Hello Readers. I am back again with a sweater that just does not fit anymore. What is the deal? Is it Covid snacking? Is it turning 50? Is it my love of chips? Something is making me bigger and I can tell when I get dressed. Some of my clothes are too tight. But I like some of them a lot and I want to save them. Like this sweater. The bright color... the fun stripes... I loved it!
Before and after.
This sweater was too tight. You can see that. I was going to give it away but...
It sounds a little crazy but I am a hardcore Crocs fan. I am almost obsessed. When I was yunger I worked in an office and wore high heels everyday. Now, I have old tired feet and when I wear Crocs my feet do not hurt at all. (This is not an ad. They do not know me. I just love them.) I found these fun yellow Corcs on clearance and bought them right away. When I wear them at work, my feet are happy. Do you see how the yellow color matches the sweater? I needed to save the sweater because I probably wouldn't be able to find anything else this shade of yellow ever.
I decided to enlarge this sweater. It is much faster to make the sweater larger than it is to make myself smaller.
Now that the sweater is open I can put some kind of fabric in the sides.
I searched around in my sewing stuff and decided to use this wide sheer ribbon. It would be almost clear and would not distract from the yellow stripes. I didn't have anything else that seemed to match. This is an unique color.
I thought the fit was much better now that the sweater was a little bigger. This is an easy project that takes only a little while. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.
*Year End Note From Chickie- This was a great summer sweater and I wore it to work a lot. It was light and fit so much better after adding the ribbon.
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