After slaving over a zillion costumes, I barely had time to put mine together. I didn’t want to spend a ton of time cobbling something together, so after looking through my closet and rejecting the old standbys (Zatana, Red shirt, 60s housewife), I decided to revisit my youth and transform myself into Wednesday Addams! I grabbed a black dress, black thigh high stockings, black granny boots, my Zatana wig, and then realized I needed one more thing — a collar! Sewing skills to the rescue.
Here’s a tutorial in case you want to make yourself a swanky detachable collar. Peter pan collars are adorable, so jazz up your outfit and sew yourself one or ten!
1. Grab a dress or shirt as a pattern. Find the center, place a pin to mark the center, then using tracing paper, lightly outline half of the collar. 2. Using the outline you made as a guide, shape the collar to look the way you’d like (make it pointy like I did, make it bigger, scalloped, what have you) 3. Using a ruler, add a seam allowance all the way around (I add a 1/4” seam allowance). 4. Do the same thing with the back side of your collar. 5. Attach the front and back pieces using sticky tape. 6. Mark your pattern on your fabric 7. Cut out your pattern from the fabric (x 2) 8. Optional, but recommended for a nicer shape: Cut out pattern from your interface (x1)
9. Iron interface to fabric 10. Attach fasteners to the fabric (hook and eye or ribbons, your choice) 11. Pin fabrics, right sides together 12. Sew all the way around, leaving a 3” or so gap for turning the fabric 13. Use shearing scissors to cut down the seam allowance, nip all corners, clip curves 14. Turn piece 15. Iron 16. Topstitch around the edge (optional) and then, TA-DA! Enjoy your swanky collar!
Hope you enjoy the tutorial! Toodles daaaahlings!
25/365: Frightfully Delightful Detachable Collar Tutorial
DIY Reversible Peter Pan Collar with Template Tutorial. Really easy to follow tutorial from FaSHionRoLLa here.
DIY Reversible Peter Pan Collar with Template Tutorial. Really easy to follow tutorial from FaSHionRoLLa here.
(via C&C: Nautical week: button up refashion swap) This is really amazing. I can’t believe this is the same white button-up!
Alexander mcqueen dress, 8.780 BRL
Norell silk dress
Red Valentino prom evening dress, £750
Twist dress, $50
TopShop three quarter sleeve dress, $96
Neon Hart tube dress, $90
Velvet dress, $90
Leopard mini dress, €26
Peter pan collar dress, $37
Tube dress, $22
