One project that I did manage to complete today was an alteration to a sleeveless sweater. This is one of my favorite summer tops. It's made of silk, nylon and viscose. It's also very thin and so incredibly soft.
Why does it need altering? Well, let me show you:
A hole!
If you look in the first pic, that hole is in the right hand side of the sweater piece that hangs down and drapes from the shoulder. I was so upset and disgusted when I found the hole that I threw the whole sweater under my bed in disgust and left it there. I figured that sooner or later I could make it into something new or throw it in the trash.
So, about eight months and lots of cat hair later, I got it out again. I intended to get the seam ripper out and just remove the whole drape-y piece and just have a simple tank top. But when I looked at the hole again, I had an epiphany. There was enough fabric that I could fold it over carefully and hand stitch it down to cover the hole. Guess what? It worked:
Look Mom! No hole! Yay me, I save it from the landfill! I'm feeling so green and recycley! (You like my new made up word?) Now to get all that cat hair off of this sweater.
