Kids Clothes Week Part 1 - A super-easy refashion!
By Victoria As-it-Seams - 16:19
It's Kids Clothes Week, which means loopy women (and men?) across the globe are sewing like crazy.
Except me.
The aim is to sew for an hour a day, all week. Oh, if only I had that hour!
It was my son's birthday last weekend, which took up most of the previous week planning and creating, and it's left me behind with the other stuff - like work. (Starwars theme - We made a Deathstar lampshade and a Yoda birthday cake, among other things)
And now sewing is barely happening.
I have a very complicated sewing project underway, which requires thought, planning and concentration. Hopefully I'll blog about it in 2014, but sadly not in Kids Clothes Week...
Then last night - I finally managed a frenzied sewing burst - and amazingly produced something that I think will be the most wearable and valuable addition to Missy's wardrobe that I've yet made. Warm and comfortable!
I set about refashioning a woollen jumper of mine. It looks awful on, too boxy on me, but the wool is good quality and I couldn't bear to just get rid of it.
So, I hacked it up with scissors instead.
I shrunk it first on a hot wash in the machine. Then cut bodice pieces out of the front. I cut raglan sleeves from the existing sleeve, and used the surplus 'fabric' from the top of the sleeve to create triangular inserts in the side seams to give it a 'flippy' shape. I put two more smaller triangles in the front, again to add shape, and attempted to do something clever with the stripes. I love the swing silhouette this now has!
Two rather nice buttons, hide my sloppyish sewing.
I 'hemmed' it with red strips cut from another re-purposed woolly jumper. The zig-zag stitching has made the hem all wavey - not deliberate, but I like it. Like a flower, said Missy.
I 'hemmed' it with red strips cut from another re-purposed woolly jumper. The zig-zag stitching has made the hem all wavey - not deliberate, but I like it. Like a flower, said Missy.
And Voila...
Not much more than an hour start to finish, and Missy has a new cosy stylish sweater that looks a zillion times better than this ever looked on me.
And much as I love sewing beautiful dresses, this is actually the kind of thing she will WEAR....Warm, practical...and I do love the flippy triangles.!
I'm inspired! This revelation that I can sew with old sweaters has opened a whole new door for me!
Now I'm eyeing up my winter woollies in a whole new light - and am on the verge of reaching for the scissors. Snip.... snip! Woollies beware!
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6 comments
Victoria, what a fantastic fun outfit for Missy! Love the triangle inserts with the buttons on them! Congrats on chopping into woollies!
ReplyDeleteLovely Victoria!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what sewing project you are working on!
Thanks Marta - believe me, it's a sewing headache, one that requires more thought than doing - which is why I was so delighted to hack into a sweater!
DeleteThis is adorable! The triangles are totally inspired - really make it (extra) special.
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy - this was a real "make it up as I go along" project, but it worked out well!
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