Sweater to Bag Refashion

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This weekend was crazy productive!! Chris & I replaced the serpentine belt on our car for under $50. The dealership wanted to charge us nearly $500. TAKE THAT sucka! I was thrilled that we (mostly Chris) were able to do that ourselves. After that, I taught a fabulous calligraphy workshop. It’s always so rewarding to see how much everyone learns & improves over the course of 2 hours. I had a blast & I hope everyone else did, too. It was so fun to meet some wonderful new ladies & practice calligraphy. I didn’t take any pics or record any video (it was much too busy with Penelope & Felix for Chris to do it), so I’ll be hosting another class in the near future so I can get it filmed.In the mean time, if you’d like to stay updated on when the online course will be available, click here to receive the email.

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Dani, who was the one motivating me to teach the class in the first place, brought a GIGANTIC box of goodies. These goodies ranged from sweaters, vintage (never been used) bed sheets, to ribbons & holiday decorations! It was like Christmas going through the pile of goodies. One of the sweaters was the above Banana Republic sweater. My cousin & I were wondering when Banana actually sold that thing. The late ’90s? The thick knit as a tank really doesn’t work, in my opinion. Seeing as the tank was perfectly symmetrical, I thought it’d make a much cuter hand bag than anything else.

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Here’s what I did:

  • I flipped the top inside out
  • matched up the side seams at the armpit & hem
  • drew a curved line across the bottom
  • sewed a tight stitch along that line
  • cut off excess fabric
  • turned back right-side out

All that took less than 10 minutes to do. It gives a bohemian/hippy look to me with the knit & camel color. I dig it. Do you?

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    1. Kelli says:

      This looks great! It reminds me of sak’s knit handbags!

    2. Melissa says:

      Kelli, thanks so much!! Your comment just made my day.

    3. Kimber says:

      Oh! I so wanted to come to that calligraphy workshop! That’d be so wonderful if you offered them every once and awhile like that bc I won’t be back to Utah til the fall and so badly want to take one! And cute purse refashion!

    4. Natalie says:

      Ah, I’m so bummed I missed your class. I need to make sure I can get out of work next time.

    5. Libby Kleyn says:

      What?! You never cease to amaze me with your craftiness. That bag rocks!

    6. Molly H. says:

      I totally had that sweater in lavender circa 1999. It was definitely way too hot as a tank in south Georgia–would have been much better as a bag! Love it!

    7. Tang says:

      Hmmm really great idea for unwanted vests in general!

    8. erin says:

      This is so cute! Looks great!

    9. Love the sweater transformation! Super cute!

    10. Bellesme says:

      Great! I think it looks SO much better than the sweater =P
      Bellesme

    11. Virginia says:

      how clever!! very cool. definitely dig it.

    12. Heidi says:

      That was such a quick fix, but with amazing results!

    13. Bmerry says:

      Digiddy

    14. CK says:

      WOw! Awesome job! That looks great!

    15. Chelsea says:

      You’re the best! Awesome!

    16. Rachel says:

      I really really really really CANNOT wait until your online calligraphy class! If I were in Utah I would definitely be coming in person!

    17. […] that stash of goodies my friend Dani gave me, was a pretty Ann Taylor sweater. I didn’t get any before photos, but it was a basic long […]

    18. JoLynn says:

      This is so cute! Wish I still had the exact same sweater!! :) I know I owned the same thing awhile back.

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