Pleather Hand Cut Skirt and Sweater Refashion

This post has two parts, or two pieces I made for Ellie:

Sweater Refashion and Pleather Hand Cut Skirt

The skirt is part of Knock it Off series hosted by Heidi over at Elegance and Elephants.

Hop over to check out the pleather skirt, complete with tutorial and printable pattern/ template!

So on to the sweater.

This little blue sweater is a refashion of a sweater I got years ago, that has been too small and in my repurpose stash.

 It got tight having to avoid those stripes in the original sweater, but worked out.
I used the toddler blouse pattern from a few weeks ago for the sleeves and body.

But this time, the placket was in the back with three flower shaped buttons.


This thinner, slinky, sweater fabric was kind of a pain to work with.
I made sure to serge all the seams to prevent fraying, and the whole placket definitely required interfacing for support.

I used the original hem for both the sleeves and body to help make it look more like a woven sweater rather than a tee shirt or something.
Plus it makes it easier to sew with no hemming!

So together with the pleather skirt, two easy and quick garments for fall and winter.
This lollipop Ellie was eating was her last piece of Halloween candy.
Sad day for her.

 Don't forget to catch the whole tutorial and pattern for the skirt HERE!