Today I altered a sweater to wear. I've done that before (remember this one?), but I learned something new from the Adventures in Dressmaking blog. Suzannah turned the sweater inside out & pinned it while she was wearing it. Brilliant! With the last one, I pinned it, turned it right side out, and tried it on again several times. With Suzannah's method, I only had to pin & sew! Easy peasy! Since i'm tall, I need long sleeves, but then many sweaters are boxy in the body if they are long enough in the sleeve. With this quick & easy alteration, I went from this...
to this...
in under 15 minutes! Now I have a great everyday zip front cardigan. It's much more flattering in person, and I wear this sort of sweater daily.So, what have you been working on? Feel free to post pics of your finished recycled wool projects on my Facebook page!
4 comments:
Such a small difference takes it from boxy to feminine. I have the same problem with sleeve length, but I need to lose some belly before I attempt this. Maybe in 30 pounds. :D
Lovely! Hey, did you ever finish that wool blanket?
Molly, I have a belly myself. I just didn't make it too fitted. I just made the shape more hourglass than square.
Anudja, I have had so many smaller projects lately, that the blanket's been on the back burner. Thanks for reminding me! I'll work on it some more this week :)
you have no belly crazy lady..so proud of you as always..your blog is awesome and so are you! dust
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