//// The magpie does what the magpie does…
Posted on | March 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
Being a Scandinavian I should be natural born minimalist. But no… …I have healthy appetite for all things bright and shiny. And that appetite is well served with this current DIY project: the shameless knockoff of Dolce & Cabbana trinket belt. Unfortunately I ran out of silk satin ribbon before the elastic of the base belt was fully covered — and embroidering the crystals to the grosgrain ribbon is really painstaking work — so it will be a while before I’m actually sporting this. Sew-on rhinestones are awfully expensive — but fortunately I remembered having two rhinestone bracelets, both with broken locks so I just dissassembled them and now I’m reusing the stones in this belt.
Oh, and on my last visit to the local thrift store I picked up something that a belly dancer might wear. Lovers knot might be the least hip technique ever… …but somehow it works for this garment. Back to that later…
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March 16th, 2010 @ 3:04 pm
Oooh finish this fast please so I can learn from your mistakes! I’m thinking of using an existing wide ribbon belt from an All Saints dress I got in two sizes (extravagance…) but it needs some serious backing to be sturdy enough. I am still brainstorming over the bling bling side: I would like to embellish mine with some leather 3D shapes … but if I had to make them from scratch, the whole belt would probably NEVER be finished.
March 16th, 2010 @ 8:19 pm
Haha, will take a while! I’m still waiting the silk satin ribbon from e-Bay. And the first tenth of the stones is sewn in…
I suggest doing the elastic belt by yourself. Just buy some elastic and pick sturdy enough — and few hooks and loops or clasps. Just arrange the stuff so that the belt is entirely covered — and the fastening if you don’t like it!