Monday, August 22, 2011

Sweater Blank

What  Chesty is wearing today.


Again today I am working on an UFO from last year - well if the truth be told, it is a really really old UFO as far as the fabric goes.

Many years ago, my local chapter of the American Sewing Guild took a trip to Philadelphia to shop.  We tried to buy out JoMar, all the shops on 4th street, and a unique place that sold something called a sweater blank.  I can't remember the name just now, but it may come to me.  I am fairly sure that they are no longer in business. 

What is a sweater blank you ask?  Well, it is four pieces of a large sweater knit  that has the ribbing incorporated in the fabric (just like a purchased sweater) and a piece of ribbing for the neck.  They are really fast to construct, so the gal at the store told us,  so I purchased MANY.  Again, what was I thinking? 

Over time I have given most of them away, with the exception of this one.




The 'blank' is the beige / white stripe fabric.  I made the trim out of my two of my faves -beige and medium brown petersham.  I stitched them together then added the animal print trim in the middle of the two.


Close up of the trim


I added a plain Target Tank under it with the same animal print trim on the neck.  The neck grew a little after I added the trim, so I just made a small pleat in the middle and really like how it changed the look of the T.





I plan to close the sweater with this large brass snap that I purchased on a NYC trip!



Let me know what you think - please leave a comment or click a button to let me know you were here.  Thank you for visiting.

Happy Sewing,
Michele P

4 comments:

  1. Inspiring as always, Michele. Love the animal print trim!

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  2. OOOh, that trim! And you mean we are supposed to sew those sweater blank pieces together? LOL. This sweater is fantastic. Now I have to steal this wonderful petersham idea.

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