Oh she back. So I've seen a couple of really cute things on Aritzia,
obviously can't quite afford it. First thrift flip of 2020. You remember when I thrifted
this jacket and it was perfect? It still is perfect and I wanted to
turn it into a quarter zip instead of a jacket. And then last week I found this.
Also I realized that because I want to add a pocket, a kangaroo pouch in the
middle, I don't have enough material to take from this already semi cropped
jacket and turn it into a pouch. And then I also have this fitted top that I'm
gonna turn into this style. So yes let's go. The plan is to add a cuff to the
sleeves, hem it, so crop it about this much I say and
then also take whatever remainder fabric I have left and turn it into a kangaroo
pouch. This already has pockets inside which means that there's extra fabric
underneath. This fabric doesn't really fray which is great so you just sew
along that raw edge to finish the hem. Finish the sides of your pocket first
before putting it on your sweater. Now I'm going to sew top to the end of the
seam and also zigzag stitch close to this hem. So for the sleeve, pretty simple.
I'm going to use an elastic that is measured around my wrist. This is the
perfect time also to shorten the sleeve. Perfect because the sleeves are
kind of crusty anyways from being worn in the past, and sew along and leave a
little bit of an opening so that we can thread our elastic through. For the
sleeve, I'm gonna zig-zag stitch it. This is my mom's I stole it. I call it the
elastic fisher. And then finish the rest of the sleeve. Like, I could live in this.
The sleeves I feel like we're a necessary thing to do. It's just if you
see the before versus this this just looks like it isn't a pajama. It adds
volume to the sleeves as well which makes it look finished. I'm so
happy so now we got to do the next one. This piece is fitted in the sleeves
already, fitted around the waist. I don't have to make any other adjustments
otherwise. I'm going to fold this top in half just to make sure I have it in the middle. So the
waistband from the front is different from the back. It's more curved in the
front, but then in the back it's straight. The thing that worries me the
most is that when you cut fabric like this and then you roll it over and
stitch it down, there's a potential for it to get wavy and not sit right. I think
what I'm going to do instead is cut close to the edge and then use whatever fabric I
have left of the waistband and such to make a facing. Take one edge of the shirt
I only have three little bits of scrap material left. I'm going to, on the right
sides, place them together and sew along where
this black outline was. So now what I'm going to do, now that these are nicely
folded, is roll it under. And I don't know for some reason even if you can see that
the sleeves are raw edges so because I don't want to add to the bulk of it, I'm
just gonna roll it once and then I'm going to top stitch around here, around
the neck, and along here. So the waistband actually doesn't have a raw edge it's
doubled up. If you have the extra fabric it's actually a neat trick. So match the
side seams together first, and sew just the top layer so after that you have
your waistband attached. But just like the neckline I'm going to tack it down
one more time. So after putting this on surprisingly the waist is loose, so I'm
gonna take the waistband out and take in a lot. And also I think I'm gonna crop it
out a little bit more because right now it's neither here nor there. So this is
the final product. The fit of this is much nicer as you can see if I hunched
my shoulders, which is a very natural posture of mine. You know when the fabric
bunches up cuz it's too loose and then if that was a boob you would see all the
boob. So I hope you guys enjoyed these two DIYs for you and if you recreate it
please tag me on instagram @letitiakiu also I am on TikTok. I post short
versions of DIYs, thrift trips as well as other videos so you can find me there
and I'll see you guys next time. Bye! In this time I also got a haircut so...
Stefan didn't notice but I think y'all would