A pull over sweater that is one or two sizes bigger than your normal size (you can find these at Wal-Mart), thread that matches your sweater, pins, needles, buttons of your choice, scissors, and a fabric pencil (which i forgot to put in the picture).
Next, mark the middle of your sweatshirt at the top, and the bottom. This will be your guidelines for where to cut.
Follow your guidelines and cut down the middle. Don't worry about it being perfect because they will be hidden later.
Open your sweater and pin about a half inch of the fabric in for the hem. Do this to both sides. Pinning it will help with you when you start to sew.
Now sew down your hem, taking the pins out as you go. Do this for both sides.
Measure the diameter of your button.
Women's clothes have button holes on the right side, but men's clothes have buttons on the left. Remember this when you are placing your button holes. Distribute the space between the buttons evenly and when you are marking off where you are going to sew your button holes, add 1/8th of an inch to the length to ensure that is is big enough. IMPORTANT: Do NOT cut your holes yet!
After sewing the button holes, you can now cut the hole in the middle.
Bring the side with the holes in it across to the other side. Mark in the middle of the holes so that you know where to sew in your button.
Sew in your buttons and tie them off in the back.
Now your sweater is done! :)
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