another cat sweater D.I.Y.
March 18, 2012Remember last fall when I was going crazy with elbow patches? I was thinking that as much as I love the kitty patches, what I really need is a sweater with a giant cat on the front. Who doesn’t, right?
You can draw whatever shape you want, or I included a template if you want the cat silhouette. A pattern cut out of an 11″ X 8.5″ piece of paper seems to be the perfect size for the front of a sweater.
Other supplies needed:
- a sweater in need of a make-over
- felt (or another no-fray fabric)
- embroidery floss
- fabric glue
After cutting out your pattern piece, try on the sweater and pin your shape where you want it.
Place a piece of paper inside the sweater and lightly glue the pattern to the sweater. The paper will prevent the glue from soaking through to the back. Just use a small amount of glue to keep it stable, and don’t go all the way to the edge or it will be hard to get the needle through.
After your glue has dried, hand stitch around the edge with the embroidery floss. It would be cute to add a face and whiskers too, but since I’m not the best at drawing I decided to keep it simple.
It’s been a windy weekend :)
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12 Responses to another cat sweater D.I.Y.
Stop. Seriously. Cutest sweater ever. You know I realized today that your posts don’t show up in my feed anymore because I guess you aren’t on blogspot. Which sucks. So I’ll have to keep an eye out on twitter and what not for yours posts! I don’t keep up with bloglovin enough for it to be useful!
yesssss!! Loved those shoulder patches & this is just as wonderful, so cute & you look so cute as well- great sweater color btw.
Too cute! I love this idea. It so simple yet a great way to make your wardrobe unique. Thank you for the great idea!!!
Awe! It looks awesome! I’m so clueless on how to sew! :/ You should make more and sell them ;).
Hope you’ve started the week off with a huge smile! ;D
o.m.g. this is the cutest, lisa!!
Ok, wow! (Swoon) This whole outfit is too adorable for words. I am bookmarking this post right now so I can keep this DIY in my files of things to do. It looks so easy and way to cute to not try:)
This is so adorable! I love it!!
Thank you guys! I want to see pics if any of you make your own!
This is such a clever, and adorable, idea! Thank you for sharing <3
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