Here
is a fun tutorial! And font… trying something a bit bolder out because people
have been saying the other font is too hard to read, and I don’t want to hinder
anyone’s experience reading this delightful little blog! J Here is another sweater shirt refashion!!
I
have fallen in love with these miniskirts that look like sweaters; example
This
gorgeous number is from www.JimmyJazz.com, and is actually a really reasonable price. $9.95
for a pretty new sweater skirt, or free ninety-nine because you have a sweater
that you can refashion?? Um I think I will go with the ladder than you!! I have
this horribly fantastic sweater that I bought for an ugly sweater party….
Ain’t
she a beauty?? Well she may be awkward and slightly hideous but she was really
darn comfy, so I didn’t want to give her away. I honestly was never going to
wear it outside of my house in its original state ever…EVER
again, but I kept a hold of her in case something wonderful came to mind. After
looking at pretty clothes on the internet for inspiration to repurpose I
remembered Big Ugly (what I have kindly named this sweater)!!
So
here goes a basic transition from Big Ugly to Little Pretty!
First
thing you will need to do is lay out your sweater and grab some cutters.
You are going to chop the top of the sweater
off. Ok, right about now you are staring at the picture of the sweater and
wondering what in tarnation is going on with this thing.?!?!?!?! I know
right??? I couldn’t tell you what one specific design the person who made this
was going for, there are people, and
numbers, and the ABC’s, something that looks like award medals you would
win at the Olympics… Any who moving on!
I
found it easy with the stripes to line up with one closest to the armpits and
cut there. To make sure I cut evenly I used a long ruler.
Make
your slice,
and
then throw away the top… or try and invent a new fashion…
Yeah
I didn’t think so either!
Thankfully
with the material being knitted nothing unraveled and the edge stayed nice for
me while I sewed it. I used a zig zag stitch to give it that room to stretch
and move a bit.
Make your edge about a half an inch or so; it
really depends on how big your elastic is. I used a quarter inch elastic so I
knew a half an inch would be perfect. Make sure to leave yourself about an inch
opening so you can slide your elastic in. If you have one of those really cool
do-hickey things that help you thread elastic through hems, now would be a good
time to use it, otherwise you can grab a trusty ol’ safety pin like me!
Once
the elastic is in, sew the elastic together tightly and then close your opening
up. Voila, a mini skirt!
With
the weather being cold this is a great layering tool. Throw this skirt over
some leggings, with a plain colored long sleeve tee and a super cute scarf and
you will be Miss Fashionista!!
I
did happen to find a good use for this left over chunk of sweater…
it was cold in the craft room/computer room and I was too lazy to get up from
writing my blog and editing photos so I just grabbed the sweater top and my
vest and got cozy! Ha Ha Ha
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