Orange navy and white are divine.
A friend of mine recently asked how to fix sweaters that were too short. I suggested adding a peplum (ie that ruffled thing attached to the bottom of the sweater).
This sweater was originally way too large. BUT, it only had buttons and an opening to the middle of the sweater. See before.
So I cut off the sweater below where the buttons ended and used the extra material to make a peplum. I also added a braided navy and white trim to the edges and made loops along the button line.
1. Cut off extra material of sweater to end of button opening.
2. Cut off 3" from the bottom with the hemmed edge. Cut into two equal pieces.
3. Gather the 3" material of both pieces.
4. Make the ends curved.
5. Attach to bottom of sweater. Note: I resized the sides and sleeves.
6. I also made the sleeves shorter. To do this I cut them at the elbow.
7. Then cut off the hemmed edges of the end of the sleeve and reattach to new sleeve edge. Note: be sure to do this step before you resize the width of the sleeves so that you have enough hemmed cuff to reattach to the new sleeve edge at your elbow.
8. Then place embellishment as you would like them on the sweater and sew in place. Done.
44 {comments}:
Beautiful! And I'm not even a fan of orange. :)
Wow! Totally inspiring!
So cute. And you always do such a remarkable job of styling your shoots.
this so nice!:) beautiful!!!
OH! This is my favorite one yet, and I have loved all of them.
so cute, where did you get theskirt and those shoes...also the shoes similar that you were wearing yesterday with the blue sweater???
My old High School colors! yay! :) well done, as always. :)
Gorgeous! Love the skirt (dress?) too!
Oh I love orange and navy! My old college roommate always thought I was crazy to combine the two.
This knit-re-do is brilliant. I have loved them all, but I would never of thought of this.
That is beautiful! :) Love the color combo too. :)
Adin B
You are unbelievably talented!
Okay this is my favourite. This is my sort of holiday outfit. I would NEVER have seen the potential in that garment. In awe.
Love this one! Is that navy dress from express? I love it :) I couldn't pay the $80 for it at the end of the summer...it was part of the inspiration for that chocolate dress I made!
Wonderful, the peplum really makes the sweater pop!
this may be my favorite one to date....
I've been following your tutorial all month and this is by far my favorite! I know what I'm keeping an eye out for at the thrift shop this week... ;) Thanks for sharing all these fantastic ideas!
♥ Casey | blog
Orange and blue are a FABULOUS color combo.
Where did you get those amazing tights?
Shut the front door ..that turned out amazing!
You are so amazing and inspiring!! I absolutely love what you are doing this month! Thank you SO much for all the tips :)
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. Another fabulous sweater!
I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-cardigan-with-peplum-waist-from-a-too-short-sweater/2010/11/17/
--Anne
I really really love that sweater even if im not into orange! Gosh! You're could be a genius sewer! From an old plain piece into fashionable and cool transformations! I love it! Just WOW!
my favorite one so far!!!
Great color combination on the whole ensemble. The new sweater is super cute. Nice job!
Wow! This is fantastic - my fav so far! It's such a great idea to add the ruffle along the hem. I want to make one myself!
Ok this is my fave so far (althoug I've been saying this almost every day since the beginning lol)!
Looking cool!
Will follow your blog!
i love the combination of clothes, you've upgraded this knit to party wear! nicely done!
Wow. Just wow. How inspiring!!!
wow !!!!
fabulous!!!!!!!!
Love this, what a transformation from the original!
I'm just loving this embellished knit month project...it's inspiring, not just to me, but to my teenager as well!
I love this one!
Aubree,
I got them at sockdreams.com
I should ask them if they want to send me some 'free' inventory I've been plugging them so often:)
jennifer,
I got the skirt at Forever 21. And I got the those at Gabriel Brothers for only $4!! Thanks!
And yes! They are the same:)
I want to comment everyday and say thank you for this series!! You have inspired me!
How do you make the ends of the peplum curved?
Wow! I just started looking back at some of these sweaters and am so impressed and inspired. Thanks!
I love the peplum!
That is so cute! If I saw that in a store I would definitely buy it :) thank you for the tutorial, I think if I find a good sweater I'll make my own version
Gorgeous! (Found you via Marisa's blog)
Gorgeous. I am going to try the braided detail.
i love the ruffly peplum thingie. And the elbow-length sleeves. Sweet.
that is SO cute!!
ultra fantastic idea!
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