You may have seen sequin sweaters floating about the internet, and I bet you that the majority of the ones you’ve favourited, pinned, saved and hoarded are probably by non other than Markus Lupfer. I am IN LOVE with his sequin sweaters, super chic and comfortable which is perfect for any lazy day. I love it when its comfortable to be in fashion, screw the whole pain for beauty or what ever the saying is, I love my no fuss comfortable clothes! Granted, I poked myself an insane number of times with the needle while making this sweater….so I guess that does fall under the pain for beauty and fashion category. Anyways, onwards with the tutorial! It’s quite time consuming, but the result is nothing if spectacular!
Supplies:
- A sweater (I got mine from Joe Fresh for $16)
- Sequin trim in blue (6mm), black (3mm), red (6mm) and gold (3mm) [for the original Markus Luper sweater, he uses 4mm sequins, I wasn’t able to get my hands on those, so i opted for different sizes, use whatever you feel comfortable with]
- Thread in colours matching the sequins
- Scissors
- Needle
- Chalk
- Template (you can download it here)
Steps:
- Cut out template
- Trace the pattern onto the shirt with chalk
- Take your sequin trim and start sewing it down, starting with the coloured sequins. I decided to forgo white just because the contrast against the charcoal sweater was too harsh, but if you use a lighter grey sweater you can give it a try.
- Outline everything with the smaller black sequin trim
- Make sure everything is secure
- DONE!
** You can always opt to glue down the sequins, but I would still go back and tac down the sequins with thread after the glue has dried to make sure the sweater can survive the washing machine.
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This is sooo creative! I'm never gonna be able to make it like that!
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Love it!
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This is great! Best DIY I've seen in a long time.
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really creative. love it
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amazing DIY! Thanks for sharing!
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aaaaaw, great DIY! ; )
You've got flair for it ; )
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Amazing Diy, inspiring 🙂
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I really like this one! It's dressed down but the sequins give it that bit of glam. Great job!
Thank you and for sure!
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Thank you!