Men's Sweater To Chic Sweater Dress

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  Step 1

  Here's what I started with. My husband had "done a purge" and dramatically reduced his wardrobe.

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  Step 2

  I loved the color of this one, but it was much too big.

  (You can just barely see the tips of my fingers.)

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  Step 3

  I found a sweater of a complimentary color and cut off the sleeves.

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  Step 4

  I added the sleeves from the orange sweater to the mix.

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  Step 5

  I cut pieces for the waistband, deliberately making them of varying sizes.

  Serged seams add bulk. Therefore, I didn't use many pieces for the waistband.

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  Step 6

  I serged them together.

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  Step 7

  Putting right sides together, I made the waistband loop.

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  Step 8

  I cut the top to fit the waistband.

  I remembered that when I serge the sides of the top back together I would lose about half an inch at least. Therefore I accounted for that when I cut the sides.

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  Step 9

  I serged the edges of the top to finish them.

  You can't sew darts in bulky sweater material. Don't even try. Just go for a snug fit and trust in the stretch of the fabric.

  (But not so snug that you can't get it on!)

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  Step 10

  I cut the bottom half to match, again remembering that I would lose some material in the seam.

  The safety pins are there to keep everything lined up and straight.

  Then I sewed the bottom half on.

  Why the wavy seam? My friend Carla explained that a more gathered stitch will help. If you have a Baby Lock brand serger, this means "push the level all the way to the 2 at the top." I'll remember that for next time.

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  Step 11

  Finished!

  Note that you can see what I mean about no darts when you look at this photo. If you started with a sweater of your own that fit you could obviously avoid that problem.

  Happy creating!

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