I see you and I tremble

I tried the oraora style again, with the help of Lizzie's post. The back-combing was... an interesting process, but I think I got some of the flares in there, and the duality of the hair color I have helped, I think. Feedback, yes? <3

D.I.A DIY: Faux Fur Denim Skirt and Leg Warmers (with Tutorial)! PICTURE HEAVY

As the title states, I finally got around to doing a(nother) D.I.Y! I've been cleaning my room and trying to re-arrange it like crazy in order to not have to deal with the vacant spot where Mew's home was; That led me to stuff all his items in my closet for storage and then I saw a couple piles of jeans that I don't use. I don't go out a lot, so I only really ever use one or two pairs really. I decided that since I'm on a mini vacation because of the YMCA being closed for cleaning until the 5th, then I may as well do something to occupy my time.

I have high hopes for this, considering that this is the bottom part to my outfit to the Brand New concert I'm seeing with my dearest Kiki Wiki~! I may have mentioned her before, Katie, she's into Gyaru but never really knew about it til we talked, so I just have to give her that final push OwO!

Once again, I'm taking my inspiration for DIY from DIA. I don't use a lot of jeans anyway, so it's the perfect item to destroy modify into a new fall item. Of course, I'll still modify them so they're not an exact replica by adding or omitting a few things here and there. 

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS D.I.Y. PROJECT

○ OLD PAIR OF JEANS, ANY DENIM FABRIC COLOR

○ APPROXIMATELY 35 INCHES OF FAUX FUR FABRIC, COLOR OF CHOICE

( THIS DEPENDS ON YOUR OWN SIZE, I'M AVG. SIZE SO IT'S BEST TO HAVE EXTRA )

○ SEAM RIPPER AND SCISSORS

○ EXTRAS DEPENDING ON THE LOOK YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE

( I.E. CHAINS AND PENDANTS )
○ JEWELERY MAKER PLIERS (THAT YOU CAN CUT CHAIN WITH)

DETAIL: THE 35 IN. FAUX FUR IS USUALLY THREE STACKS OF 12X15

DETAIL: USING BLACK AND SILVER CHAIN SINCE THE JEANS ARE BLACK

AND THE FAUX FUR IS WHITE. I SUPPOSE GOLD WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TOO.

DETAIL: THE DECIDING FACTOR IN CHAIN COLOR I.M.O;

TWO SILVER CROSS PENDANTS FOR EACH SIDE
*I DECIDED TO LEAVE THESE OUT FOR MY OWN BUT YOU CAN ADD YOURS!*

DETAIL: SEAM RIPPER, FOUND FOR VERY CHEAP AND WORKS GREAT FOR THIS

STEP .001: TRY ON YOUR JEANS AND MARK WITH A NOTICEABLE MARKER

( OR IN MY CASE A WHITE EYELINER PENCIL ) WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE

SKIRT LENGTH TO BE AT. AFTERWARDS, MEASURE 2.5 INCHES FOR SEAM

ALLOWANCE IF YOU'D LIKE A HEMMED SKIRT. IF YOU PREFER A FRAYED SKIRT

LIKE ME, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO THIS...

STEP .002: USE YOUR BEST, SHARP SCISSORS TO CUT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE

FOLDED JEANS. TRY TO MAKE THE LINE AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE...

STEP .003: IGNORE THE EXTRAS FOR NOW, YOU'LL NEED THEM FOR YOUR LEG

WARMERS :). FOR NOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR OWN, SOMEWHAT LONG,

DENIM SHORTS. NOTE: YOU COULD OPT TO DO SHORTS INSTEAD OF SKIRT IF YOU'D

PREFER, AND ALONG THE ROAD, YOU'LL PROBABLY WISH YOU HAD DONE SO IF

YOU GET AS FRUSTRATED WITH THIS AS I DID XD.

STEP .004: TURN THE SHORTS INSIDE-OUT AND TRY TO ALIGN THEM THE BEST

THAT YOU CAN. YOU'LL HAVE TO DO SOME CUTTING HERE SOON!

STEP .005: GRAB YOUR HANDY DANDY SCISSORS AND CUT OUT THE CROTCH.

YOUR BEST WAY TO DO THIS WILL BE BY FOLLOWING THE SEAMS CLOSELY.

STEP .006: TURN THE NOT-SHORTS-NOT-SKIRT-EITHER OUTSIDE-IN AND YOU

SHOULD GET THIS EXACTLY... A NON-EXISTENT TRIANGLE IN THE FRONT PART

AND THE CROTCH PART IN THE BACK STICKING OUT...

EDIT: YOU'LL NEED TO CUT ON ONE SIDE OF THE SEAM IN ORDER TO HAVE THE

SKIRT NOT STICK OUT FROM THE BACK. YOU'LL NEED TO CUT ALMOST ALL THE WAY

TO THE POCKET ON JUST ONE SIDE.

STEP .007: SET THE SKIRT ASIDE FOR NOW AND GRAB THE LEGS OF THE JEANS!

YOU'LL NEED TO TRY THEM ON AS IF THEY WERE LEGGINGS IN ORDER TO

DETERMINE WHERE YOU WANT THE LEG WARMERS TO START. MARK THAT

WITH YOUR MARKER AND MEASURE THE 2.5 YOU NEED AND MARK THAT ONE

FOR SEAM ALLOWANCE. CUT!

STEP .008: YOU SHOULD HAVE THE NOT-SHORTS-NOT-SKIRT-YET ITEM ( x1 ), THE

SOON-TO-BE-LEG WARMERS ( x2 ), AND THE EXTRA DENIM FABRIC (x2).

STEP .009: IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR EXTRA DENIM FABRIC,

USE THE SEAM RIPPER AND TAKE OUT THE SEAM SO THAT IT'S ONE WHOLE

PIECE FRONT TO BACK. YOU'LL NEED THIS FOR THE NEXT STEP...

STEP .010:  WITH THE EXTRA YOU JUST WORKED ON, SLIP IT RIGHT UNDER THE

TRIANGLE SHAPE. ALLOW ENOUGH SPACE SO THAT IF YOU DON'T REALLY SEW,

YOU HAVE ROOM FOR MISTAKE, OR TO REINFORCE ONCE YOU USE THE

SEWING MACHINE. YOUR CHOICE...

STEP .011: CUT OUT THE TRIANGLE SHAPE AS NEATLY AS YOU CAN TO FIT THE

SHAPE OF THE SKIRT. ONCE DONE, FLIP THE SKIRT INSIDE-OUT AND START TO

PIN THE FABRIC FROM THE BACK SO IT DOESN'T MOVE WHEN YOU START SEWING.

STEP .012: SEW THE FRONT PART TOGETHER SO THAT THE FRONT BECOMES

COMPLETE. IT'S NOW TIME TO WORK ON THE BACK...

 

NOTE: REFER TO STEP .006! THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE BACK.

STEP .013: SEPARATE THE SEAM YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY RIPPED OUT. THIS WILL

GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH FROM BEHIND...

STEP .014: FOLLOW THE ARROW! THIS IS THE NEXT STEP TO SEWING THE BACK

SO THAT IT DOESN'T STAND UP ON ITS OWN WHILE WEARING IT. IDEALLY, IT

WOULD END WHERE THE TWO POINTS ARE AT THE BOTTOM, JOINING THEM

TOGETHER.

STEP .015: YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS IF YOU FOLLOW THE STYLE
ON THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, AND ATTACH IT AS SO~ YOU'LL NEED TO DO THE SAME

THING FOR THE LEG WARMERS AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FAUX

FUR YOU HAVE LEFT.

STEP .016: GET YOUR LEG WARMERS READY!

STEP .017: GET ONE OF THE EXTRA DENIM FABRICS OUT AND A RULER OR A

STURDY PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU CAN TRACE WITH.

STEP .018: MAKE A LINE THAT YOU CAN CUT THROUGH SO THE FABRIC IS STRAIGHT

AND CUT THE EXCESS PART FIRST.

STEP .019: MAKE ANOTHER STRAIGHT LINE APPROXIMATELY 2.5 TO 3 INCHES

APART. YOU'LL NEED THIS TO BE AT A DECENT LENGTH DEPENDING ON WHAT

YOU'LL BE ADDING TO THE SKIRT AND LEG WARMERS.

STEP .020: AFTER YOU CUT THAT DENIM STRIP, YOU'LL NEED TO SEW IT FROM

THE INSIDE OUT SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE "TUBE".

STEP .021: GET YOUR CHAINS READY! YOU'LL NEED TO CUT THEM NOW.

STEP .022: START CUTTING YOUR CHAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THE

SAME LENGTHS FOR WHATEVER AMOUNTS YOU'LL BE ADDING TO YOUR SKIRT

AND LEG WARMERS. I CHOSE TO DO THREE DIFFERENT LENGTHS; ONE FOR THE

SILVER CHAIN AND TWO FOR THE BLACK CHAIN (LEG WARMERS) AS WELL AS

FOUR DIFFERENT LENGTHS; TWO SILVER, TWO BLACK (SKIRT).

STEP .023: CUT A PART OF THE "TUBE" SO THAT YOU CAN ATTACH YOUR CHAINS

TO THE INSIDE OF IT. THE BEST WAY TO GO ALONG WITH THIS IS TO JUST ATTACH

THE CHAIN TO ONE SIDE OF THE TUBE FROM THE INSIDE, RATHER THAN SEWING IT

SHUT.

STEP .024: STARTING WITH THE SKIRT, ATTACH THE CHAINS TO THE "TUBE"

CUT-OUTS YOU HAD AND SET THEM IN THE ORDER YOU WANT. SEW THOSE FROM

THE MIDDLE ONLY ONTO THE SKIRT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO

BE PLACED. I CHOSE TO HAVE MINE WHERE ONE OF THE POCKETS IS.

STEP .025: GET THAT EXTRA FAUX FUR OUT! THE NEXT STEP IS TO COVER THE

UGLY LITTLE "TUBE" CUT OUTS WITH THEM SO THAT IT LOOKS NICER AND MUCH

MORE ... ELABORATE XD.

STEP .026: YOU'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS

FOR THE SKIRT. YOU CAN PICK WHICHEVER SIDE TO PLACE

IT ON, AS WELL AS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D LIKE TO DO A

SECOND SET FOR IT. I CHOSE TO JUST HAVE IT ON THIS SIDE.

STEP .027: FOLLOW STEP 22 TO 25 FOR THE LEG WARMERS TO GET THE SAME

EFFECT. NOW, THIS LOOKS TOO PLAIN, DOESN'T IT? THE NEXT STEP IS TO ATTACH

A FUR BALL ONTO IT! (WHICH I GUESS IS CALLED A TRIBBLE, IN CORRECT TERMS).

STEP .028: YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE TWO OF THESE FUR BALLS, SO FOLLOW THE

DIRECTIONS OF THIS GUIDE. DEPENDING ON YOUR DRAWING SKILLS, YOU CAN

FREEHAND THE CIRCLE PATTERNS, OR YOU CAN USE SOMETHING AS A BASE.

TA-DA! THIS IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT FOR THE SKIRT AND THE

LEG WARMERS. THEY'RE COMFY, WARM, AND TRENDY! ENJOY!

Now that that's over and done with, I did take pictures of how it looks, and different angles to appreciate it better. I tried on these pieces with a monochrome agejo-like shirt I had in my closet and of course one of my favorite necklaces, the black cross Tutuha-like necklace. I hope this tutorial helps you all if you're interested in making this yourselves!