Pullover to cardigan

  I am a terrible blogger. I admit it. I've been rather busy lately with... you guessed it, school. I've still been working on sewing projects at home, but not as much as usual, due to my extra sewing classes. I do have some exciting news; I finally got a serger! I haven't gotten to use it much, it's only been here a week, and I still need the right colors of thread. I did finish my first quilt, though. It's made with a few of the scraps that my mom and I have collected over the years. I'm pretty pleased with it, for a first, but I definitely know a few things that I should have done differently.

Okay, now the tutorial. I love the look of a cardigan, but it seems like all the nice ones are expensive. I came across this idea a while ago, and one Thursday, I found a lovely sweater for $1 at good will. I thought that wouldn't be a big loss if the whole thing unraveled when I opened the front. Luckily, it didn't unravel while I was working with it (I was a little paranoid about that!), and I love how it turned out. My sweater started out my size, unlike the inspiration, so if I wanted to, I could still add buttons to close it.
You will need a pull over sweater, and some bias tape, or extra fabric pressed like bias tape would work instead.

Step 1: Pin and sew your bias tape down the center of the sweater. Or, rather on either side of the center so that they meet in the middle. Be sure to leave a little extra on each end to finish the top and bottom.

Step 2: Cut down the center, separating the sides.

Zig zag the inside edges to be sure it won't unravel. (This is optional. I cut open another sweater more recently, and skipped this step. It seems fine, even after being washed.)

Step 3: Flip the extra bias tape to the inside, and pin. Don't forget to tuck under the bias tape ends to finish it.

Once you like it, sew around all 4 edges of the tape.

Hopefully you sewed it neater than I did, but luckily it doesn't show much on the front if your thread coordinates well.

You're done! This super easy sweater fix should take less than 30 min.

The green is another one I opened. I think it turned out nice.

That's all for today, but hopefully it won't be another whole month until you hear from me again. Let me know if you have any questions, or suggestions for tutorials.