Don’t you just love cashmere? I do! Finding cashmere sweaters at the thrift shop is easy. I have a whole pile of them! Gigi needed a comfy sweater to wear over the dress I made her, and I didn’t want to spend a fortune so I cut up some of the thrifted sweaters in my stash to create her little cashmere sweaters. Below is my tutorial on how to make your own.
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| First you need some adult size sweaters. These are two old cashmere sweaters that didn’t fit well. I washed them in hot water and dried them to felt them. Cashmere doesn’t really shrink up that much. It took awhile to get the lint off the brown one. |
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| Next you need a sweater pattern for your baby. There weren’t any baby sweater size patterns at Joanns so I cut up a sweater her size that was 50 cents from the thrift shop and traced it to paper . I laid the pattern on the ribbing so I didn’t have to do any hemming on the sleeves or hem. I still had enough sweater left to make something else too. Maybe some matching leggings from the sleeves? |
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| Sew together the sleeves and side seams with a zig zag stitch. |
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| This is the sewn together sweater. Now I needed to finish the edges of the front and the neckline. |
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| I made some bias tape and pinned it on. The bias tape needed to be sewn on by hand . The machine stretches the edge out too much. |
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| Here is Gigi in her new sweater. I sewed on a pretty bird applique and wooden button. Doesn’t she look cozy? |
Lovely sweater!!, she looks cozy and adorable…
What kind of machine do you use? I am getting one and before I make my choice I am trying to research
Thnks
Gorgeous!
Gorgeous!