So my love of all things reversible and convertible is probably obvious by now. Well, I decided to combine the two! Based on Nic and Zoe's four-way convertible wrap cardigan, I made this lovely number. I used some athletic fabric from Joann's that was reversible (black on one side, space dyed or static pattern on the other) and could pass as professional.
I used a standard cardigan pattern, Butterick 6580, doubled the width of the bottom hem for the front piece and then made front shoulder meet the bottom hem in a diagonal instead of the standard cardigan perpendicular edge. The seams are all flat felled except I used a pintucked seam on armholes. There are hooks on the side seams, one on the outside and one on the inside. The other half of the hooks are on the ends of the wrap front. If you try to make something like this, make sure the hook pieces will line up or match even if it's the standard wrap closure (pictures 5 and 6) or the twist closure (pictures 7 and 8). For the twist, you attach the end of each wrap to the same side whereas for the wrap closure you attach the ends to the opposite sides. So the ends have to have the same part of the hook and the side seams have to have the same part of the hook. Since the solid black can be a bit boring, I decided to have the rolled hems go towards that side so the space dyed pattern would accent. As usual, great for travel given the convertible and reversible aspects. When worn with the wrap closure, the shirt can be tucked in to look like a blouse or worn untucked to look like a cardigan. The front does tend to fall open when worn with wrap closure style and untucked.
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