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My MiniChallenge entry :) I found two fleece jackets at the thrift store and decided to make a vest out of them! I used the Liz Blouse pattern, cut the jackets completely apart, laid out the pieces the best I could, and made my alterations. The back center piece had to be split in two because I couldn’t fit the entire pattern piece on my fabric! I also made a fun little skirt with elastic waistband (pulled from the bottom of the gray jacket). The whole thing took me something like 12 hours! I couldn’t believe it, but all the strategic cutting and altering the pattern really took a long time. The skirt on it’s own was about 30 minutes since I used the hem from the bottom of the pullover :)
The alterations I made were as follows:
- added cuffs onto the sleeves
- decreased the front center piece to add the gray strip in the middle
- widened the collar
- added the white band at the bottom
- added a tie for the waist
- added a ribbon to the inside neckline to help finish the rough edges
Material Notes
2 fleece pullovers/jackets, some ribbon from other projects
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burdastyle and nikkishell for the recycle minichallenge!
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Mar 23, 2010, 06.38 PMby patsijean
Very clever and the results are quite cute.
Feb 6, 2009, 10.21 AMby hajnika
Wow! You have a lot of great idea!I like this!I like the combination of colours.
Feb 2, 2009, 12.41 PMby loyl8
OOOOO I really like this and it look warm and fashionable kind of hard to do and like me I love to reuse. Fantastic. Oh yeah thanks for the comment.
Dec 22, 2008, 01.09 AMby Noel Laws
I really like this alot!!
Nov 18, 2008, 09.03 AMby carottesauvage
Comfy and stylish! I want one!
Oct 29, 2008, 02.57 AMby krecik
Great job girl!!!!!! you’re the one who will check up the prize!!!!!!Best regrds!!!!!
Oct 23, 2008, 11.54 AMby nelliethemermaid
I can’t believe you transformed a blouse pattern into this – this is the coolest fleece top ever to exist
Oct 23, 2008, 11.34 AMby lalunanueva
mmmm such a cool idea! and great pattern modification too
Oct 23, 2008, 10.06 AMby thewestover
You are a total genius. I never would have thought of that!
Oct 23, 2008, 02.02 AMby justmica
It’s awesome!! Very cool, great idea!!
Oct 23, 2008, 01.25 AMby lybu
This is cool. Great done !!!
Oct 23, 2008, 12.20 AMby polychromatin
This looks really cool! Very neat work and the pattern choice is fabulous! Nice alterations as well!
Oct 23, 2008, 12.16 AMby ghainskom
so creative! I like the back a lot!
Oct 22, 2008, 11.33 PMby erdronen
yep! it ends on Sunday :) check the blog… thanks for all the comments everyone! so nice of you!
Oct 22, 2008, 11.23 PMby fraufrohlich
super chic. i love recycling stuff and think it should actually be done more often and advertised much more often – we are living in a time were we should realize that our resorces do have an end…………….very nice!! i didnt know there was a minichallenge about recycling? have to check…………..
Oct 22, 2008, 05.11 PMby verypurpleperson
great job! it looks so stylish!
Oct 22, 2008, 04.45 PMby alisonwine
such a great job! looks comfortable and warm!
Oct 22, 2008, 03.52 PMby schickchick
oo00oooo! i LOVE IT! great job.