Turtleneck to Zipped Pullover Refashion

Did you guys happen to catch Cheri's T-Shirt to Zipped Pullover tutorial over at I Am Momma Hear Me Roar?  It was a guest post during Dana and Rae's Celebrate the Boy series. Even though I have two girls, I absolutely loved it and wanted to try it out for my oldest daughter. I had a heck of a time finding a long sleeve t-shirt in the right size... wrong time of year, I guess. I ended up finding a boy's plain dark gray turtleneck on clearance at Walmart for $1, and that's what I refashioned into this...

How cute is that? See that awesome pleat at the bottom of the zipper? I totally messed that up. meant to do that.

I had a flannel Hello Kitty remnant that I picked up at Jo-Ann's, and I knew I wanted to use part of it for this shirt. The inside of the pocket is just plain cream colored flannel. Add a little raspberry ribbed knit and a blue-gray zipper, and you've got a pretty cute little shirt.

This was my first sewing refashion, and I have to admit that I was a little frightened to start cutting into that perfectly good turtleneck until I reminded myself that it was only a dollar... Then I got over it pretty quickly.

I fear knits, but this was so simple and actually a pretty quick project. And that's coming from a super slow sewer. In no time at all that gray turtleneck went from this...

To this...

Wanna make your own? Click here to see the T-Shirt to Zipped Pullover tutorial that Cheri posted over at I Am Momma and to see her adorable refashion.





I'm linking up...