Made By Lex

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!

I was really intrigued by this shirt. To say I loved it wouldn’t be fair, but I thought the idea was cool. But I also thought maybe it wasn’t so figure flattering. But I gave it a go.

Here’s my sister showing it off for me.

Instead of going fairly straight down like the J. Crew version, I draped mine over more….

… then pulled it around the side to the back. I love when things come around the side. I think they are more slimming. And I love this shirt as a vest- like top. I’ve actually worn it a few times already and really like it!

Once again I fell in love with another J. Crew shirt.

So here’s my tutorial on how to create the look yourself. I got this T shirt for 99cents at Old Navy. I got a taupe colored silk and cut it the width of the trim. I fray checked the ends so it wouldn’t fray too much. Then I pinned it in place, folding over some pleats for more color depth. I kept it random and not too symmetrical.

Stitch it on on both sides of the fabric.

Now to make some flowers. This part is very much about experimenting, adding, taking away, moving, etc…. So I’ll show you how I went about it but you might have to make your own changes.
I got this cream crepe-material and cut four small pieces in random shapes.

Lay them on top of eachoter.

I then pinned it on to the shirt, off center, and gave it a few quick stitches in place. I held the shirt up after I pinned it because I wanted it to fall over on itself, and yet still hide the neckline.

I then cut out three random circles from a cream colored silk.

Place them on top of one another.
Then grab them by the backside center and mold them to the shape you like them. Then I hand stitched this together then attached it to the shirt.

I got another strip of fabric, ruffled it and made this flower and attached it.
It’s about getting slightly different textures, putting together flowers in slightly different ways that make it look multi-layered. Adding three of the same flower wouldn’t nearly have the same effect. I also added a couple stands of silk ribbon.

Here’s my sister showing it off for me.

Here’s a detail of the flower piece.
I love it with this outfit. The leather jacket makes it a mix of soft and hard and wearing it with skinny black pants and flats makes the shirt pop even more.
I hope you’re inspired to create your own version!