Friday 10 January 2014

From Bedsheets to a Dress (DIY) | 52 Factorial

 Dress is DIY | socks, shoes and bolero are thrifted | necklace c/o Merrin & Gussy

OKAY, so I know that I said in my last blog post that I was wearing my favourite dress ever... I think we might have a dress to contest that. Partly, I think this one is now my favourite because I made it out of $5 second-hand bedsheets and I kinda can't get over the thriftyness of that. I also LOVE the print and the colours! And guess what - I did indeed film the entire process, so I might even have a youtube video up in the very near future (UPDATE: If you're looking for how to make this exact dress, then go here to the video I made)! By the way, I have a new youtube channel - the username of my last one which I chose when I was 15 was irritating me to no end, so I decided to simply start fresh.

Other parts that I love about this outfit are the velvet bolero/shrug, which I got from the same op-shop as these bedsheets and is also handmade, as it didn't have a tag and none of the seams have been serged with an overlocker. I'm so happy to give it a welcome home. If my handmade stuff ever ends up in an op-shop, I hope it'll go to someone who really appreciates it! Also, you probably can't see it in the photos, but my socks are sparkly!

Yesterday, while QI was playing in the background, I kinda had my mind blown. I did have to fact-check this first, of course (as I recommend everyone do when watching this show - though most of the stuff is accurate they do like to exaggerate...). But it's true!

Basically, whenever playing cards have been shuffled they are, in all (near) mathematical-certainty, put into an order which has never existed before since the beginning of time. The order of cards is defined as 52 factorial (8.07^67), which, as Stephen Fry says, is a number so large that if each star in the Milky Way had a trillion planets, each with a trillion people who had been shuffling a trillion packs of cards non-stop 1,000 times per second since the Big Bang, they would only be repeating shuffles right about now.

And that's why maths is cool.







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22 comments:

  1. Holy cow those were some cute sheets! And now a cute dress, I can't believe that pattern!
    I used your tutorial to line a smock dress of my own, it turned out pretty good!

    Rachel

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  2. Who needs ModCloth when we've got you for ideas!
    Seriously, SO CUTE!

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  3. omg I love your dress; so cute! This is why handmade stuff is so amazing because you can use unique prints like that :-)

    xo
    Francesca

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  4. I love this, well done!! I always look out for awesome patterned stuff in charity shops to use as fabric, but I've never tackled making my own dress! You should be super proud, it is awesome.


    chloe
    www.bythelock.com

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  5. Oh my gosh that dress is so perfect.If you'd ever have your own dress line I know I'd be all over it. OUT OF BED SHEETS. That is amazing. And yay, new vid! I recently watched your wig review vid and you sound so different than I imagined haha.

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  6. I am agog! Love how recycled + thrifty this is! Not to mention gorgeous material + very skilled dress-making! If I were a Victorian man I would tip my hat.

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  7. I love your new dress. I think this is my new favorite dress too :) I wish I could have skills like yours and I love how you posted this on my birthday!!!! I really wish I could get one of your dresses I just love them :)

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  8. I love Stephen Fry so much!

    That's a cute dress and I can't even imagine how cute it would have been as a duvet cover! I bought a 60s duvet cover to make a dress but I can't bear to cut into it haha!

    Becky
    xx

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    1. I bought bedsheets & a duvet set, and I actually want to keep the duvet on my bed! In fact, I thought it would be extra great because I could wear my dress, lie on my bed and be TOTALLY camouflaged... haha.

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  9. You look absolutely stunning, I can't believe you made that dress! It's perfection. Also I love QI so much, so glad I'm not that only fashion blogger out there that does. That was a great episode too :)

    Kaylee

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  10. Woo. That maths things is so crazy. When you think of all the casinos in the world shuffling away with their shuffling machines and the idea of it being unique every time. It seems impossible. But there you go! I look forward to seeing the tutorial. I had a dream about sewing last night and as I havent done any in ages it is a sign I should go do some!

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  11. You've got a lot of dress with cute pattern! it's why I never get bored of seeing and reading your blog. I'm looking forward your tutorial for this dress ^^

    http://petitecovered.blogspot.com/

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  12. I love the patterns you have! Those are definitely adorable bedsheets! Who knew you could turn them into dresses (:

    Yuen @ The Craziest Paradigm - a 'lil bit of rust & stardust

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  13. Well! It's really very cute dress. I love your idea and dress. This dress touch my heart. You have done good job. This is good pattern for dress. I must try this pattern for my dress. Keep it Up and keep sharing good post.

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    1. ...Bedding Wholesale UK?
      really?
      When I made my dress out of bedsheets?
      Haha

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  14. can you please tell me how much meters approx is needed for this dress? it would be so much help as im looking to buy some material but have no idea how much meters :( please respond x

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    1. It depends on your size. And the length that you want your skirt to be. 2 metres is usually enough for anyone though!

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  15. LOVE this! 'specially the tea cup design! I'm on the hunt now for tea cup fabric to make my own dress with this tutorial. Just to confirm, you don't need stretch fabric to make this dress, correct? Thanks! Great stuff!

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