Sew a children’s upcycled pullover from fabric scraps

Sew a colorful sweater

What you need

  • fabric remnants, for example sweatshirt fleece and rib knit
  • Pattern 
  • a sewing machine 
  •  fabric and paper scissors 
  •  a sewing needle 
  • Thread

Sewing instructions 

 

1. First, the pattern must be printed, cut out, and assembled.

2. When cutting the fabric, cut out the front and back pieces of the sweater, two sleeves, one waistband, one neckband, and two cuffs.

3. The sleeve opening of the arms is placed on the sleeve opening of the front piece (right sides together) and closed from the neckline to the side seams.


4. Then stitch the back piece with the sleeves at the sleeve seams. 


5. Place the front and back pieces on top of each other and fold the sleeves in half.
Now close the open sleeve seams together with the side seams.


6. Fold the cuffs in half (right sides together), close them along the open edges, then fold them in half again (wrong sides together) so that the seams lie on top of each other.


7. Turn the sweater right side out.
Now place the cuffs with their respective open edges against the sweater’s open edges. By pinning them and/or stretching the cuffs to the length of the sweater’s edge, the cuffs can be attached evenly.

Your magical sweater is ready :)

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