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Friday 18 May 2012

DIY detachable collar

This is one of my favourite DIYs yet. I was going to get myself a detachable collar on ebay, then figured I would save my pennies and make one myself. It's really not that hard...

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All you need is a shirt and scissors! I asked my Dad for one of his shirts, which he knew he wouldn't wear again - he has hundreds of work shirts!

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1. Open up the shirt and lay it down flat.
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2. Find the neckline seam, and use it as a guide to cut the whole collar off. Be careful not to cut the neckband in the process.
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And that's it. See - I told you it was easy! Now for the fun part :)

You can 'decorate' your collar however you like, but I chose to stud mine. Yes, I'm loving the studs at the moment, it seems!

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Will you be trying this out?

7 comments:

  1. Great idea! I'm going to hunt an old shirt out now! xx

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  2. Great post! I need to try this :)
    Kukee Blog
    Sil xxxxxx

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  3. Can't believe I've never seen this idea before. It's genius!! I always wear jumpers and think, this would look nice with a nice shirt underneath but never have any decent ones with collars! So this is perfect (: xx

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  4. It looks great, super easy! I might try this with one of my boyfriend's shirts.. x

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  5. I will DEFINITELY be doing this!! Such a great idea!! I have been looking for a deattachable collar to wear but I could just make one!

    <3Chelsea Elizabeth

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  6. That looks so good! I'll definitely need to try it out xx

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  7. You have done a fab job with this, I will have to add it to my list of things to do!

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