So here is the sweater that I turned into the cherry blossom sweater. Again I don't have all the pics because I had taken some on the cell and when it got the virus I lost my pics.
I washed the sweater already and everything washed well except for some of the ribbon shrinking. When it is ironed it lays very nicely.
I folded the sweater in half like the boyfriend sweater and cut up the center fold being careful not to pull and twist the fabric too much to avoid any pulls or runs. I took the chiffon ribbon and folded it in half and stitched it to the cut edges. I placed the buttons and the buttonholes on the ribbon. I also pinned the sides and sleeves to be more fitted. I didn't change the length of the sleeves because they were fine. I also drew freehand branches and made running stitches for the base of the cherry blossom branch. I used cherry blossom from a silk flower branch I purchased from JoAnne fabrics. I took the blossoms off and hand stitched the layers of petals together, pulling the stitches tight to slightly gather and then stitched it directly to the branch. After the flowers were all stitched where I wanted them I took nylon thread and threaded yellow beads in strands to the center of the flowers for the, I think its called calyx.
Here are pictures of the finished sweater.
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