Thursday, December 11, 2008

How to make big beautiful

I was just cleaning up the hallway and spotted an older sweater I *still* had not thrown out. I discovered I had not done this because I still love it in some way. I only wear it once or twice a year when it is *really* cold over here. I love to wear fleece vests and hoodies to keep warm and I decided that I was going to make a vest out of this large and unflattering thing!

So, here is the before look:




I made it into a vest by putting my favorite fleece vest on top and cutting the excess off:



I also removed the border at the hem to re-attach later on and I cut down the center front and inserted a zipper. It took me about 2 hours to do this and for such a lightning fast-refashion, I think it looks fab!