Instagram - October Round Up

October! We've mainly been busy with our Alexander McQueen inspired coat DIY but there's a few other things going on at the same time.  Check them out: 

From top left going across the rows:

1. Not a DIY but a funky little necklace we just had to share.

2. The start of our Tom Binns inspired DIY necklace.  We'll be blogging the finished project in the coming weeks.

3. The toile for out Alexander McQueen inspired winter coat DIY using McCall's M6800 sewing pattern.

4. Cutting out the fabric for out McQueen inspired M6800 coat DIY, it took 5 metres of fabric and a few hours of cutting!

5. The bold and beautiful lining fabric for our McQueen inspired M6800 coat.

6. Hair chalks, the non permanent way to DIY your hair.  A little messy to put in but well worth it if you can't commit to a permanent colour.
7. Charity Shop Haul, three new dresses for work for under £20. Yay.

8. The construction of our McQueen inspired winter coat.

9. Halfway through the DIY of our McQueen coat. What do you think so far?

 

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Love,
F*2DIY4 x
@fashiontodiyfor #fashionDIY

Pattern Hack/Review: By Hand London Georgia Dress Babydoll

As you know by now we are huge fans of By Hand London's Georgia dress pattern.  We reviewed the pattern for you and took on our own hack of it, resulting in these two beautiful dresses:

One of the reasons we just had to buy this pattern was because of the gorgeous babydoll pattern hack over on By Hand London's Blog.  We thought it was about time we put it to the test.  You only need to extend the back bodice piece to make the bow and make a circle skirt instead of the skirt with the pattern.  They even provide an app to work out the circle skirt for you so you don't have to calculate it yourself. How neat is that?!

The instructions on the blog are as easy to follow as the ones in the pattern.  We were very impressed with the result and if you have the Georgia dress pattern then you must make this version of it too.  Just look at the results:

Love,
F*2DIY4 x
@fashiontodiyfor #fashionDIY