This started out as a t-shirt with a little ruffle thing on the front. I think Big Michelle was the only one of my friends to ever see it as I only ever wore it once. She called it cute because she liked the ruffle thing but I abhorred it and never wore it again. It hung way too low both in terms of neckline (holy cleave) and length (it's really tight and stretchy so if you pulled it down far enough it looked like a dress).
As it cost me only $5 from the summer of 2010-11, I decided to refurbish it and make it a half-cardigan. Behold:
I unpicked the central ruffle (which took a ridiculously long time as it was made up of many bits and pieces... and was sewn into the collar bit so I had to resew the collar) and cut the front down the middle (accidentally also nicking the back so I did a botchy sew up of the hole in the back, hurr?). I tidied up the 2 new middle flaps and hemmed the bottom so it was more manageable. As a final decorative touch, I sewed a bunch of random buttons on one side of the half-cardigan (with no matching button holes on the other side because I can't be bothered reinforcing them after cutting them). I'm thinking of attaching lace sleeves under the existing sleeves to give them some length so they'll cover my man arms. Thoughts?
End scene.
J
2 comments:
That top was cute! I want to see it as a cardigan now :)
- Big M
you would! too much bosom. should have given it to u ;)
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