Cheekystitch

DIY Light Box on the Cheap

Speaking of ikea hacks, i found this DIY light box hack that Im totally going to do. If you read my blog you know I use a lot of Japanese sewing books, the issue is that they require that you trace the pattern you need. Because they put at least 5 patterns on one sheet tracing can be apain in the ass, heres where a light box can and will come on handy.

Baby changing table grows into light table.

Boris recycles his daughter’s old changing table into a lightbox. Love how it closes in a compact little thing.

“I made the Sniglar baby changing table into a light box. My wife, for a few years now, likes to practice sewing for our daughters. She buy a lot of books containing patterns she has to reproduce on white paper which she then uses to cut the fabric. It’s not easy to reproduce those patterns onto the paper.

As our youngest daughter is now two and a half years old, we do not need any more our Sniglar changing table, and I decided to transform it into a light table for my wife. I first thought to keep the table structure as it, but finally, I prefered to use the two level of the table to make one foldable table. I first fixed together the two vat with a long piano hinge. Then I stuck aluminium foil into the vats to reflect the light and I fixed four neon tubes into it. A few meters of cable later, I then closed the vats with two white and opaque plexiglass panels and that’s it.”

Via: Ikeahacker

Raven Burgos

Recycled Fashion: IKEA Bag dress made by parsons professor

I love Ikea hacker for so many reasons the first of which is that its hands on DIY madness that allows you to turn cheap furniture into functional less cheap looking stuff. This parsons professor turned the Ikea take home bag and created this nifty dress. Its not funtional but it makes you think dont it?

She says, “I fashioned the top of the bag and one handle as the neckline and halter for the top of the dress. Then I cut open the seams of the rest of the bag to make a backless, A-Line outfit. I sewed darts in the front and back to be shapely for my bust and back. I cut the long handles off of two more bags to create ties for the back of the dress. Waterproof and ready to tote!

Raven Burgos

Deep in Vogue: Another sewing blog to look at

I loved this jacket when I saw it, and was inspired by her shawl collar so much that I altered my Built by Wendy jacket pattern to include one 

The site I called deep in Vogue, designer/gorgeous girl V models her own creations like this mummy dress below, and sells some of her pretty Things online

Deep in vogue

Outsapop: DIY Recycled materials + fashion = trashion.

Outi offers super creative tutorials and DIY inspiration she writes 

"I´m a crafty fashionaddicted girl from Finland. I´ve studied clothes making and graduated in 2000. Nowadays I´m most into customizing clothes for myself. I started this blog to share all the DIY inspiration and recycle fashion ideas I find online and my own DIY fashion"

Visit :outsapop.com

-Raven Burgos

Christina Hendricks is my new Muse: Totally unnecessary and gratuitous photo montage

frank-la-riviere

I would gratefully build anything around this woman. Dark, Chic, and Playful,

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Pinky Diablos Cheap Art for the masses: Silver skull and animal spoons

Urin Goblet is pretty gross too bad it sold

I really love dark silver jewelry, things with a little but of grime. Check out Pinky Diablos skull spoons.

Pinky Diablo

Raven Burgos

Stripes are all right: Snappy Japanese man makes my day, quiver

Look at this silver fox . I want to have this mans fashionable babies. My womb is both willing and able. This outfit inspired me to paint light grey vertical stripes in my  bathroom, the paint hasnt dried yet but I'm sure it will be awesome.  What the fuck is he made of MAGIC?

Via Sartorialist

Going over to the DARK SIDE: Trend Alert!

Every where I turn ( ok many blogs I frequent) seem to have acquired a taste for black. As an underemployed  city dweller who rents i have a small apartment and not a lot of money to make some fo the improvements or purchases I think would  improve my space. Recently I moved and decided to paint my doors a high gloss black, next is Zebra rug. Check out my apartment inspiration

Pretty cool right?

How To Make a Hot summer Tunic: Modern Fit Chic Cynthia Rowely Pattern

Tunics are in this Summer and I want to snatch up this Simplicity Cynthia Rowley pattern 2584 to make 4 different tunic styles

CynthiaRowley

Raven Burgos

GO Fashion Tribes wear the color, Spring Color Inspiration

im a huge fan of large all over prints, Lately i have been living tribal african prints, i saw this outfit pull at fashiontribes, a fashionblog site i used to write for. below is a picture of a clutch i made with similar fabric in blue

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