Made By Lex

Updating Simplicity

I love simple T-shirts. I love simplicity, period. But I’ve been trying to challenge my creativity by taking simplicity to a different level. So I wanted to make a t-shirt with simple lines, but that had different constructed pieces to add interest. I came up with this top, the one I paired with my black pants.

Here’s a close-up of the front.

Next, the side. In retrospect, I would have like this line down under the elbow. Live and learn.

Finally, the back,

I used my dress form and my tape to create different pieces. Then I cut those pieces out of the fabric and pieced it together.  It was like putting together a puzzle.

In other news, I’ve finally gotten my act together and am offering personal  styling services now! It’s something I’ve been unofficcialy been doing on the side for a while but am thrilled to publicaly be doing it. For more info, visit my new button on the sidebar!

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Recycled T-shirt Clutch Tutorial

I used this clutch tutorial for the Delish issue I was a part of. But I wanted to re-share it here on my blog because it’s one of my favorite clutches to use and it’s a totally “green” project.

Grab an old or new t-shirt. I thought this newsprint one would be cool.

Cut the part that you want to use for the front of your clutch into randomly sized strips.

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Aqua Bib front Top Refashion

Here’s a refashion that’s super easy that adds a lot of texture and interest to a plain top!

Here’s How:

Cut some strips of fabric. Mine were about 2.5 inches wide.

Ruffle them on each side of the strip.

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Loose Fitted T-shirt Tutorial

I got a lot of questions on how to make this simple shirt:

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Mama’s Got A New Dress

Who needs a pretty new dress?
Let’s get started with an easy tutorial with things you probably have laying around.
I started with an old T-shirt and a yard of coordinating fabric. Originally I was going to use an old men’s shirt for the skirt part, but this fabric matched too well to not use it.

Find your natural waist line and cut the shirt at that point. Save the scraps!

Then I cut out a few more scraps. I cut out a piece from my skirt fabric and a piece of coordinating cream chiffon.

Now, I knew that on this T shirt adding a lot of detail would weight it down a lot. So I added a piece of lightweight interfacing to the inside of the shirt. Read more »