On an embellishment spree

A denim shirt is a denim shirt, is a denim shirt. Ah denim. No wonder Yves Saint Laurent rued over not being the man who invented blue denims.

My friend brought over another shirt. A denim shirt. To be honest, it didn't really need a makeover. The interesting collar and cut made it a classy piece on its own. Not to mention the lovely colour (I have to admit I was secretly jealous of the shirt when I first saw it). So even if I wanted to do something to it, it had to be subtle and complement the shirt and not take attention away from it.

A pre-production selfie of sorts

Hence these tiny rectangular brass beads, which were used in moderation so that it wouldn't look as if my friend was choking to death as a result of all the embellishments going around her neck. 

To achieve this, these miniature storey poles were stitched in a haphazard manner around the collar and cuffs. Its great when you don't have to stitch following a rigid definite pattern; makes things so much more simpler.

Have to put in a good word for the invisible thread. It can do wonders! You don't have to worry about coordinating the colour of the thread with your clothes because, well, as the name suggests, its pretty much invisible. It's usually used for shoes and coats but I have been happily using it up on cotton clothes. 

A big shout out to the guy who invented them.

About half an hour later...

Denim shirt gets a makeover. Big thanks to the barley stems in the background for being such amazing background extras.