Embellished collars are everywhere at the moment, from lace to beads, updating plain shirts and blouses across the country.
If you’re the financially challenged sort like myself then you may have noticed that the price of having some bling on your collar is somewhat more than the less shiny variety. And I just can’t bring myself to pay for something that, quite frankly, may a) fall off in the wash and b) I could make myself. So I decided to make some subtle but effective changes to my new Matalan top, seen here before I took my scissors to it.
eBay is a wonder for buying small craft things if you can’t get to a haberdashery, and is sometimes cheaper than a bricks-and-mortar shops. I got 20 of these spikes for £3.09, and also in the pic are my dressmaking scissors which don’t completely ruin the material when it’s cut into.
The spikes are like mini screws with a flat back, so it was as simple as marking on the collar where I wanted to put the spikes and snipping a tiny hole to push it through.
As the top is very busy, I didn’t want to put too many spikes on the collar, so two on each side did it.
What do you think?
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