Wanted: One small sizzling water bottle and a moth-eaten sweater able to lend itself to new makes use of, plus roughly two minutes of time.
A number of weeks in the past I purchased myself a hot water bottle from native store, Salter House. My children have grow to be so taken with it, I made a decision I’d give them every their very own for Christmas, within the smaller size. An adult-sized sweater cuff and sleeve is ideal for masking the .5 liter dimension, so I used to be capable of rapidly make two covers with a sweater of James’s that was attacked by moths this summer season.
Easiest directions under:
Supplies:
1 cashmere or in any other case comfortable adult-sized sweater prepared for upcycling
1 .5 liter sizzling water bottle
Scissors
Needle and thread (sewing machine very a lot not required)
Directions:
+ Insert water bottle by the cuff of the sweater. Tug into place so the seams line up alongside the edges, or wherever you’d like them to.
+ Reduce a straight line alongside the sleeve on the backside of the bottle, leaving sufficient for only a small seam allowance. The duvet will match greatest if cosy and stretched a bit over the bottle, so don’t be tempted to depart an excessive amount of further room.
+ Take away the bottle from the cuff, flip inside out, and stitch alongside the reduce edge. There are various methods to be exacting right here by way of sew size and kind and watching out for puckering, however I simply set my machine to zig-zag sew and zipped the the sleeve by a number of instances. Should you’re and not using a sewing machine, the underside can simply be sewn along with a easy whipstitch in hardly any extra time.
+ As soon as sewn, flip the duvet right-side out once more. Slide the water bottle in by the cuff and tug the duvet into place.
+ Within the case of this sweater, the moth holes have been largely up by the neck so the sleeves have been intact, however when you’ve got any holes on the cuff or sleeve that want mending, you may strive a little bit of felting or embroidery for a sweetly seen restore.
That’s it. One small present, sorted.
For the curious:
That is the brand new sewing machine I purchased earlier this fall. So many refurbished and used choices on eBay!
That is the sweater of James’s that met an early, mothy demise. Should you don’t have a sweater prepared for upcycling in your stash, examine along with your native Buy Nothing Group! (I lately gave two different sweaters that have been eaten alongside this one to a neighbor making cashmere lingerie!)
