Showing posts with label cardigans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cardigans. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

DIY:Do It Yourself ...Cardigan makeover, Restore old cardigan,Breathe new life into cardigans .....



There was an old cardigan lying in my wardrobe , which was  old and  I didn't wanted to give it away for some sentimental reasons . An idea came to my mind to renew this old sweater which inspired me  to do  this  tutorial.



1.  I love flowers especially on woolens , so I searched for  something to make flowers out of, in  the material lying around at home, and  I found a left over piece of a lace  in my drawer.So I made  flowers out of the lace.
 

2. Then I found old buttons and sewed them to center of flowers .Made four flowers with 6 petals each.
3.After this I changed the buttons of the old cardigan.
4.Then I bought  a bottle of white fabric color.Since the cardigan I had was plain and grey in color , I decide to add a little zing to it by adding small polka dots  on its sleeves and on the bottom part of the sweater.
5.Next I sewed all the flowers to the sweater in a vertical manners, as if they were hanging from a branch.
6.To add little sparkle I added some crystals and stones  around the flowers .I kept  the color  combination  of the sweater , white and grey , to make it look elegant.


 7.The cardigan looks new and is ready to wear.



Friday, March 14, 2014

DIY:Do It Yourself ....Restore old cardigans....... Create a rosy muffler

If you have plain old cardigans lying around at home , too old to wear, then  here's an idea to  create a useful scarf/ muffler
I had an old  pink cardigan with little holes in it , too old to wear again , so I searched the internet for some cool ideas , and got an awesome way to use it again.
here are some steps
1.Cut  cute round swirly circles of  5 ,4 ,3, 2 cm radius, by swirly circle i  mean  something like this.


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2. 11 pieces of 5, 4, 3 , 2 cm radii   of the above  above shape.
3. Sew them together , starting with the largest size on the base i.e. 5 cm piece , then followed by  4,
       3, 2 cm pieces .

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4. Make  long scarf like base (length : however long you want your scarf to be , and the no.of flowers you have made)  like this .

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5. Now sew the made flowers  onto the above base.



6. Your rosy muffler / scarf is ready.