I have a pullover sweater that I really liked and remains in fairly good condition.
I am sporting some mom curves since my son was born and many of my garments don't fit the same anymore.
I decided to take this pullover and give it a new purpose - a cardigan.
How did you do that, you ask? Well, I am glad to share with you how I changed a pullover sweater into a cardigan and how you can too.
You will not be able to button the cardigan closed with this method but I rarely button my cardigans anyways. I wear them to keep my arms and shoulders warm.
Steps for the transformation:
- Find and mark the center line on your sweater. If the sweater is too bulky to mark a line you could always do a hand sewn basting stitch down the middle of the sweater by folding it in half and sewing on the fold.
- Cut two lengths of ribbon or double fold bias tape. The length should be the same length as center front plus an extra 1/4 to 1/2 inch at the top and bottom.
- Now, the scary part. Cut the front of your sweater on the line.
- Clip or pin the ribbon or the open side of the double fold bias tape to the good side of the sweater along the cut edge.
- Fold in the top and the bottom extended portions of the ribbon/tape.
- Sew 1/8 inch seam allowance from the cut edge.
- Fold the ribbon/tape to the wrong side of the sweater.
- Top stitch about 1/4 inch from the sweater's edge making sure that you secure the ribbon/tape to the sweater.
You can add embellishments to your sweater. You can sew on buttons along both sides of the opening. I added some embroidered details to the collar area.
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| Embroidery design is Flirty Filigree Neckline from Embroidery Library |
And there you have it. A cardigan, formerly known as, a pullover sweater.
2 comments:
This is great and it looks like it could be done in short period of time with little to lose (and a new sweater to gain!). I will let you know when I try it.
Thank you Susan for your comment. I look forward to seeing your upcycled sweater.
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