Here's one of my first attempts at maximizing what I already had. I restyled on old sweatshirt that my Dad brought over. Apparently it was formerly mine, and I had left it at his house. I had forgotten about it. Once I saw it, I thought the box styling would never do. I could have just donated it, but I thought of my New Years Resolution to try to do better with the things I already have. So I decided to revamp it. When all was said and done, this restyle took 5 days. So perhaps I should have donated it! But I learned lots along the way, and I love it now!
Here's the Before and After:
Below you can see some "during" shots. I drafted the pattern from a flattering blazer I have, out of ads from the newspaper - so that's what the first bunch are. Eventually I had to add another old shapeless sweatshirt into my "supplies" when I realized I didn't have enough fabric from the first. I also made some mistakes along the way - so feel free to ask any questions if you try to figure it out and it's confusing. I'll try to answer to the best of my recollection! Perhaps one day I'll get the serger that I know I should already have, so I can do pretty stitching like a real seamstress. I know I also should just buy patterns instead of trying to draft them. The thing about that though is they never seem to fit me right. That's why I like deconstructing owned garments that fit well for my patterns. But in this case, the blazer still has life, so I had to "trace" with my finger on the seams, then adjust for mistakes along the way as I fit it.
Drafting the pattern...
Deconstructing the old...
Figuring out pattern placement…
Needing to use an additional sweatshirt…
Laying out the pieces…
The easy, fast, fun part of construction…
"Poofing" the top of the sleeves…
Attaching the sleeves to the body…
Oops. Pattern drafting problem there! I'll eventually trim that…
Attaching the peplum using the black blazer as my placement guide…
Gathering the sleeves to make them even more unapologetically feminine...
Put bows on the finished sleeves and then checking sizing through some cheesy selfless. Sorry! =)
Wanted to make it even girlier and saw this in my scarf collection...
Now I already have this silver scarf which is a bit more subtle, and I wear it much more.
So I conclude I will use the sequin scarf as part of the trim. Therefore, I don't need to fold seems over and finish them, so I trimmed the whole thing down:
So I added darts. Really wished I had just drafted a better pattern that fit more closely, and will keep it in mind for the next time I try to use this pattern...
But here with the dart I'm feeling better about the fit…
Then got all sort of confused about direction when I tried to dart the other side and had to redo it. The outside of the finished sweatshirt looks a lot better than the inside!
Realized the whole neck piece was unnecessary and unflattering...
So I just chopped it off...
Here's how things are now...
The bottom back was bubbling a bit much so I took it in to fit it closer...
And… Apply trimming! Oh happy day! =)
Here's the Before and After:
Below you can see some "during" shots. I drafted the pattern from a flattering blazer I have, out of ads from the newspaper - so that's what the first bunch are. Eventually I had to add another old shapeless sweatshirt into my "supplies" when I realized I didn't have enough fabric from the first. I also made some mistakes along the way - so feel free to ask any questions if you try to figure it out and it's confusing. I'll try to answer to the best of my recollection! Perhaps one day I'll get the serger that I know I should already have, so I can do pretty stitching like a real seamstress. I know I also should just buy patterns instead of trying to draft them. The thing about that though is they never seem to fit me right. That's why I like deconstructing owned garments that fit well for my patterns. But in this case, the blazer still has life, so I had to "trace" with my finger on the seams, then adjust for mistakes along the way as I fit it.
Drafting the pattern...
Figuring out pattern placement…
Needing to use an additional sweatshirt…
The easy, fast, fun part of construction…
"Poofing" the top of the sleeves…
Attaching the sleeves to the body…
Oops. Pattern drafting problem there! I'll eventually trim that…
"Poofing" the other sleeve...
Attaching the peplum using the black blazer as my placement guide…
Gathering the sleeves to make them even more unapologetically feminine...
Put bows on the finished sleeves and then checking sizing through some cheesy selfless. Sorry! =)
Wanted to make it even girlier and saw this in my scarf collection...
Now I already have this silver scarf which is a bit more subtle, and I wear it much more.
So I conclude I will use the sequin scarf as part of the trim. Therefore, I don't need to fold seems over and finish them, so I trimmed the whole thing down:
But the jacket is still seeming boxy and poofy and masculine to me in the back. Ugh…
So I added darts. Really wished I had just drafted a better pattern that fit more closely, and will keep it in mind for the next time I try to use this pattern...
Then got all sort of confused about direction when I tried to dart the other side and had to redo it. The outside of the finished sweatshirt looks a lot better than the inside!
Realized the whole neck piece was unnecessary and unflattering...
So I just chopped it off...
Here's how things are now...
The bottom back was bubbling a bit much so I took it in to fit it closer...
More darting chaos, ugh…
And… Apply trimming! Oh happy day! =)
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