I wanted to participate in this “bold shoulder” trend but I
wanted to do something a little bit different and a little less
“bold” and still have some impact. I found these appliques
at Sussman’s Bridal and Costume Supplies on Queen Street
and a blazer that needed some jazz at a thrift store.
Here’s how I did it:

Materials:

• thrifted blazer
• appliques
• sewing needle
• thread
• straight pins or safety pins

Steps:

1. Find a blazer that needs pizazz, your local thrift store will have some.
2. Pick out appliques. I had trouble deciding on which ones would work well, so the sales assistant was nice enough to try on the different options for me so I could see how they looked! I paid $12 for both of them.
3. Pin them into place and then try on the blazer and adjust as necessary
4. Start hand-sewing! I just did a straight stitch all around the edge with black thread. You could also just tack your applique into place but be careful because your purse strap could easily damage all your hard work. You could also try to machine sew your design on but because of the shoulder placement it was easier for me to hand sew.
5. Done! Time to show off your diy skills!

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