Friday, March 1, 2013

Pinterest Project

There are lots of great sewing projects on pinterest and I had to try one! For this project you turn a long sleeved shirt into a cardigan. You need a long sleeved shirt, a pair of scissors, a method of sewing (i.e. machine), thread, a seam guage, and pins. It is also recommended to have an iron.

Step 1) Iron your shirt out completely flat if you have an iron. Cut a straight line down the front middle of       the shirt

Step 2) Use your seam guage to make the hem on each raw edge. (5/8 is usually a good hem length). Do this to both sides and pin as you go. Now it would be a good time to iron these flat.

Step 3) Now for the last step sew along the edges leaving only a slight bit of fabric on the other side of the stitch so it doesn't pull out.

Step 4) Iron out so that you have a proffessional finished look.

*I'll post a picture of my final product in the next post*

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