Made By Lex

This was an order for a refashion I did yesterday. I love the way it came out and think it would make a great holiday dress with cute jewelry and heals, but it would be perfect in the summer with casual sandals, too.

I started with this plain black jersey dress. My client, Morgan, from Pepper Design Blog wanted it shorter. So I took 7 inches off the bottom.
If you don’t have extra to work with, get a 1/4 yard from the fabric store or use an old T-shirt. Cut the long piece in half and ruffle it.

Pin it beginning from halfway on the back of the strap around the front…

…all the way around the neckline and down the middle. Notice I’m pinning it inside out so once it’s sewn you can flip it over without seeing the seam.

Here’s how it will look after you stitch it in place.

Do the same to the other side.

Then take another piece of jersey, double the length of the bodice top.

Ruffle it down the middle.

Pin it down the center of the shirt in between the other two pieces. Stitch it in place.

Here’s how it looks!

And here’s the back. I love how it creates little flutter sleeves.

I want one for myself!

Here’s a simple way to updo a shirt that I did for an order this week. I got black jersey that I ruffled into strips. Then I pinned it into little rosette shapes.

Attach more until they are in random swirls on the shirt.

Here’s how many I did on the side of the sweater. After pinning it well, stitch in place.

Now you have a unique and much more exciting garment!

I also added a small one to the pocket on the opposite side.

Right now I am knee deep in Christmas orders and Christmas presents. So this month I will be doing lots of creating, just not too many tutorials because of my very limited time. But I will be posting all my creations still. I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas season!

This is an order I did last week. I love the varying tones of blue. I’m not a big color person, but I loved these together!

Don’t forget there’s 15% off the shop this week!

I went through the girls shirts the other day so frustrated by all the stains! So here are some ideas of ways to cover them up!

I did a draping collar and added these silk rosettes on a removable pin.

While getting this one to photograph, Giselle dumped chocolate milk all over it. So here it is, stains and all!

It’s a big flower in a silvery/white fabric. It’s sort of like my Marjorie top!

A simple silk bow.

Brown on brown jersey ruffles.

And, finally, a dusty pink draping neckline with a little jersey bow.
Now they’re good as new!!

Here are a few shirts that I’ve revamped the past couple of weeks. This is one that I did a braided details then intertwined them in the middle.

Here’s the braided detail at the collar.

Then I stitched it in place. It took a really long time but I love the look of the result.
I was inspired for this one by the cliffs of the beach we were at last week. I love all the linear, wavy ine in the rocks.




Here’s my sis modeling it for me.

A side view…

And the back view wrapping around the shoulder.

This one is super detailed and very bold.

It’s many pleats in various widths and lengths.
Here’s a side view.

And from the other side.

I’ve had fun working on these in between my orders. They were all a new and different direction for me so it was enjoyable!

Hope you all have a great week!! More tutorials coming soon!