(sewing machine rumbling)
- Oh,
ha, ha, ha.
My needle just freaking broke.
(upbeat music)
- This is the denim jacket I'm going to be upcycling today.
- I'm very into a loose, baggy
denim.
- This is my YouTube next up jacket.
And when I first got it, I said,
"Oh, it can't say blueprint DIY without being DIY."
That makes no sense.
- If you know me, you know how much I love sewing
and how much I love a good DIY project.
So today I'm gonna take this massive denim parka apart.
- This is my jacket.
I've had this jacket for a number of years
and I don't really wear it.
- I am an upcycler at heart.
I already have like a million different ideas
I want to do to this bad boy.
- I feel like this while it is sort of,
blazay has a lot of potential.
- I like that the jacket is oversized.
I just don't like that it's kind of boxy.
- There's so much space at the back.
I can do so much to make this unique and really special.
- Quite old, the color especially has like this stain.
I could change it into something that I actually love
and want to wear by upside.
Now, I just got to figure out what I want to do with it.
- I really liked the white
because I think I want to tie dye this.
I pulled out my tie dye box.
So with your wet item of clothing,
if you want to do a scrunch kind of tie dye,
you can kind of bunch it up and then rubber band it,
and you can start dying.
These bottles are just grill sauce bottles.
Got it at Walmart for like fifty cents.
So let's test this out.
I kind of like that.
I don't want to get it too much in there
because I do kind of want a lot more white to show through.
I don't love it.
I don't hate it.
I think we will go back to the drawing board
and kind of see what other colors I can use on it.
I think it's getting there.
I think I'm going to put a little bit more black in it
and then we'll rinse it out and dry it.
I think I don't like the white stitching on it.
Maybe paint on it and do some floral work
and stuff like that.
- I was thinking, just cut it in half, flip it inside out
and just attach it back.
Have an edge frame right there.
That would be amazing.
I like to collect the chains
off of purses that are just completely trash.
I have my jacket laid out
and I grab a ruler
and I'm measured across just to make sure
I get a straight line.
There's no turning back after this.
Once I cut it, it's cut.
I have to take this and I have a date with some bleach.
It's not really tie dye, I just wanted to splotch it.
I have a mixture of about a half bleach and half water.
So let's see how this goes.
Everything is washed.
This is how the bleach effect came out.
I really, really like it.
This is exactly what I wanted.
I use my sliver of soap to mark off,
right where the buttons were.
And then I just kind of laid out these islets
to see how far I wanted them apart.
All I need to do is cut a circle right on the X
that is as big as the circle here,
then put this through.
And what it does is it flays the edge
of the little piece with the knob.
I'm going to go ahead and add some chain.
And if you're like me, the first time you did this,
you put the islet a little bit further
from the edge of the denim.
Now just make a little snip
in the denim and you'll be able to get the ring on there.
- I'd love to turn this into a statement piece using
like a color block, sort of patch work technique.
I have the metallic thread in the machine now
and I'm starting with the zigzag stitch.
I'm going to go over some of the stitching already made
in more metallic thread.
I'm sewing onto the pocket right now,
a little piece of turquoise spandex fabric.
And it was actually the remnant from a vintage swimsuit.
I tried to be as zero waste as possible in my design work.
Just really looking forward to using up as many scraps
as possible.
So after doing a bunch of the stitching
I got this like random idea that I was like,
"Hmm, I kind of want to add touches of paint to it."
I think it'll just make it a little more artsy and eclectic.
And I've already taped right here.
I didn't have the proper tape, but I'm using what I have
on hand.
So it's going to have to work.
I'm hoping that this kinda gives it more
of a geometric overall vibe.
I already have like random shapes that I've used.
I'm about to, sew this one next, and then I have more strips
that I'm adding momentarily.
So piece by piece.
- This jacket can't remain a jacket.
This puppy has gotta make a huge glow up
final forum type transformation.
It's final polka evolution.
It's got to become something completely different.
And to do that, what I think
I have to do is I've gotta seam rip the heck out of it
so I can see how much fabric I've even got to work with.
Also it'll give me enough time to think up something
cause I've got no ideas so here we go.
So that's done.
Pieces that I think our workable are definitely,
the back is my largest piece.
That's where I'm the most area to work with.
And the sleeves,
I think also have a pretty good amount of space
to work with.
What I'm gonna do is
(table banging)
a bucket hat!
I've always wanted a bucket hat.
I've never gotten one because I don't know.
There was some like weird stigma about it and it was basic.
But look at me, I'm basic and I'm fine with that.
Everything's cut.
It's time to bring in the big guns.
(sewing machine whirring)
- I have a brand called zero waste daniel,
where everything is upcycled.
It's all unisex and gender free.
So anyone can participate.
We're gonna make a little galaxy.
These are some of the colors I'm going to use from this jar.
I'm here at my sewing machine
with all of my fabrics behind me.
I keep my special applicate fabric sorted by color
in different jars.
And this allows me to think almost more
like a painter than a designer.
So I can pick the little pieces
and little accents that I need to make my jacket amazing.
For this particular piece, I'm gonna add a pair
of my creation hands, which are inspired
by Michelangelo's creation of Adam from the Sistine chapel.
And it's going to be about the idea of creating waste.
Why are we creating waste?
Why are we the only species that creates waste in the world?
But it's a conversation piece and a conversation starter.
So it should be beautiful and interesting.
And I'm gonna make little galaxies
and mosaics and put them all over this jacket.
The last element in this design is gonna be
some little handmade abstract solar flares.
- The fabric is beautiful.
There's a lot of it to work with.
And I really think it can make such a stunning little dress.
Why not reinvent the jacket
and make it into something completely different.
That's what I do.
The first thing I needed to do was get rid of the lining
so that I could actually get to the denim
and see what I was working with.
I then use my seam ripper to carefully open up
all of the seams,
so that I could get all the pattern pieces laid out flat
and know exactly how much fabric I had to work with.
After I've drafted my pattern on my dress form,
I then take my ruler and go in
and start perfecting up my pattern
and really getting all the math right
to make sure that it's going to fit properly.
Now that I've cut all my pattern pieces out,
I can start assembling this little mini dress.
Pressing your seams nice, flat and beautiful
is so important to make your project look professional.
I'm also going to reuse the zipper from the parka jacket
and insert it into the waist of the mini dress
so that you can unzip it and wear just the top
or just the skirt.
The last step is to add this band
that I'm reusing from the parka jacket,
as a detail on the top of this mini dress.
- I'm kinda new to the DIY thing.
So I don't really know what I'm doing
but I do have a lot of creative bones.
So we're going to see what happens.
So I'm trying to cut
but I don't know if my scissors are sharp enough.
I'm gonna have to like really MacGyver this.
I'm just cutting above the pocket because it's easiest.
So I've cut the jacket.
I think adding the gold spray paint will give it more
of an edge.
This is a vintage broach that I thrifted.
I'm gonna pin them in different areas.
And then I also have like regular buttons.
My friend Kayla made these amazing buttons
for black lives matter.
This uneven hem is kind of distracting me a little bit
of monist.
I might just add some cuts to the bottom,
just adding a bit more texture. See.
- I'm going to spice it up.
I do want to show a little bit of skin with this baby
and we're going to make it really creative,
a little bit more flashy.
As you can see it kind of just go for it.
I very rarely actually measure,
my eyeball game is like on point.
So why measure?
As you can see bam, two pieces now
and this is exactly what I was picturing for the top
and leave this as is we don't need the back of this roll.
First thing we're going to do is cut the back off.
So it's cropped his bad boy straight across
above this button.
We want to bring this down just a little bit
pull that over and pin it in place for now.
So we want this to be folded over.
So a little bit to add reinforcement
and you take this excess materials cut from this side.
Like I said, I don't measure, but you can measure.
We have this strip fold this over.
I'm gonna cut this.
I'll take this and I will fold it in half.
And that's going to create the loops.
This is going to lace it up.
Now, all I have to do is head on over to the sewing machine.
And sew these loops on, sew this top edge down
the tube top is all sewn.
And all I have to do now is lace it up and I'm good to go.
This is gonna be so freaking cute.
- I had the right idea since winter's around the corner
to kind of make this winter-esc, winter-esc.
First thing I'm gonna do is double check
if I can really use this pattern I made
cause this is the part I'm most worried
I'm going to mess up.
I don't want to make the back awkwardly small.
I just want that curve.
It's all a little bit up a little bit.
This is going to be fun guys.
I have everything pinned up.
I'm just gonna sew it together
and then we can get to the furry parts.
I am starting off with the back of the jacket,
just because I want to paint here.
And I also need it to fully dry before I can do the rest
of the jacket.
So starting from the back.
I'm gonna paint a mini me on the back of this jacket.
And I'm gonna add a black dress
and add some of this trim to the bottom of her dress.
And I also have this.
I stole it from my mom.
So hopefully she doesn't miss it.
And then I'm gonna paint on a head and the neck.
I don't know, they don't paint arms and legs too.
If I paint legs, I can add shoes.
I painted the queen at the top.
I'm about to rhinestone them
so that they really blink and shine.
This is where we're at with the back.
I am so happy.
I already started jeweling the dress.
I like to make these sparkly.
It's 2:30 AM, I just couldn't sleep.
So I figured I might as well bedazzle.
I am working on her eyes.
I came up with the idea for the front and I'm so high.
I took these and broke them into pieces.
So I can put like a little patch here, a little patch here.
(enchanted flute music)
- So I took a white jean jacket
and I dyed it with the green,
then dyed it with a little bit of emerald green,
put some gray and black dye in there,
colored in the stitching, crop the bottom off
and painted these little flowers.
- I am
so
excited
with how it turned out,
did a little bleach tie dye to the bottom,
threw it in the washing machine to let it fray
and then added eyelids and chains.
- Upcycling is a way of self expression
and also a way to contribute to saving the planet.
I look forward to wearing this around town
and telling people that, "Oh yeah, I actually made that."
- I really like this upcycle cause it let me keep a piece
that was special to me, but transform it
into something that I'm going to wear much more often
and I like, heck ton more.
This is what it looks like after it came out of the wash.
As you can see it frayed those edges that we left unsewn.
- This is my new upcycle denim jacket.
It's a one of a kind piece
instead of being a plain boring denim jacket,
it's now a one of a kind creation and galaxy jacket.
- I am so excited about the way
this little mini dress came out.
It's hard to believe this cute little thing
came from that giant parka.
- This is my finished product.
I love it.
I would wear this to the grocery store right now.
I think they go really well for fall, or like
with gold jewelry or gold accessories
- For this upcycling project,
I knew I wanted to maintain the denim jacket feel
and the long sleeves, but I had to have some cutouts
and show just a little bit of skin.
I could also pair this top jacket piece
with other bikini tops or bralettes or halters.
- This is my first upcycle.
And I'm really happy with how I came out.
I love the sleeves and how soft and fluffy they are.
I styled it with my red thigh high boots,
because if you look under the collar,
you see that peep of red and it matches.
I love the way the darts kind of brought in the jacket
around the waist.
And I'm definitely looking forward to wearing it.
- I painted a character on the back that's super glamorous.
And I used two pieces of fabric that I've had
for a while to add a lot of glitz and glam to her dress.
Then I added pearls around the border
to make the picture really pop out.
And I painted on the queen
because that's what this character is.
On the front of the jacket, I added a lot
of the same fabric that I used on the back for the dress.
I added that as pocket embellishments
and painted the same color onto the front of the pockets
that I used on the back of the jacket.
And I put my name Viv in crystals
because there's no harm and more sparkle.
And as a last touch, I added a lace on the sleeves.
I absolutely love this jacket.
I can't believe how good it came out.
(upbeat music)