Sunday, December 11, 2011

Thrift Store Sweater Dress

I found this post on Pinterest by Naptime Crafters for an easy to follow DIY tutorial on how to turn a woman's turtleneck sweater into a sweater dress for a toddler.

Around veteran's day, Savers was having a 50% off sale on their clothing so I went in search of a turtleneck sweater to transform. I found this cute rainbow colored stripe sweater for $3 (I didn't think to take a photo of the "before" until after I had started cutting it up).


I'm certainly a novice sewer, but even I was able to upcycle an old thrift store sweater into a fabulous sweater dress for my daughter to wear for this year's holiday photos. I didn't take a photo of her in it by herself, but here's one of our holiday photos to give you the "after":


I still need to do something to finish up the neck because it was the last thing I had to finish at 11 PM the night before our photo shoot, so I just cut the turtle neck down the middle to create the cowl neck. It needs a hem or ribbon trim or something, but I'm not sure what. Any suggestions from more advanced sewers?

Linking up to Project Run and Play this week. Super excited to participate in the sew along! I need some motivation and inspiration to create more cute things for my daughter and her baby sister (coming Feb 1).

2 comments:

  1. I actually LOVE the cowl neck..I love the look it gives the dress.

    DArling!

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  2. LOVE this idea! With 4 girls I will get a lot of mileage out of it! I think some big cute buttons would look great on the cowl neck the way it is in the picture - with or without a ribbon trim. Solid color or vertical stripes (of the same material) pockets on the front might look cute, too. Thanks for sharing.

    P.S. You look fantastic with that perfect baby belly!!!

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