GUEST POST: Naomi from Sweet Lemonayde

Today we have my bestest blogging friend, Naomi, here with a tutorial on how to make a jersey cardigan! I'm so excited! Naomi is by far the awesomest person I've ever met in the bloggisphere.  I'm so glad to have her on my little old blog!

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Hi everyone! I'm Naomi, also known as Nay or Nay-nay, from Sweet Lemonayde. I am a teen who loves to do sewing and crafting and all other types of fun things!

I am so honored to be guest posting here! This is my very first guest post, so tell me if I'm doing something wrong. Here's a picture to describe my coolness:

Yep, that's me...

Okay, truth be told when Alyssa asked me to guest post, I instantly said yes. Not because I actually had a project in mind but because I desperately wanted to be on her awesome blog. So I said yes. Only I wasn't sure what project to make, but I didn't want to take a long time to get it to her. So when I went to the fabric store, I grabbed some jersey and started my project that day! And this is what became of it...

A draped cardigan! I've seen these everywhere and I love them! Except that they don't have a hood. :( So... I added one! Cuz that's what seamstresses do (which is why we have an advantage over everyone else, in my extremely unbiased opinion)! The draped part is extra wide and can be pulled up for a hood if you want it to, and you can wrap your cardigan in multiple ways;

Open:

Open and belted:

Wrapped and tied:

Hooded, wrapped, and tied:

Try to come up with your own variations!

This project is fairly easy; cutting out the pieces took more time than to sew it together!

So, what you'll need:

Materials

-2 yards of jersey knit material. I had some lavender jersey. Purple's not really my color, but what can you do? It was 99 cents a yard!

-sewing machine

-thread

-scissors

-tape measure

-long sleeved tee that fits you well (or you could use a t-shirt pattern)

1. Cut out your front and back pieces out from the fabric, following your long sleeved tee as a guide. I just folded the sleeves behind the shirt and traced it. You can lengthen the shirt; I lengthened it so that it reached my knees.

2. Cut a v neck from the front, and then cut your front piece in half. Now round the points on the front.

3. Fold your material in half and cut out 2 sleeves on the fold, using your tee as a guide. You can add cuffs if you want. You can cut a long strip for a belt, too.

4. Measure around your front neckline; up the front, around the neck, and back down to the bottom. This number is x.

5. Cut out a strip of fabric x" by 15." Lay it aside. These are all your pieces:

6. Time to sew! With right sides together sew the shoulders of the 2 front pieces to the shoulders of the back piece. Don't turn it right side out yet.

7. You should have what looks like a vest.

Lay it out flat. Take your sleeve and pin it to the armhole, right sides together.

Sew it on, and repeat with the other side. Flat, it should look like this:

8. Now fold your piece in half so that you have an almost completed shirt, right sides together, and sew from the end of the sleeve, over, and down from the armpit.

(the yellow indicates a fold and the green means you sew the sides together)

9. Sew the 15" strip around the neckline and down each side, right sides together. You may need pins for this part. If the strip is a bit short, just stretch it out evenly along the neckline.

10. You're finished!

(shirt: forever 21, skirt: nordstroms, necklace: forever 21)

There's your lovely cardigan. These are all pics of my sister modeling. As you can see, she likes her poses and such...

I guess we both are a bit odd, don't you think?

(don't worry, she's still wearing her outfit underneath!!!)

Come by and check out my blog for more tutorials! Thanks so much Alyssa for having me! Have a great day everyone! :{ (i stole the mustache guy from Alyssa, haha)

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Thanks Nay! I love it! Can't wait to make one... though it'll probably take me awhile... I'm not so great at sewing, but you made it look easy! :{

{oh... everyone go follow her blog... it's the bomb.com}