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		<title>skull &amp; crossbones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know Saturday was National Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well, I certainly did. Celebrated by going to the local Renaissance Festival during their pirate weekend. I even made this ridiculous get-up just for the occasion.


I&#8217;ve been wanting to do my own cut-out shirts for awhile now, so I did this one as practice [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know Saturday was National Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well, I certainly did. Celebrated by going to the local Renaissance Festival during their pirate weekend. I even made this ridiculous get-up just for the occasion.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-276" title="pirate 1" src="http://fashion.wen-wen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DSC_8575.jpg" alt="pirate 1" width="400" height="424" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-275" title="pirate 2" src="http://fashion.wen-wen.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DSC_8577.jpg" alt="pirate 2" width="400" height="538" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to do my own cut-out shirts for awhile now, so I did this one as practice and learned a lot about how I should be cutting the shapes, what drapes and how, etc. I sketched out the skull and crossbones on some scrap paper, then drew the design on with a wash away fabric marker (the pastelly kind). I cut away the design with fabric scissors, then applied no fray liquid to all the edges. Once it had dried, I cut more precise lines into the now stiffer fabric at the edges. After, I sewed a layer of thin mesh beneath the holes (use a sewing machine, otherwise it&#8217;ll take too long if you&#8217;re doing it by hand, because you have to think about where the holes of the mesh are). As you can see, (or hopefully can&#8217;t), I cut the bones of the crossbones too wide, and they gaped downwards even after I&#8217;d sewed in the mesh layer. I ended up just safety pinning so that they were more of a bone shape and hoping that people would just think I was going for the punk look. I&#8217;m planning on doing a couple more of these (one with a spine on back/ribs in front, some other ideas I&#8217;m keeping under wraps for now), but if anyone would like a more detailed tutorial with pics, just let me know so that I can document the process whenever I attempt a project like this again..!</p>
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