Friday, April 29, 2011

Finished Object Friday

First off - please remember those that were affected by the tornadoes in the last week! Quite a frightening experience! Those same storms were over us on Tuesday evening, but there wasn't the widespread damage as they have experienced. I certainly was relieved to hear from Brittany Wed. evening - they are all ok, but maybe still without power.
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Thanks all for the sweet comments on my Easter post. We had a wonderful day! But now it's time for Finished Object Friday! So here is my "object:"


Oh, wait... you've seen that picture before, haven't  you? Well, my sweater is my finished object! :)

I had my outfit together with a basic white jacket, but I wanted to find something a little more feminine/springy! After a bit of shopping (first online then at the store...) I figured I didn't want to pay $30.00 for what I wanted, and decided after looking at a few sweaters, "I can do this!" So I did!! (This sweater was my inspiration.) So I found this sweater on clearance:



Bought some fabric and cut out circles:

I bought a 1/4 of a yard and ironed it into thirds. Then cut the circles out (cutting three out at a time went soo fast! I ended up with more than I needed!) I then folded them into fourths before pinning them for placement. I used my sewing machine to sew them securely down - much faster than hand stitching! :) (Oh and the inside window of a paper cd sleeve was the perfect size circle!) :)

Here it is up close:


The whole project came together very fast with minimal frustration. (Although I did tack the collar down once while sewing a "petal." Out came the seam ripper!) :)  And I had my fun, fluttery, feminine cardigan for Easter morning! :) 

So now it's your turn to share! What fun projects have you had up your sleeve? :)

5 comments:

  1. Cute sweater! I love pretty girly stuff like that!

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  2. Very pretty! I noticed your sweater in your Easter picture and wondered if you had adorned it yourself. I love the pretty ruffles and flowers that are in style right now. So girly and feminine! :)

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  3. As you know, I already was eyeballing the pretty sweater! Love how it turned out!

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  4. Very nice! I'm always impressed when people can make things that nice. (Because I can't!)

    I have a blanket that is almost done, but I haven't been able to crochet on it lately because of my morning sickness. I was hoping to have it done for today. Sorry.

    I don't think it's fair that this baby won't let me crochet him (or her) a blanket!

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  5. You already know I love it!! Love the girly ruffly look :)
    I'm happy to have our power back on - having fun catching up with all my bloggy buddies!

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