Upcycled Cardigan!

Autumn is coming, which means that it must be starting to feel cool somewhere.  :)  Anyway, even when it's super warm outside, I just stay in and make tea and pretend that it's cool.  :)

Soon, though, it truly will be sweater weather!  

I guess I actually did this little project back in March.  Hrmm.  But now that fall is nearing, I'm excited to wear it again!  

It started as a soft, comfortable pullover in a really fun shade of green, and it was actually a hand-me-down from my friend Jenni five years ago.  When I first saw all sorts of tutorials on pinterest for turning pullovers into cardigans, I was too afraid to cut into anything of my own.  But when I stopped and thought about it some more, I realized that a five-year-old hand-me-down probably needed some updating.  Thanks to breastfeeding and pregnancy, this sweater hadn't fit well as a pullover for a while, and at the time I was hoping that it wouldn't for a while more!  And it would be more versatile as a cardigan.  So.  

I ended up choosing this tutorial, found via pinterest.  It called for hem tape (which I had!), a little sewing, and it seemed very simple!  It was!  I'm so happy with the result . . . turning it into a cardigan even obscured the pick on the front which I'd been ignoring for at least a few of those five years.

Here's proof that I did this project back in the spring . . . I wore it with pink pants for my sister-in-law's baby shower!  Her twin girls have been good and born for almost two months now!

I also decided to finally use this cute little flower tutorial which I had pinned quite a while earlier.  (That's what happened to the sleeve on that tee-shirt of John's which I used for Gemma's bubble skirt!)  Instead of putting it on a headband, I glued it to a pin-back which I had leftover from a little corsage project last December.  Tee shirt, button, felt circle, pin back . . . yay for another free project!  Isn't it cute?

Now that it's (eventually) getting cool again, I have another black pullover from Jenni's sister, Gemma, which needs a makeover, I think.  ;)