Peterpan collars can turn your outfit from drab to effortless elegance.
Here's an extremely simple DIY you can whip up in less than 15 minutes.
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You will need
(these were just lying around in my house, but feel free to substitute and make this your own style)
- cloth (20x20)
- lace (40cm)
- string
- button
- cutout stencil
Now, time to get sewing!
Cutout a stencil (measure this against your own neck/template, as everyone has a different shaped body)
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Pin down the stencil, and cut around it
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Repeat, for the other side
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To ensure clean edges, I pinned down the section I wanted to sew over. Allow yourself a little bit of room, depending on how confident you are with a sewing machine
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Nice neat edges!
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Get ribbing, and grab a bit of ribbon and sew it down to the edge of the half moon shape
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Lace it up next,
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Here I let the two pieces of lace overlap after I sewed them onto the collar, as the button I'm using next is going to cover it up anyway
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And now I present you: Simple easy DIY Peter Pan Collar!
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i love this. can't believe you made it yourself!! teach me how to sew :( with a machine
ReplyDeleteoi rose! can you do a post where you wear the collar? :)
ReplyDeleteSure thing Helen! (: I've made a lot more collars, just need to get around to posting them
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