What do you do when you have a cute little dress, for a cute little girl, but it needs a cute little cardigan to go with it, and you cannot find one in her size to match? (take a breath here).
Well, you can always can a bigger one that matches and resize it! And it doesn’t take long at all and probably saves money.
PS: This is the dress I made from a dish towel, using the As You Like it Pattern with some of the optional changes.
Then it looks like this.
Turn inside out and pin the sides. Then sew 1/4″ down the bottom of the sleeves and sides of the cardigan.
Cut the ribbing from the bottom of the sleeves and bottom of the cardigan. Cut enough, plus seam allowance, to go around each part: 2 for the sleeves and a long piece for the bottom. I sewed the sleeve pieces together, then put them on the sleeves to sew. But the bottom isn’t connected, so I turned the front sides in and sewed it down so the edge wasn’t raw.
created to create says
November 26, 2010 at 12:45 pmthis is amazing!!!! you always, have creative ideas
Sweet Audrey says
November 26, 2010 at 1:09 pmWow!!! Great idea!!!
Kisses from Spain
Becki and Jeff says
November 26, 2010 at 1:48 pmI LIKE THIS!! I will have to do this for Christmas for my little girls!!
The SPANGLER says
November 26, 2010 at 5:59 pmGORGEOUS Such a good idea because it really can be so tricky to find co-ordinating tops/cardigans for littlies! Love it!
Anna says
November 26, 2010 at 11:04 pmthat turned out so cute! what a great idea. 🙂
Emily Elizabeth says
November 26, 2010 at 11:31 pmAs usual – you are amazing! I’m definitely going to be using this for my little one!
Susannah says
November 27, 2010 at 6:00 pmThat is great! I love that you re-attached the bottom, that gives it such a finished look.
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Shaheen says
November 28, 2010 at 12:15 amGreat idea!Thanks for the tutorial!
casserole says
November 28, 2010 at 8:58 amBrilliant!! My daughter loves the idea of us wearing matching clothes. The next time I see some cardigans on clearance, I’ll grab up one for her and one for me.
I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-mini-me-cardigan-for-little-girls/2010/11/28/
–Anne
MaryJanes and Galoshes says
November 28, 2010 at 4:52 pmMy daughter is in need of a lot of these and I happen to have a ton of sweaters I don’t care for anymore but would be perfect for her! Thanks for the idea. If mine turn out I will link back to you!
Taylor
http://www.maryjanesandgaloshes.com
viento says
November 29, 2010 at 1:15 amvery clever, I like it..
Teena says
November 29, 2010 at 6:35 pmthis resized cardy is so cool! ,3
shmmry17 says
November 29, 2010 at 8:46 pmII love your blog!!! Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful ideas! I am new to blogging but have enjoyed it so far, check me out 🙂 http://threelittlebambuselsabc.blogspot.com/
Allison @ House of Hepworths says
November 30, 2010 at 5:25 pmJust found your blog through re-nest and I’m so glad I did! You are so cute!!
~Allison @ House of Hepworths
Kristina says
December 3, 2010 at 12:51 amShe is so cute! 🙂 I have a bunch of shirts that I no longer fit into and have been holding onto for some time. I’ll have to try to size them down with this sort of idea… thanks!
Amanda says
December 6, 2010 at 9:31 amHello! I love this idea. I featured it on my blog today! Love if you stopped by! And if you don’t mind – while your there clicking on my widget. Each click we get P&G is donating 1 days worth of water! Thanks!
Amanda
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Aimee says
December 22, 2010 at 12:01 amI love how brave you are when it comes to cutting up clothes…you amaze me.
Chieu says
January 25, 2011 at 4:55 pmThis is so creative! I absolutely adore your work 🙂
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Anonymous says
May 30, 2011 at 9:07 amThank you so much for posting instructions with pictures on how to complete this project. I just finished transforming one of my old cardigans into a mini version for my daughter and I love it!!! The pictures were just sloop helpful.
HeatherKate says
September 14, 2011 at 9:08 pmI just did this for my daughter, and I’m so thrilled by it! Because of the way the sleeves on the sweater were attached, you can’t even tell it’s been adapted! Thank you so much!!