Make Over Cardy Party - Day2

I like a grey cardy

a grey cardy goes with most things

unless of course it's too small

then knowing how to rememdy this

is the handiest skill of all

following on from yesterdays post 

you'll have selected two cardigans or a cardy & a jumper...

choose the one you wish to make bigger [keeper]

 and the one you're prepared to sacrifice [volunteer] 

we'll be adding a 'wedge' created from the volunteer 

to gain the extra width needed in the keeper

Day2 :: Cutting

take the folded sleeve of the 'volunteer' 

and lay it along the side seam of the 'keeper'  

to check the sleeves you are about to remove are long enough 

to fit the gap you are about to create

[if it's not you can use the fronts &/or back of the 'volunteer' cardy]

carefully remove the sleeves from the body of the 'volunteer'

  

 open them up along the seams 

because they've had a life you might notice they're a little stretched 

a quick steam/press will help bring them back into shape  

with the 'keeper'

carefully cut up the side seams 

stopping 1cm from the underarm point 

even though you know the 'keeper' is too small

you'll not know by how much until you try it on

and unlike me you wont have to expose your lumpy bits to the world by taking a photo of yourself 

instead you'll use your camera hand to measure the gap

taking note of that measurement 

in my case the amount I needed fell short of the amount I could acheive 

[determined by the width of the sleeve hem]

however I don't wear my cardys buttoned up 

so figured any extra was better than none

and forged ahead

having made note of the width needed for the bottom of the wedge

I measured down the opened side seam on the 'keeper' 

to get the length measurement required

and marked this measurement up from the bottom of the folded sleeves

then ruled a straight line from the top to the bottom 

creating the wedges I'll need.

Tomorrow we plug in the sewing machine!