Upcycling My Outdated Cardigans
7:34 AMA few weeks ago, I found my old cardigans when I was decluttering my room. I noticed that I have many cardigans that I rarely use, but I keep storing them on the shelf because the quality is still good. Since throwing old garments away is a bad idea, I was thinking about remodeling my old clothes.
Why not?
- You save your money
- You save the earth
As a woman, the idea of reducing unnecessary expense a.k.a shopping is quite hard, I know. That's why "recycle & reuse" clothes is the best alternative idea. Apart from manifesting sustainable life, I love recycling my clothes because it gives me contentment whenever I create something new, just like finding a breakthrough! Besides, I feel like I wear an exclusive piece of art that nobody couldn't find anywhere since it is the only piece on earth.
Another story, I avoid buying trendy clothes as the model is too mainstream! There is also a possibility of me spotting people wearing the same outfit as I am in a public space. We have to admit that, in general, it annoys us a little bit when we see someone wearing the same thing as us, right?
That's why I prefer to buy thrift clothes and remodel them later.
By the way, I have two old cardigans that I wanted to remodel. I noticed that both of the cardigans were too long.
Since I am not tall, I avoid any top, cardigan, jacket, or outer lengths above 50 cm because it makes me look shorter than my real height.
As my personal experience, I recommend people with short height to wear tops that are less than 50 cm long. It makes you look taller!
Yellow cardigan
The yellow cardigan is too long, so I cut the bottom of the cardigan about 12 cm. Since I don't want to waste the remaining fabric, I added additional elements for the cardigan's bottom part and the cardigan's front part, giving the cardigan a ruffle style.
Before (sorry for the unprepared photo) |
Here's the final look!
White chiffon cardigan
The white cardigan needs a few tweaks to the length
and the sleeves. I don't like sleeves that are too wide. Sometimes when
I raise my arm, the sleeve keeps falling down to my upper arm, exposing my skin. The
cardigan also looks too long.
Next, I cut the bottom side of the cardigan. Then, to keep the sleeve in place even when I lift my arm, I decided to put an elastic rubber inside and change it into bishop style.
using 5 mm elastic rubber |
For the collar, I made a decorative element in the ruffle style using the leftover fabric.
Here's the final look!
Bishop sleeve for safety purpose |
I hope you enjoy my first story about recycling old clothes! Next time I will share more about sewing projects I did. I hope it can inspire you to create something too!
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