Saturday 18 May 2013

Americano Americano

Hello! I feel like I've not blogged in a little while.. I spent last week down in Brighton, soaking up the sun,  exploring the lanes, making marshmallow and butterscotch pancakes (mega noms) and eating waaay too much spag bol! If I get round to it I might post about it! I say "if I get round to it", I spend most of my days in my pj's eating Ben and Jerry's out the tub. I really should be more productive.

Recently, I've really wanted a pair of the American flag style shorts as seen in Topshop quite some time ago, they are about £35. If I had that money to squander on shorts then suuure ting I would buy them, however I decided to make my own! You know me, if there is a way around spending money then I will probably try it. Unless it's theft, theft I would not try nor recommend.


I started off with a pair of old shorts that were originally jeans that I cut and then turned up. I bought some blue and white star print fabric as well the red and white striped from ebay. Both were really cheap for about a quarter of a meter, meaning that I spent no more than about £4/£5 on the making of these! That's abuot £30 cheaper than the Topshop ones!


All I did was measure up the lengths of the shorts, cut and sew the material on to them accordingly, literally couldn't be any easier. I might add some studs to the belt loops or try and distress the material to give it more of a 'worn' effect.

  
Tried to take some photos wearing them but they didn't really do them much justice! I wore them with a black chiffon collared blouse and a tan leather belt.  I think plain white vests look great with this style of short.

What do you think? Is this something you would ever try out?




25 comments:

  1. thanks for visiting my blog (:
    love your diy idea! you should make a shop selling stuff like this (:
    I couldn't afford the topshop shorts either so I may have to try this out!

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  2. i want those shorts too but i really did find them a tad bit expensive. i might try this as well :)

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  3. That's a great idea. I've been looking online for stars and stripes shorts or jeans but they are beyond my budget.

    Btw, thanks for the comment. Would you like to follow each other's blog? If so, I'm now following you; #22 follower. Hope you will follow me back.

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  4. sucha good idea!!! love it x

    www.rebeccamarywatson.blogspot.com

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  5. Very cute indeed. Job well done!

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  6. That's such a good DIY, they look amazing! x

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  7. Cute project!

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  8. These are AWESOME - you've done such a good job on this x

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  9. That is such a great idea. I think they came out perfect. I was thinking of trying it, but I was going to paint them. This seems like a better idea though.

    Sophia
    http://lasophialasophia.blogspot.com

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  10. They look so cool! I resent paying topshop prices haha O_O!

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  11. Great idea! They look amazing x

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  12. That you made that by yourself! :O Amazing :) It looks awesome!

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  13. I love your blog, what do you think of following each other?
    Kisses!

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  14. Great job again!!You have made such a successful change that the pants look fantastic and much better than the original one..Great ideas to do it yourself!!

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  15. Wow, that's a great idea! I love how it turned out :)
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  16. They came out great! Fantastic DIY :)
    xxx

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  17. Whoa, nice job with these. I'm impressed!

    Cindy
    Style Soufflé

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  18. such a great idea! i really want to try this on some jeans back pocket's as well, instead of paying the topshop price.

    lovely blog! xx

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  19. awesome job, girl!

    Check out my shorts DIY, you might like ;)

    http://anna-christinam.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-or-die-dreamsicle-shorts.html

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  20. Iovely pics... very nice short... check me out and give me your impression, I have a new post kisss http://leblogdelmmode.blogspot.com/

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  21. That's really cool. I wish I knew how to use a sewing machine..!

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  22. You are so talented, these look so great! I wish i had your creativity. I love the galaxy tote bag you made below aswell! xxx

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