Romantic drapey sweater makeover tutorial

Romantic drapey sweater makeover tutorial

• 3.15.2010

Today I made over a pretty pink sweater from Goodwill Outlet using these lovelies as inspiration...
These from Anthropologie:

And these from Ruche:

Yay ruffly sweaters!  I know they are all very different, but there's quite the wide range of lacy or ruffled sweaters and tops in
Needless to say, there are a lot of possibilities!
Here's a (primarily photo) tutorial for how I made my own similarly-flavored sweater!

• I took this:

• Got rid of some of the excess length of the ties:

• I used some vintage lace I had, think I got it at Goodwill Outlet.  It was still attached to some bias-cut thin cotton and it was sewn into a loop.  I think it was the hem on something...

• I used a large stitch to gather one edge of the lace.

• I measured the rough amount of gathered lace that I would need to go all along the neck edge and cut off the excess.  Then I found and marked my centers and matched them up.

• Then I sewed the lace right on top of the neck edge.

• At the bottom of the neck edge, I tightened the gathers up:

• Aaaaand, done!

So cozy and feminine at the same time!