Recycled Sweatshirt Project

Hello! This is a project that I have been trying to figure out for a while now. I have a sweatshirt that is comfy but the logo on the front wasn't acceptable. At first I tried to take out the stitching but that didn't work. Finally, this idea acame to me after looking at my favorite zip up hoodie and deciding that it was no longer wearable because of holes and a broken zipper. The logo/design was still cool! I got this peanut butter cup idea of putting the two together. Cutting out the design was the first part and because of the size of the area to be covered I had to leave a bit extra around it for the other sweatshirt. I stitched the AC/DC to the red sweatshirt and now I have a recycled sweatshirt project.

This to me is a great idea and now during my trips to the thrift store I can buy those hoodies that I may have passed up because of the design. I redid a sweatshirt for my husband using an old t-shirt that was a size too small. This is definately an anyone can do idea. If you are unable to sew purchacing an iron on fusible web would work too!

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Creative Dawn

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