Re-Sizing and Dressing Up a Goodwill Sweater

I owe a huge hug of gratitude to Kathleen at Grosgrain Fabulous. She posted 30 days of sweater embellishments on her blog. In those tutorials she took the most ho-hum sweaters from Goodwill and turned them into Cinderella-worthy tops. 

Because of her inspiring transformations, I was able to re-vamp two sweaters for the Blissdom conference, saving my bank account some precious pennies. (I used the savings to buy two pairs of cute PJs. Apparently PJs are mandatory after conference hours.)

And now, on to the transformation!

I started by resizing the sweater per Kathleen's tutorial HERE.

Put the sweater on inside out and pin excess starting under the arm and ending at the hip.

 

Carefully (very carefully unless you want to become a pin cushion) remove the sweater. Stitch along the pinned line. 

Put the sweater back on to check the fit. 

If it looks good, go ahead and trim off the excess. (This reminds me of a nip and tuck surgery. {Sigh} If only trimming fat was this easy.)

Next, grab some of those adorable felt roses we made the other day. (Rose tutorial HERE)  Lay them onto the sweater and play with the placements.

When you are happy with the roses, pin them on with safety pins.

Sew on the roses with needle and thread.
And remove the safety pin once the rose is secure.

That's it. Beautiful new cardigan from a $3 Goodwill sweater!

I added a knit belt that I sewed some roses and a hook and eye clasp on.

Poor Buddy (aka Pretty Handy Dog), he's not so sure about me leaving for Blissdom tomorrow.

Check out some more Goodwill and thrift store fashionista outfits at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.