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APRIL 21, 2005 - Page 9 FEATURES Do it Yourself Fashion ... because there is a fashion designer in all of us. Spring is here and the weather is cooler than ever. Time to flaunt your body and design your own outfit, all at the same time. So grab a sweatshirt, some scissors, some string, a safety pin, and whatever your imagination requires, and get ready to make you own skirt and cardigan. [p.s.-this is for real1 ~First take the sweatshirt and ray it out so that it is on a flatsurface, such as a bed or table .• Then take the scissors and cut off the top part of the sweatshirt, about two inches below the sleeve, making sure it is a straight cut. -Take the top half of the shirt and cut it in the middle of the neck from the top to the bottom of the cutoff -Then, take the bottom half and cut two holes on the inside of the band within an inch of each other. These holes will be for the string, creating a drawstring so that the skirt can be tightened. -Cut your string at a decent length, at ~east three feet, so that it ca~ tie with ease: To create the drawstring effect, hook a safety pm through an end of the string and close It. -Send the pin through the whole, sending it through the hole by bunching the fabric up so that it makes it completely around the inside of the skirt. -Full the string out after it makes its way to the other side a.nd unhook the safety pin. -You've finished. _Now it is up to you and how far you let your imagination go. Want to get really creative. Got a bleach pen? You can use the pen to create personal messages and crazy designs on any fabric. Make sure you decide a message or a design you can live with, because once you press the bleach pen to your fabric, there is no turning back. _First, pick a message or design that you can live with. -Then, chose how big you want it and Y{hereyou want to place it on the piece of fabric. -Apply the bleach pen to the piece of clothing. -Tc create a whiter white go over the design a second time with the pen. _Next, lay the piece of fabric to dry. (Drying time could vary, it might take longer for the fabric to dry depending on how much bleach you used), _Last, make sure the bleach is completely ~rybefore you try to wash the piece of fabric, Taylor Hebden and Chanan Delivuk show or the bleach design will smear, off their homemade fashions - ATTENTION SENIORS SHARE MEMORIES IN THE SENIOR ISSUE Please completethe following survey and send it through Campus Mail to McDaniel Free Press Editors c/o L. Breslin, Writing Center in Hill Hall NAME: _ Emill: __ ~~~---- Phone # that you'll pick up: _ Briefly describe the following: . Your biggest accomplishment(s) during your tenure at McDaniel: Biggest lesson learned: Favorite memory: Favorite faculty/staff member and why: Farewell words to 'friends/ family / and/or the college community: THANK YOU, Feel Free to email your responses to freepress@mcdaniel.edu We are also collecting digital photos that document fun times during the year, Students walking in Red Square last week were greeted by Tai It would be great if you could email those too - Yim Kung Fu Lion and Dragon Dancers. The event was part of Diversity Week 2005 sponsored by the Office of Multicultural with information about who is in the photo and what is happening. Services and other organziations on campus. The week included other events like the Take of Asia dinner, Unity Day, several workshops, and a belly dancing group.