Restyled Holiday Sweater

 Happy Friday!!

Just wanted to show you my new holiday cardigan.  It is a simple restyle of a crew neck sweater into a cardigan.

I got the sweater at a local thrift shop.  First thing it was washed and dried.  I then stitched up both sides of the red stripe up the front of the sweater with a sewing machine.  The stripe made it very easy to sew a straight line.  I then cut up the middle of the two stitched lines.  In my stash of trims I had a piece of satin cord piping in black which worked perfectly.  I stitched on the piping with the sewing machine and then turned it to the wrong side and hand stitched it to the sweater.  I also hand stitched a piece of black twill tape to cover the raw edges of the sweater.  The sweater has been machine knit carrying the colours in the designs across the fabric giving the inside of the finished cardigan and interesting look, almost like a colourful lining,  Although it is a simple restyle I think it worked out well.

 

 

Sorry about the sideways photos!!  I cannot get them to turn around.

Happy Holidays!!!

Stay safe

elaine