Re-Sizing and Dressing Up a Goodwill Sweater
I owe a huge hug of gratitude to Kathleen at Grosgrain Fabulous. She posted 30 days of sweater embellishments on her blog. In those tutorials she took the most ho-hum sweaters from Goodwill and turned them into Cinderella-worthy tops.
Because of her inspiring transformations, I was able to re-vamp two sweaters for the Blissdom conference, saving my bank account some precious pennies. (I used the savings to buy two pairs of cute PJs. Apparently PJs are mandatory after conference hours.)
And now, on to the transformation!
I started by resizing the sweater per Kathleen’s tutorial HERE.
Put the sweater on inside out and pin excess starting under the arm and ending at the hip.
Carefully (very carefully unless you want to become a pin cushion) remove the sweater. Stitch along the pinned line.
Put the sweater back on to check the fit.
If it looks good, go ahead and trim off the excess. (This reminds me of a nip and tuck surgery. {Sigh} If only trimming fat was this easy.)
Next, grab some of those adorable felt roses we made the other day. (Rose tutorial HERE) Lay them onto the sweater and play with the placements.
When you are happy with the roses, pin them on with safety pins.
Sew on the roses with needle and thread.
And remove the safety pin once the rose is secure.
And remove the safety pin once the rose is secure.
That’s it. Beautiful new cardigan from a $3 Goodwill sweater!
I added a knit belt that I sewed some roses and a hook and eye clasp on.
Poor Buddy (aka Pretty Handy Dog), he’s not so sure about me leaving for Blissdom tomorrow.
Check out some more Goodwill and thrift store fashionista outfits at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.
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I LOVE this!!!!! You are so pretty!!! XOXO
Thank you Andrea! Glad you liked my sweater re-fashion. I keep thinking I need to go shopping at Goodwill again soon ;-D
Pretty! I am needing some new sweaters. I am going to try this!
Pretty Handy Girl….you amaze me… this time with you tremendous sense of humor. i needed this today. tax season in very ho humm….loved it
I LOVE this idea! I really don't have spare money to expand my wardrobe, so I'm looking forward to sprucing up some of the things I already have!
awesome. going back to goodwill to get some wool sweaters.
You look like such a hip mom in that last post. . .flowered sweater, a belt, a short skirt and boots. . .wow!!
Bravo! I love your sweater transformation, and your outfit at the bottom is so cute! You look great. 🙂
That looks awesome! I just got my Frugal Fashionista post up today if you want to check it out.
http://grooviemom.blogspot.com/2011/01/frugal-fashion.html
LOVE the sweater!!!! So classy 🙂
Love your DIY transformation. I'm definately going to have to check out more of your projects!
Very cute! I haven't refashioned a sweater … yet, but seeing yours makes me want to!
YEA…so glad you joined in. This looks FABULOUS!! So fun to now have a real life friend to tie to the post. 🙂
You did an absolutely fantastic job! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I am participating in the Frugal Fashionista Fashion show, too! http://budgetingmommy.blogspot.com/2011/01/joining-frugal-fashionista-fashion-show.html
What a super, super cute outfit! I love the flowers on that sweater!