Diy spats

Make Yourself a Pair of Simple Spats or Gaiters: This is a fairly comprehensive tutorial on how to make your own pair of spats or gaiters, complete with pattern drafting. This is made with people of a low to moderate skill range in mind and uses inexpensive materials found around the house. Please…

Love those boots but getting a little bored with the same old, same old look? Try updating your old boots to make what look like new ones or take the ones you no longer wear and turn them into planters, vases or door decor. Whether you are looking to make a statement with those cowboy

Zip On Victorian Spats for Boots

I spent today's public holiday at home tidying up my crafting stash and found more stuff I need to decide what to to with them. I stumble on some of my unfinished steampunk ensemble; i.e. the one sided spats (as mentioned in this blog entry). So I decided to push myself to complete these spats... ... just to realised that I lost the pattern (pfft!), so I decided to start from scratch. I pinned 2 pieces of fabric to fit my ankle & traced on 1 side only. Then, I cut up the outline for the…

Make Yourself a Pair of Simple Spats or Gaiters: This is a fairly comprehensive tutorial on how to make your own pair of spats or gaiters, complete with pattern drafting. This is made with people of a low to moderate skill range in mind and uses inexpensive materials found around the house. Please…

Hello world, Upon a few requests over at Threadbanger, I've decided to put together a quick tutorial for the spats I made to match my she-tails: Apologies that I don't have pictures of the first couple of steps - I began making this pair before I decided to make a tutorial! :) Materials and tools Main fabric - at least 1x0.5m Lining fabric - at least 1x0.5m Matching cotton thread Iron-on interfacing Elastic - 2x 10-12cm lengths; use thin elastic, like 5-10mm width Method 1. Download Thank…

With Spring right around the corner I’ve been eying my favorite skirts and dresses and looking forward to getting a chance to wear them comfortably. I whipped these little legwarmers up to he…

These are the measurements I need for custom spats.

This is a DIGITAL PDF DOWNLOADABLE pattern and tutorial of steampunk inspired spats. This is a basic spat pattern, specially designed to fit the leg properly without any wrinkles. This project is not for total beginners, good skills in sewing are needed, but this pattern can be used by everyone as a basic pattern to create your own spats. The pattern comes in 4 sizes. All seams are included. Your purchase includes two files: 1 - spat pattern in A4 format. 2 - colour photos for full step by…

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