Upcycle Old Sleeves to Dog Jumpers

Upcycle Old Sleeves to Dog Jumpers

As we have a little dog the sleeves from this old jumper will be perfect for him!!

After cutting off the sleeve (I kept the rest of the jumper aside to upcycle into a skirt!! Yesterdays Blog)

I measured and drew the shape I wanted for the Dog jumper

Now I cut out the hemline carefully so all the knitting threads won’t come undone

I immediately sewed it with the overlocker and two rows of straight stitching

Now for the arm holes. A carefully cut SMALL holes knowing that they will grow when sewing.

I overlocked the edges carefully

For the trimming on the armholes I used ribbing. I measured the ribbing to be slightly smaller than the hole and double the width I wanted

Overlock the edges together

Now pin them into the armholes right sides together (you will need to stretch the ribbing a bit to fit)

Sew together

 

Fold over the ribbing and pin to dog jumper, sew

Now use the same process for the neckline

Done

As you can see our dog hasn’t got use to wearing his new jumper yet this winter!! Lol But he will be so nice and warm

Upcycle Old Jumper to Skirt

Upcycle Old Jumper to Skirt

I had a great time upcycling this old jumper into 2 Dog Jumpers and a Winter Skirt for me!!

I started with this old jumper and cut off the sleeve to keep them aside for the dog jumpers. (Instruction in the next blog!!)

Be very careful as the knitting threads wants to come undone very quickly and easily

With this next step I measured the length I wanted the skirt to be and drew a line. I was lucky as it was just under the sleeve line, otherwise I would have sewn up the sleeve holes and made them part of the side seems.

Now I sewed two rows of straight stitching near the measured line

Followed by zigzag stitch in-between. I’m a bit paranoid about the threads/knitting stitches coming undone on me!!

I cut off the top part of the jumper just above the stitching

Again I sewed!! I used the overlocker this time just to tidy up the edge

With this step I measure the ribbing to ¼ less than the sewn edge of the jumper in length, and made the ribbing wide enough to go around the wide elastic and seam allowance

Sew the ribbing ends together so it’s a loop

Place pins at ¼ marks on both ribbing and cut down jumper

Line up the pinned ¼ marks and then pin the together

Now sew them together stretching the ribbing to fit the width of the jumper as you sew

 Sew the elastic into a loop then pin and sew it into the ribbing waistband

Done

 

I’m now ready for winter!!

This is another skirt I made with a skivvy like jumper.

A Dress in 3 Simple Steps

A Dress in 3 Simple Steps

 With this dress you only need an oversize t-shirt and within less than 30sec you have a new dress!!

Serena is using one of her big brothers old t-shirt (hence the picture on it, but she loves it!!)

Step 1 – Hop into the oversize shirt so the neck is just above your bust line

Step 2 – grab one sleeve and cross it over your body then tuck it into the neck/bust line

Step 3 – grab the other sleeve and repeat above step

DONE!!

 

This would be a great dress for hot days or the beach.