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How to upcycle sweaters…

October 16, 2011

Upcycling sweaters…Part 3

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Here is the first victim.  A teal/turquoise blue sweater with a very interesting v-neck.  I decide to cut off the lower band and v-neck design.

 

 

 

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The neck design and bottom ribbing.

 

 

  

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The black ribbed sweater dress and thicker gray ribbed sweater will be part of the finished design as well.

 

 

 

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Testing the look on the dress form.




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The waistband pinned to the v design.  Notice how it is pinned far outside the serging stitching area.

  

 

 

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The pieces getting serged

 




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The pieces serged and on the dress form.

 



More to come in Part 4….

 

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