Refashion | Jean Jacket And Vintage Chunky Knit Sweater Mashup
thee inspiration:
a denim jacket with contrast chunky knit sleeves
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Pretty straight forward refashion. Take your favorite jean jacket and a comfy cute sweater, cut off their sleeves and attach the sweater sleeves onto the jean jacket.
This vintage sweater was such a neat thrift store find. The pattern on it is what caught my eye. I found the sleeves on this sweater rather short though. At least compared with those of the jacket. So to match up with the jean jacket sleeve length I had to attach more of the sweater to complete the length. I used the bottom hem of the sweater to have that nice finished edge. You definitely want to serge/overlock any raw edges of the sweater since it can unravel easily. I only serged the sweater sleeves armholes. Serging around the armhole of the jean jacket is up to you. Or you can serge them together once they are attached together (if it's not too thick for your machine to handle).
I placed the new top part over the rest of the sleeve. Then attached the new sleeves to the jean jacket right under the original top stitching of the jean jacket armholes. So I didn't feel a need to serge the denim.
There you have it. A simple jean jacket now with added visual and textural interest.
You can find this upcycled unique piece in thee shop: here
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Yes, sounds good I will try it also very good idea
This article is decades late. I us to cut the sleeves off my blue Jean jacket, and saved the sleeves to reattach back on at the end of the season. Plus I took and old sweat shirt and used it's sleeves on the blue Jean jacket. I also used the blue Jean sleeves over my blk suede boots. I love fashion and redo of clothes, everything sown by hand.