I picked up this sweater at Goodwill.
I know. It looks terrible with the blue shirt I am wearing, but it has potential. I promise.First I snipped off the threads that were keeping the belt in place. I wanted to use the belt to create the two stripes on the sleeve so I tried bleaching it and redying it, but it didn't turn out so well. I ended up using white fabric I had lying around.
After trying to sew the fabric to the sleeves using the sewing machine, I found I had to hand sew them. (The sweater fabric is way to stretchy and you end up with a wavy stripes instead of a straight ones.)
Then I just picked up an appliqué at a fabric store and ironed it on. Super easy.
Here is my finished product. I love it and can't wait for winter so I can wear it!
After thinking it over, I decided to add some different buttons so here is the true finished product.
love it Darling!
ReplyDeleteLove it! (and I am definitely the one who showed you the inspiration ;) Are you going to add the gold buttons?
ReplyDeleteI thought about it, but the button holes are pretty small so I would have to get little brass buttons. I like it for now, but if I ever feel like changing it, there's always the option.
ReplyDeleteThat's incredible. I always see those Forever 21 sweaters and I always contemplate buying one, but they're way too expensive. Nice work :)
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