Thanks for everyone's advice on splitting a sweatshirt up the middle, and stitching it. I put stabilizer under it, and did a very close zig zag stitch. Polly, you talked about the sweatshirts stretching, well, they were already pretty stretched. These are obviously at least 2-3 years old. I'm pretty sure they hang down to her knees now. She is barely 5' tall, and these are really, really big! Anyway, they don't look great, but I am through with them. I gave them to her today, and she said that she didn't care what they looked like, as long as nothing raveled. I told her that they shouldn't ravel because sweatshirt material balls up rather than ravel, but if they did, to give them back to me, and I would just stitch over everything again. I have done sweatshirt cardigans in the past, and have sold them and given them as gifts. I used hem tape, and did lots of stitching, and adding fabric and paints to them. They were lots of trouble to make, but they did look pretty. I'm not sure they were any more trouble than this was. Do you get the idea that I didn't enjoy doing this, lol.
Sherry Starr