3 Easy DIY Blazer Alterations You Can Do to Refashion Your Jackets
Blazers are never out of fashion, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have too many of them in your closet. If you want to pare down your blazer collection, follow this tutorial to learn some DIY blazer alterations that will give you a brand-new piece to add to your wardrobe.
Tools and materials:
- Old blazers
- Fabric paint
- Paint stamps
- Ribbon tape
- Tape measure
- Scissors and/or rotary cutting
- Thread
- Sewing machine
- Fabric chalk
- Pins
DIY blazer alteration 1 – bolero jacket
1. Crop the blazer
Draw a chalk line across the whole width of your blazer at the length you would like your bolero jacket to be. Then, cut the jacket, going right through the jacket and lining, if there is any, along your marked line.
2. Add detail to the blazer
Use fabric paint and paint stamps to add a pattern to your bolero jacket. You can do a small section…
…or you can do the whole front of the jacket.
You can even do the cuffs!
3. Finish the hem
Pin ribbon tape to the outside of the jacket, all the way around, lining up the bottom edge of the tape with the bottom of the jacket.
Then sew the tape to the jacket along the bottom edge.
Now fold the tape in half over the bottom of the blazer and sew it in place along the bottom of the inside of the jacket. Try to make the inside row of stitches long the same line as the outside row.
You can coordinate your DIY bolero jacket with so many other pieces! This is a great upstyle for an old blazer.
DIY blazer alteration 2 – a funky vest
1. Remove the sleeves
Use a seam ripper to remove the sleeves from your blazer.
Now your old blazer looks more like a vest.
2. Finish the edges
To finish the armholes, turn the raw edges to the inside and sew along the edge.
Now just add a big wide belt to your new blazer vest and you’ve got a great new look!
DIY blazer alteration 3 – cropped blazer
This DIY blazer alteration is done the same way as the bolero jacket except for the hem, which will have a more finished edge.
This time, attach the ribbon tape to the front as you did with the first one, but now fold the whole tape to the inside and stitch it in place so none of the ribbon tape is showing on the outside.
DIY blazer alterations tutorial
The first bolero jacket was funkier, and this one is a bit dressier. Whichever DIY blazer alteration you choose will be a great way to repurpose your old blazer and make a fashion statement.
Make all three to express your style in different ways! Be sure to leave a comment to let me know which blazer alteration you liked best.
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