Here is another cardigan that I have been working on. My inspiration was this sweater from Forever 21.
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.
First, I cut off both sleeves and hemmed the edges. Then I removed the elastic from the bottom seam.
Next, I took the elastic that was in the bottom seam and sewed it to the underside of the back of the shirt. I stretched the elastic while I sewed so that it created a gather.
