Showing posts with label refashioning sweatshirts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refashioning sweatshirts. Show all posts

7/28/2014

Needlecraft - Knit,Sew,Crochet - Criss Cross Shrug

7/28/2014
Needlecrafts - Knit,Crochet,Sew - Sleeved Shrug
There are so many lovely designs that are available for knitting, crochet and sewing. Unfortunately, those same designs do not usually cross paths into all the three crafts because of certain limitations within the design or the craft.
All three crafts appeal to me but I go through stages of wanting to do one craft more than the other.
For me, at the moment, it is crochet but a design that is knit can persuade me to start knitting.
When a pattern is easy and appealing to all three crafters, this is a good thing.
The last post was about making a rectangle that folded into a shrug.
This post also offers a design that allows you make your shrug in three different ways.
The crossover shrug is a long rectangle that folds and is sewn at the ends for sleeves. The middle part, depending how long and how wide, can become a cowl, a hood or a top for a cami underneath .
Read further for a refashion idea and free patterns for both a knit and crochet crossover shrug.

3/27/2013

DIY - Restyle, Sweatshirt Makeovers 2

3/27/2013
Restyling Sweatshirts-No Sweat
Top Row:
1. Simple Embroidery stitches in bright, fun colours dress up a blah sweatshirt with fashionable style.
2. Zip & Contrast Sleeves give this shirt a fashion edge by sewing a zipper into the raglan seam and adding contrast tshirt sleeve bottoms.
3. Spray Paint Skyline is so easy - fabric paint spray, a cardboard cutout of a city skyline, spray and voila, a bright skyline.
Middle Row:
4. Gathered Shoulders restyle this oversized sweatshirt into something special.
5. Uptown Sweats by breaking up a necklace, spray painting the beads and sewing on in allover pattern.
Bottom Row:
6. Fuzzy Felt Elbows using felt or felting with a heart cookie cutter.
7. Lacy 'n Feminine and sheer by attaching lace fronts to a hoodie.
8. Knitted Up Front and attaching the knitted piece to the cut out front of a sweatshirt.
Thank you for the overwhelming popularity of the original post - No Sweat - Sweatshirt Makeovers - it inspired me to post No Sweat 2.
Hopefully the ideas in this post will be just as inspiring. Enjoy!