DIY Day of the Dead: Part 2 – The Accessory
To complete our Dia de los Muertos inspired Halloween costume (see the sugar skull face paint tutorial here), we’ve adapted the traditional veiled flower garland headband associated with the Mexican … Continue reading
DIY Day of the Dead: Part 1 – The Face
We’ve found ourselves at a bit of a loss these last couple of days… Everything has gone to print (aaarrrgggg!), designs for the next collection of sewing patterns have been … Continue reading
DIY gathered skirt
Observant types amongst you may have noticed that here at By Hand Studios, we love making skirts. A quick project with infinite possibilities, minimal drafting required (omitting wiggle skirts of … Continue reading
DIY Fluo Breton
We all love a good Breton, non? Nice and stripy, goes with pretty much everything, pretty much anytime. However… we here at By Hand HQ are a little bored with … Continue reading
Circle skirt maths – explained!
∏ = 3.141592653589793238462… How many times in Maths class did/do you ever wonder when in the hell you’d actually need to know equations like this in real life? Well, to … Continue reading
DIY flannel skirt
With Autumn just around the corner, my thoughts have been turning to the cosy end of the style spectrum. In a bid to expand on my usual Winter uniform of … Continue reading
DIY hand chain
Of all the wonderful DIY bracelet tutorials out there, making a dainty hand chain (a delicate chain bracelet that continues over your hand connecting to a ring) from broken necklaces … Continue reading
DIY Galaxy print t-shirt
We’re ba-aack!! And so good it is too to be back! We’ve been getting some last minute relax done before things get really wild as we prepare to launch our … Continue reading
SIY Shopping tote
Knowing that youz lot have probably been hanging off the edge of your seats wondering what we went on to make with that awesome FluoAztec fabric, we’ve put together a … Continue reading
Adventures in fabric painting
*This post is brought to you in association with the kind folk at Bamber Sew, who very generously provided the fabric paints featured in this post. Thank you Alan, you … Continue reading
DIY dipped hem tank top – take 2
Being such a quick and satisfying project, I decided to hack up another old vest and give it the DIY dipped hem tank top treatment! I bought this top purely … Continue reading
DIY dipped hem tank top
For those of you lucky enough to be experiencing an actual Summer, as opposed to us Londoners who seem to be stuck in some kind of dreary climatic Groundhog Day, … Continue reading
