Alter sweatshirt diy

The cold weather and shorter days have revealed the “hibernation phase” of my wardrobe. The only thing I really want to wear are sweaters, leggings, and bagg…

I loved sweatshirts. I live in them a lot of the time (I'm wearing a zip up hoodie right now!). I redid one á la Flashdance for my book and when I saw this one that Meg repurposed, I just had to share! I just recently did a resize of a large sweatshirt to make it more fitted. This was a sweatsh

Learn how to crop a sweatshirt that is too long. Shorten a sweater three different ways by cropping, hemming, and resewing the waistband.

Transform a Sweatshirt Into an Appliquéd Cardigan: One of my favorite things to do is to transform outdated, badly-designed, or oversized thrift store finds into adorable, well-fitting works of Art that I can incorporate into my day-to-day wardrobe. In this Instructable, I'll show you how to turn a …

I blog about all sorts of crafts. I love to sew and work with polymer clay the most.

I've never been much for sweatshirts. The collars always seem too tight and the cuffs are too....cuffy? But lately I've been finding some really comfortable sweatshirts that look a little more flattering, such as this Lands End tunic: Although $30 isn't a lot for a sweatshirt, a craft challenge was calling my name. Could I take a dorky thrift store sweatshirt and make it cool? I can't tell you, but what I came up with is a lot more wearable; and it only took about 15 minutes. Hello Esprit…

Learn how to create a reverse applique sweatshirt with this tutorial. Embroider a sweatshirt you love with reverse applique in any design. Create something fun and unique to wear this fall.

I have so many sweatshirts in my closet that are too big, but I don't have the heart to throw them out. So I experimented today with mak...

Hello Readers. So, here we are, at home. It's time for comfortable clothes. I decided to keep sewing to keep myself entertained. I know everyone is very stressed out and worried. I can relate, it is a weird time. My family and I are all healthy right now so I am trying to stay upbeat. For today's project I wanted to dress up this sweatshirt, so that's what I did. Let me be clear, there is nothing wrong with this sweatshirt. This shirt was plain and simple which means it is easy to refashion…

Step 1: Find a plain sweatshirt in need of some jazzing up. ;) Step 2: As with my t-shirt to keyhole cardigan tutorial, fold the back shoulders together and iron down the front center of the shirt …

Sweatshirt Jacket: this jacket can be made from old sweatshirts that need a new life

Carissa Knits: Don't Sweat It

As an inherently lazy person, I have been loving the recent "athleisure" style. Any fashion trend that makes it socially acceptable to wear ...

One of the creative things I like to do is take old or unused clothing and re-purpose them into beautiful new garments or decorative items. The most recent upcycling project was an olive green sweatshirt which I loved the color of but not the fit, it was brand new and never worn; I kept moving it from house to house thinking I would do something with it someday. After much debate I finally settled on transforming the ordinary sweatshirt into a stunning short jacket for fall. For those of you…

Do you ever just see an Item of clothing someone is wearing and want it, then can't find it anywhere? This is my life. Half of the ...

Hello Refashion Co-op. I had 2 sweatshirts that didn't really work. I put together a sweatshirt from 2 sweatshirts. This navy blue...

Rippedndripped | This Carhartt sweatshirt had a hole, but I fell in love with the colour so I decided to rework it. Let me know what you think about the end… | Instagram

I don’t really care for pullover sweatshirts. To me they are not that comfortable as they are mostly made for people taller than I am, and tend to bunch up on my shorter torso. I much prefer …