DIY Woven Sweatshirt

Thanks to Pinterest and the internet, crafters will never be without projects.  I saw this shirt and wanted to do one of my own.

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Then, I saw A is for Ampersand make one of her own out of two sweatshirts.  She made it look super easy so it motivated me to try.  And, I just happened to find some sweatshirts at thrift, so that was a bonus.
Easy = Awesome.

What you need: two sweatshirts, pins, a ruler or good eyeball, sewing machine, not sidewalk chalk...maybe regular chalk though.

I cut two inch strips vertically stopping before the ribbing at the bottom and the seams at the top.  Next, turn you sweatshirt inside out if you haven't already.

After cutting two inch wide strips out of your second sweatshirt weave them in and pin at the sides. Stitch the sides and cut off any excess strips.  And you're done!

It would probably look much cuter, styled...but sometimes a girl simply doesn't have the energy.  I'm keepin it real.

I also made one for my angel.  Instead of cutting straight up and down, I went across and used scalloped edges.  

 see the scalloped edges.  I didn't measure this one...I just eyeballed it.  

 Then I tore strips of this scrap cotton (it was an old sheet), and sewed the strips across the bottom.  Don't forget to turn it inside out to work in the strips of fabric!  

 Weave them through

 Then sew the strips at the top.

If I do another one for her I am going to reduce the width of the strips to about 1 inch...maybe even smaller for this size of sweatshirt.  But she still loves it.

my model is unruly.  On this one I will probably go back and top stitch all of them.  She was already sticking her paws through the openings.

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