First I refashioned a Mens L crewneck 100% merino sweater into a cardigan for myself:
Borrowed a BBW tee pattern from a friend to get the general shape, frankenpatterning that onto my favorite RTW cardigan to get a sense for the proportions I like. To make the sleeves, I cut them to be 3/4 length from the bottom of the mens sweater, so that when I attached them they would be about the right circumference and salvage the hems (does that make sense? my bicep now occupies the space where the mens elbows/forearms once did)
Then I added a ton of flowers.
Made from a wool blend. Somehow got really lucky and found a spot-on color match at Joann's. Basically I used a combination of online felt flower tutorials, made up a couple of my own, and Google Imaged "felt flower" as inspiration.
Added matching buttons. Instead of attempting buttonholes, the cardigan actually closes with snaps so the buttons are decorative. It probably took me 20 hours to make, but I wear it a lot and always get comments on it!
8 comments:
I LOVE it!! You did a great job!
This is so feminine and cute! Great job!
I love those flowers. They're gorgeous.
The flowers are spot on. how lucky to find the right colour.
Sandy in the UK
It's so pretty! I love the flowers & especially the color :).
Great refashion, especially cool since it came down from a men's large size. All that work definitely paid off!
Super well done! All of the details look great, and I love the flower arrangement on the sweater. You'd never know it's origins. -Seeks, EOD
Love the flower embellishments...
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