Something Old, Something New.

So I had this clock for a while now, er quite a while cos I remember getting it around my freshman year so it has beeeeeeeen a while! Ok, and after many battery changes and all and probably getting better and more interesting clocks, I kept it tucked away until recently when I stumbled across it and thought to make it more useful to me.

I got some ankara fabric, and here's what I did - mostly, I got around doing this tutorial out of curiosity :-)

DIY - Fabric Notepad II

Hey!!!

So as you know already, I did a fabric covered notepad when I newly began this blog, check on it Here, for those teeny weeny details I didn't include in this post.When it comes down to it, it's basically the same thing though, major difference is, it's for a snapper with which you can close the book with sorta like a diary oh plus I used fabric stay here so that the fabric cover is thicker. Trust me, you'll love it!

 

DIY Petal Brooch

It's one of those days when I get really restless and my palms just get sweaty and begin to twitch lol! This happens most times, when I come across things I love or aspire to do, or stuff I'm just plain excited about (you know that feeling of when you see Victoria Beckham or Michelle Obama rocking some insane outfit or shoes or bags? It's kinda like that feeling only, when I see most pieces I go 'I'm totally making that!' More than I say 'I'm so buying that!' Lol, I do buy stuff don't get me wrong, I just get a rush when I create stuff myself).

Careful though! this is one colourful post!

Reader Tutorial - Statement Neckpiece

Hello!

So I got a mail from a reader/subscriber of this blog' called Omonike requesting me to do a tutorial on another subscriber's neck piece (Ogaga) from the 'Reader DIY' post sometime last year. I then got in touch with Ogaga to have her grace us with a tutorial of her lovely neck piece and she did! Well, I'll post it so you 'read from the horse's mouth' lol! Have fun!

DIY Sequin Top

Hello! Thought to share my just published Bellanaija DIY article with you before rushing off to church lol!
Check it out here

Hanny Y version

My Version

The Clipper Dress Sew Along

Pin Tuck Detailling - The Diagonal Pintuck

     Pintucks make for very fine and interesting detailing; so here's a moderately easy and quick way to create  a diagonal pintuck. Know this, you can use pintucks in beautifying  your clothes, slim fit your blouses, shirts, dresses etc, throw pillows/cushions ans lots more!

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Reader DIY!

It really gives me great joy to receive emails from readers of this blog, and even more so when they say that they have been inspired by the tutorials shown here, to create or make something, that absolutely makes my day! Today I'll be sharing DIYs by two readers, Bukola and Ogaga. They really are something! Bukola made her lovely ankara dress along with matching ankara bangles and earrings, while Ogaga made some lovely neck pieces!

Bukola

Ogaga

more after the jump...

please pardon picture quality....thanks.

Bukola's accessories

Bukola's dress

                                  
                                   Ogaga's neckpiece

Ogaga's neckpiece

  

Ogaga's neckpiece

aren't these brilliant? 

that's all folks, thanks for stopping by!

xoxo,

Onnari.

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How To Make A Fabric Bead

So I just got back from work about 20 minutes ago, and thought to do a quick DIY post as I've had this tutorial on my hard drive for a while now- yeah, I put together tutorials when I get the urge, and store them away lol! So straight to it, i'v got to get dinner! 

DIY Ankara Embellishment - Bring on the Bling!

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How To Make A Necklace Out Of a Safety Pin: 5 minute DIY

'Time is a funny thing, a decade can flash by in an uneventful second'

                                                                     - Carrie Bradshaw.

Following these 'oh so true' words by Carrie Bradshaw from Sex And The City 2, I couldn't help but make up my  mind to maximize every second of every minute of every day that God blesses me with, because if I don't  all i'll be left with would be regret, gloom and worry, and thanks to my temperament, I do worry lots :-( 

Anyways, to the matter at hand. I just whipped up a DIY while trying to figure out what to do with some left over safety pins I've got. I loove statement pieces, odd, strange and even weird accessories so I just had to with a neckpiece :-)

A picture speaks more than a thousand words, so i'll let these pictures do all the talking (translation real reason of course is that, I'm tired,sleepy, and it's 1:06am)

(please pardon the not so clear pics.)

 

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How to create a Princess Seam - Free Hand

Here's a quick and easy way to make a princess seam without using a pattern. This post came as a result of an email i got from a reader who wanted to know how to create one, while making a nicely fitted dress.This is a 'rush - post' so stay tuned for a more detailed post on the cut, sewing, and a completed dress with prominent princess seams, as well as definitions of the term 'princess seams'.

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DIY - How To Turn An Earring Into A Brooch

Hello guys! Had such a looooong and tiring day but it does feel good to be here after it all. Tonight i'll be sharing a quick and easy DIY I created over the weekend, (hope i don't fall asleep while posting, lol!) 

So I got this neck piece along with a pair earrings some two weeks back and looking at the earrings, for some reason I decided I wasn't going to wear them but turn them into brooches (please don't ask me why! :-))

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Oh Time! Where Have Ye Gone?

Here’s how you create a statement ‘bracelet’ in an instant… so less talk, more pics *grin*

Guess Who's Got A Magazine Article?!

So I got a weekly article on www.bellanaija.com and as a result of that, have been ecstatic for the past couple of days. For those of you who haven't visited the site yet, it is a media, fashion/style,entertainment (and looots more) online magazine and really popular I must say. My weekly article is a fashion/lifestyle DIY one (of course) and while it is so great to think about, I began wondering how I'd juggle creating DIYs for the magazine as well for you guys over here on my blog! I can't even keep up with regular posting! eeeesh! Anyways,  I wont fret. Its a challenge. God would see me through it all. I know. :-)

I'm posting before and after pics of my first DIY on the magazine, to read the whole article, please click on this link: 

DIY: Ankara Fabric Covered Notepads

Hello all! It HAS been a while right? Yeah I know…. However, I happened to whip up a DIY which would take less than 20 minutes on the average (well, if we exclude waiting for the glue to dry out, lol!)

So this DIY is about wraps – wrapping up our notebooks (not the ones with keypads and wires and circuit boards and things but the ones with paper, and a cover? Those ones) So having said that, let’s get to it shall we?

See updated post on making this notepad with a closure snap( kinda like a clutch) here : http://thatssewnaija.blogspot.com/2014/02/diy-fabric-notepad-ii.html

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Diy Tutorial - How To Make a Fabric Covered Button

If you are like me and need loads of fabric buttons to work pieces like bib neck pieces or other embellishments, but then own scores of unused fabric buttons which you would rather have a different fabric on, or then again if you haven't got a machine to create those buttons, this tutorial is for you. I'll be using both instances:

1. an 'unwanted' fabric button

2. a metal button to be converted into a fabric button.

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FALLen Leaves - Wall Hanging

This DIY project was created years ago, 2007 to be precise. I was actually inspired by fallen autumn leaves and decided to crochet a wall hanging with the 'leaves' in mind - only I couldn't crochet leaves and created flowers instead :-) It applies right? lol!

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'Ankaracstar' - Celeb inspired Denim/Ankara vest

Bend, Mend, or Spend???

So I have been seeing celebs such as Tiwa savage and Davido rocking denim and Ankara and being so sew naija at heart, I decided to do some justice to my Miss Selfridge denim vest. I actually have never worn the vest so it was up for the debate – ‘Bend (toss), Mend (reconstruct/fix), or Spend (splurge on a new one)?’. At this point, you should know what my choice was J

 

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DIY - Wire Ring

Hello all you beautiful people! I sure missed you and hope the feeling is mutual J the lack of posts were due to techie issues with my laptop as it decided to embrace the silly season for no just reason.  Anyways, now that ‘normalcy’ has returned let’s get to it – I have a quick DIY I whipped up yesterday thanks to my lovely friend Kizzy who came visiting from Abuja over the weekend. She came over to my place sporting a really cool ring and I knew I had to DIY It!

Here’s kizzy’s ring on her finger of course J

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