ToDo/NewDo Project: Lisbeth Wahl, Up-cycled top

Upcycled Top

by Lisbeth Wahl, Peschiera del Garda, Italy

Materials available: 

• A nice quality wool sweater, which got in the wrong program and shrank in the washing machine. 
• Woven velvet fabric, with a little stretch. Odd size leftovers from the making of a dress to my daughter.
• All stuff that has been laying around for a while, until I finally turned it into this

 Unfortunately I didn’t think about taking before and after pictures.

Process:

• I cut away the sleeves and the body part, making them as long as possible.
• Then I used a pattern I had previously made in Garment Designer (A sleeveless tunic), adjusting the curve under the arm and the length of the shoulder to fit the sweater sleeve.
• Round neckline with an opening in the front. In the neckline I added a sweater “fish”form. About 1/8 smaller than the neckline circumference measurements, to make it stay nicely flat.

 Note:A weak point, which I might redo, is the uniting of the two materials in the breast-line. (the firmer fabric with the more elastic knitted sweater). Special care should be taken there to not stretch the various fabrics in the making.

About Lisbeth

Lisbeth is a world-renown felter who lives in Peschiera del Garda, near Verona, Italy.

Born in Denmark, She trained as a tailor and pursued her career in costuming and pattern making, most notably the costume department of Teatro alla Scala (Milan). She became interested in felting, and has taken her talents on to new realms. In 2016, she won the top award at the Australian Common Threads Wearable Art Showcase with her felt piece called Set Your Light Free, which combined felt with fiber optics.

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