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This is the first weekend of the fall season, and the temps are truly showing it! It’s time to bust out the sweatshirts here. Having a 3 year old boy in the house, followed by his little sis, we have pretty many boyish sweatshirts that are really in pretty good condition.
While little sister sports blue and gray sweatshirts, sometimes you’re looking for something more fun. With a few snips and some brightly colored felt squares, we can turn this grey little boy sweatshirt into a cute girl’s cardigan. To make it a little more colorful, I have decided to replace the grey ribbing with some bright purple.
Prepare Sweatshirt
First we are going to cut our sweatshirt down the middle. This one happens to have pockets (an added bonus). So we will end up with a pocket on each side of center.
Because I am going to add the bright purple ribbing, I am also cutting off the neck ribbing.
Simply find the center front and draw a chalk line. Cut along the line and carefully cut to remove the neckline ribbing.
Next, take your tape measure and walk it along the edge from the lower right up and around the neckline and down the left opening.
Mine measures 43 inches.
Decide how wide you would like your rib to be.
Typically it is one inch wide. That would mean cut your strip two inches wide. You may want to experiment with the width and see what you like.
In this case I cut my ribbing three inches wide (by 43″ long) so that will give me a finished rib edge of 1 1/2 inches.
Match center of rib strip to the center back of sweatshirt. Fold strip in half and pin to edge.
Note: I turned over the ends so they were finished when it was stitched up!
Stitch in 1/4 inch seam.
I chose to add top stitching to help the ribbing lay a little nicer. Depending on your material, you may not find this necessary.
I am going to embellish my sweatshirt with some felt flowers. I chose some contrasting purple and pinks. This is the fun part, and you can do whatever you like. Since felt will not fray, all you need to do is cut out the shapes of your choice. Be sure you get the washable felt from your local craft or fabric shop. I have anchored the layers with an initial for Ms M.
Feel free to embellish with buttons or felt or any other decorative items. This is a quick and easy solution for “glamming” up a sweatshirt for your little girl.
(Don’t mind the chalk smudges, she was busy playing!)
Do you have hand-me-downs from your big guy that you could upcycle for your little girl?
What is your favorite way to dress up a clothing item?
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I like how you’ve cut the old sweater down the front and added the purple ribbing.. a great refashion.
Thank you!
What a wonderful idea! Thank you for the tutorial. I love the purple you chose! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
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Thank you! I’m a purple fan!
OMGosh! That is so cute and so is she. Fantastic job. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from ArtsyGirl. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-16.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
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Oh thank you! She such a mover and grover it’s hard to get pictures of her! Hope she becomes a more willing model!
What a great idea!! You would never know it was just a sweatshirt to start with! Great Job! Thanks so much for sharing on the We Made That Linky!
Thanks! Donna and I were starting at a sea of gray and blue and thought we could girl these up just a little!
That turned out very cute. No one would guess that originally was a boy’s sweatshirt! Great job!!!
Thank you so much!
That sweatshirt look so adorable on your daughter! Great job! Thanks for visiting me and commenting at OneCreativeMommy.com. I’d love it if you linked up some of your great ideas at One Creative Weekend on my site. The party is open Fridays-Wednesdays every week. Hope to see you there!
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Thanks for the invite! We’ll check it out for sure!
I am a huge fan of anything that involves recycling, thanks!
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It’s so great to be able to use what you have!
what a fantastic idea!
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Hahaha love it! Awesome!
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