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| Remember when I said I had a serious pile of clothes to refashion for this fall/winter? Well here is another one. This is a sweater that I bought a while back and while I love the color and the fact that it is super comfy. I hated that it had the turtle neck. I mean I love the look of turtle necks but I always feel like they are choking me, and they make my hair really staticy ( I doubt that is even a word) They just aren’t my thing, but I bought it anyway cause I always think I will make it work, and I don’t. So I changed it. (and you have to totally excuse the various colors in the pictures I took these late at night since that is when I did this.) |
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| So first I turned the sweater inside out and folded the front and back so the side seams matched up. Then I cut off the neck. |
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| Then out of the neck I cut neckline pieces. |
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| I connected the neckline pieces to make a neckline. |
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| Then since I wanted the lining to be on the outside I pined right side of the collar to wrong side of the shirt (you could to right sides together if you want it on the inside) Then sew along the neckline. |
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| Turn it around to the outside (or inside if that’s how you roll) and top stitch it down. |
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| Then I added some ruffle lace trim in three layers around the neckline. |
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| Finally I added some sew on studs to one side of the neckline for a little asymmetric action. |
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| That’s it. It took all of about 20 min and I had a whole new sweater. |
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| It’s really hard to take pictures of myself… It’s not my thing but here you go.
So go make over a sweater, it fun. and if you want more fabulous ideas for making over sweaters you should check out Grosgrain Fabulous. She is doing embellish knit month and they are awesome!Enjoy! |
Sharon
Very pretty!
Britta
Wow, I love it. You are way braver than I am at tackling new things. You diffently inspire me!!
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I love how you did the neckline on the outside. So much easier than the traditional way of doing it. I’m saving this technique in my idea file for sure 🙂