some time ago, i stumbled on a blog that i fell in love with in a split second… http://sleepwalks9to5.livejournal.com
her style, her photos, her occassional food posts, i was inspired. and then i saw this knitted heart skirt that kept popping up in her posts and couldn’t help but fall in love with it. supposedly purchased from gmarket, i combed the entire site for 2 weeks but still failed to find something even close… :(
i gave up searching for it on gmarket and decided to make myself something similar instead. i did it over a span of two days, but the effort was well worth it. i’m a very happy bunny with my “upcycled” bodycon skirt, so i thought i’d do a little diy tutorial in case anyone else wants to have a go at it :)
1. starting with a plain bodycon skirt, i used foam hearts to gauge the position of where each heart should be stamped. (see, i really did this from scratch!)
2. all hearts aligned! (i know i missed out two when i took this photo)
3. i used a stack of foam hearts, glued them together to get a heart “stamp”. painted white fabric paint on the heart and stamped where each should be. it’s quite a tedious process cos i had to re-coat the stamp each time. you can’t just “ink” it like you would with a stamp pad cos fabric paint is thick and it might get messed up.
after i had stamped all the hearts, i had to individually paint a second coat. you could skip this if you’re happy with them looking quite faint. this was the part that took up the most time actually. i had to be very careful not to mess up the edges when i was filling them in. *phew*
4. all done! :)
so there, that’s what i got up to during the easter weekend cos i made a pact with myself to not go clubbing during holy week! i’m looking forward to hitting the dance floor again soon tho… i hope you girls enjoyed this little “tutorial”!
till my next post, which will be very soon (like later today), tooooodles!
♥ jean
jeaninegabrielle.com 
cute! what a great project!!
thank you! do link back if you ever try this :)
Love, u cld use a stencil nex time:) it’ll help save u time
hmmm.. that totally did not cross my mind!
but it’d get messy, no? i mean depending on how large the stencil surface is the wet paint from previous hearts might get smudged all over… i’m sure there’s a way around that.. food for thought! i’ll keep that in mind for future projects! thanks for the idea :)
No prob;) but getting it a lil messy cld be pretty cool too …. I tried it out on my shirt for peacock feathers… u cld try it out sometime :)
Babe, what kind of paint/ink did you use? =D
Did the paint come off after washing?
Fabric paint!
It doesn’t wash off, have washed it a few times already :)