shirt into cardigan

the start.....

loving the stripes...

and the colors...

not so much the fit. (or the posing)

I need a little more chestal area.

{okay a LOT more.}

so I decided to chop this baby and make it into a cardigan!

I started by snipping it right up the middle of the front...

then I got rid of the hood. I left about an inch extra after the seam.

pinned that extra inch down around the collar and sewed it around

this is the hood I cut off... I snipped off the blue trimming  cause the shirt had the blue trim around the top of the front already...

and pinned it the part of the front opening of the shirt that I cut.

I just folded the extra under and sewed..

and then my lovely cardigan sat in my to-do basket...say about two months...

 slack to the er.

that is why I put this on my quote board

anyways...

I had an uneven match up where I added the "binding"

so I added this little tab to cover it up... (the left)

cut a square....sewed up the sides....

and just sewed it on folding the edges underneath.

you could add some button to these! super cute.

then I took the rest of the hood and made some embelishments...

felt...hot glue and a pin...you know, cause it's important to have options....

then I can just add whatever color matches for the day...

i need a red one too...

let me tell you the only thing I can see in these pictures....

let's go back to  this:

much better.

i need a clothes dummy...or to stop making stuff for myself...