Friday, June 4, 2010

Mending Week Part IV & V: Turtlenecks to Summer Tops


Mally no longer needed these turtlenecks so I decided to make them into summer tops.  The black one only took 5 minutes to cut off the neck close to the seam, leaving seam along neck opening.  I folded the seam to the inside and topstitched it down.  I cut the sleeves at a short-sleeve length and left these unhemmed.  Finished!

With the white turtleneck, I removed the entire collar and neck seam as well as both sleeves and sleeve seams.  For the sleeves, I serged the raw edge then added cap sleeves.  I added a bib front with 3 buttons then serged the neck opening.  Fast, cute and free!

2 comments:

  1. These are cute too! I especially like the white. Way to be thrifty and make more withe less. I love it.

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