I had seen a pin on Pinterest (isn't that how it always starts?!) on how to make a sweater into a cute cardigan. I thought it was a great idea, and hey who can ever have enough cardigans? So I hit up my favorite local Goodwill and came up with a red and white striped sweater. I decided I was going to transform it into a
nautical cardigan(since nautical is all the rage but sooo expensive in stores)! So here it goes...
I measured across the front of the sweater and cut straight down the middle.
Then I pinned equal amounts of fabric up under the cut edge to make a nice even edge for me to hem (the inspiring pin used stitch witch adhesive, but I didn't have any and I would much rather sew it!)
I hemmed the edge...
And there you go!
Then I decided to really play up the nautical theme and added a row of three buttons down the sleeves like so...
I think it looks cute!
So there you have it my nautical sweater for a whopping $3 instead of $45 somewhere else!
A little thread and a few buttons go along way!
I'd love to see your sweater refashions! Leave a comment!
Xoxo,
This post has been linked to
The Stuff of Success,
Tater Tots and Jello, and Classy Clutter.
