Lace! Whenever I think of lace I remember that crazy outfit Britney Spears wore a few years ago and I’ve been kind of turned off of the fabric (yes it’s a weird association, lace=Britney, but that’s just how my crazy mind works). Lately however, after a few vintage lace tops I’ve come to love the fabric and decided to play around with it for my DIYs. Here is a t-shirt that I added lace strips to. I hope you like it!
Materials
- Boring t-shirt
- lace strips
- sewing machine/hand-sewing skills
Instructions
- Cut off sleeves. This really depends on the placement of your lace inserts, if you want it below the sleeves you don’t have to take them off.
- Decide where to place your inserts and make t-shirt incisions… and measure unlike me (I had to go in and fix my crooked cuts).
- I wanted to sew the strips on top of the t-shirt so I placed them on top of the incisions to measure how long the strips should be
- Cut the strips and sew together at ends
- Attach the strips to the t-shirt. Place them on top of the shirt and sew straight on.
Gallery
I think everyone has funny associations with certain fabrics. What comes to mind when you think of lace?
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I just did the exact same thing to an old sweatshirt of mine but vertically. The horizontal lace insets look great (and I totally know what Britney Spears outfit you’re talking about – v crazy!).
Thanks! I would LOVE to see your version! We should collaborate on a post sometime!
another good idea! it looks really lovely on you.
This is also beautiful! I bought a pair of white lace gloves at Value Village a couple years ago and haven’t been brave enough / haven’t even thought about incorporating them into an outfit yet. Heh.
This is so fun! I’m just getting into lace and I think this is a nice way to ease into it. I have some shirts I love but doing wear them anymore.
I have to say it again, I love your DIY’s posts.
@Meredith, aww thanks! You’re a peach
@Crystal, thanks so much! Let me know how your version goes! @ShopTOLive did one with vertical strips so that’s another option!
Thanks for your comments everyone!
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I like the idea of crooked lines instead of straight. Ill have to try it that way and see if it would actually work.
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