Welcome to week #9 of Girls Want Pearls!
You know those sweaters of yours or your man’s hanging in the closet that need to go away? Hang on, here’s a way you can turn them into a fun new piece in your fall and winter wardrobe. Yep, you can turn your ratty old sweaters into gorgeously stylish boot cuffs!
This project is seriously easy! I promise you can do it in a short amount of time and for under $5. It cost me about $2.50 for each pair I made. There are so many different looks you could create with different sweater colors and textures and different pearl patterns. I think a creamy off-white or oatmeal sweater would be pretty or maybe you prefer bright colors. I picked up these sweaters from a local thrift shop for $1.98 each.
The pairs in the two pics above took me all of 5 minutes per cuff to complete. It would also be fun to sprinkle in some smaller size pearls in the above design. The pair in the top pic took a little longer, about 10 minutes per cuff.
The how-to is pretty self-explanatory but here are a few hints:
1) Wait till your husband isn’t looking, then pull out that sweater of his you hate and cut off the sleeves.
2) Plan out your design and mark it off with straight pins or pencil marks, or just wing it if it’s simple.
3) With each pearl, I sewed in an extra stitch on the inside of the cuff before moving on to the next pearl. I just kept the thread going rather than cutting it off after each pearl in the interest of time. It makes for some longish lines of thread but I think they’ll stay just fine once the boot cuff is in place.
4) You can tuck under the cut edge if you want for a more finished look.
Now strut your stuff and delight in the fact that you reclaimed, transformed and redeemed a piece that was destined for the fashion graveyard!
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This is awesome!
Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
Thank you, so nice to meet you. Going over to check out your blog now.
HOW CUTE!
Thank you Amber! Have a wonderful, creative week!
Too cute, thanks for sharing it. I have to try this!….especially steal the ugly sweater part! lol
Thank you Christine. I figure they’ll never miss it, right?
What a fabulous idea. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
Thank you, Marty. Thanks for hosting!!!
Oh, your “wait till your husband it’s looking” step cracked me up!! You have the perfect boots to wear with cuffs in this style, too!
Hi Rachel! But you know, they all have them, don’t they?!
wow, i’ve never seen boot cuffs before! what a fun idea!!
xo,
Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
Thank you Sandy, I had fun making them!
That’s really cool and unique! Great idea :)
Tiffany Ima
Style Honestly
Thanks Tiffany and thank you for visiting my blog!
So cute Ann! I love your pearls posts! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
What a terrific idea Ann.
Thanks Kerryanne! I’ll stop in on Friday!
i’ll definitely do this – craft-impaired, be darned! need to get those man sweaters out of my man’s drawers. love pearls any–where–time. Cuffed on sweatshirts are cute, too.