Lacing Blazers
Lacing Blazers
Written by Jasmine Kroeze   
Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:37
blazer before

lace |lãs|
noun
• a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern
verb tr.
•To trim or decorate with or as if with lace.

ORIGIN [Middle English, from Old French las, noose, string, from Vulgar Latin *laceum.]

Taking a plain jacket and spiffing it up Blair Waldorf-style with contrast lace. By request for the gorgeous Shahlin!
What you'll need...

• A plain Blazer (This one is Sha's super cheap find from Country Road for 50 bones!)
• 2 metres of 1cm wide lace ($1ish per metre from Spotlight or an emporium.)
• Hemming Tape or a Needle and Thread or a Sewing Machine.

STEP ONE... pinned back

We need to decide where we want the lace; For Sha, I put lace around the collar and lapel, the centre front opening and around the main body hem

Pin the lace around the garment edges, starting at the point where the collar meets the lapel.

pin lapel

pin collar and lapel


STEP TWO... getting attached


Fold the lace underneath at the corners so we can get nice and tidily around that corner! Continue pinning the lace all around the garment.

Now we need to attach the lace to the garment. At Spotlight they sell ‘hemming tape’, a roll of sticky goodness, a kind of tape that you can iron on in between the lace and garment. The heat melts and glues it to the garment.

If you can’t find the tape, then either hand-sew or use your sewing machine to fasten it.

STEP THREE... finishing up

Keep attaching the lace around all the desired areas, for corners you may need to use stretch lace, it’s a bit easier to manipulate around. Secure the ends, and there you have your re-vamped jacket!

 collar area

finished jacket

Variations
• Use velvet, grosgrain or satin ribbon. Printed ribbons with spots look super cute too!

• Get crazy with patterns like Herringbone, Gingham and striped ribbon or binding.

• Attach the ribbon in different places, try around pockets, vents or sleeve hems
 

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