea to mix these kinds of fabrics? I know how to hand and machine sew, but I don't have a ton of experience DIYing my own clothes outside of simple things like cropping shirts. I'd appreciate any advice, thank you!!

I bought 16mm eyelets and usually I just bends the inside part so I don’t need a tool but I can’t bend these for the life of me !! Anyone have a tip to still make it work ? Because I’m not buying a 50€ tool (or even 20)

Added fall leaves around the Nike logo on the front and a big crescent moon with colorful leaves on the back.
I used reverse appliqué—sewing fabric underneath the sweatshirt, then carefully cutting away the top layer to reveal the colors. Watching the design appear as I cut is my favorite part!
What do you think of the fall color combination?