This DIY is great for the Spring and the slightly warmer weather up ahead. The lace sleeves add a festival flare to the jacket vest itself which make it the perfect item to wear to a festival, or on any given day with the smell of Spring in the air and blossoms popping up everywhere! I would say this is an intermediate diy project because sewing on sleeves can be quite difficult.

First start out with lace - I found the stretchiest kind so that the sleeves would hang loose and flow-y.

Next I cut out the sleeves of my corduroy jacket right at the seem of each sleeve. I love the detailed pattern on this jack and the color is so electric!

Then I cut out of the lace fabric two sleeves, using the sleeves I just cut off of my original jacket (shown above) as the pattern. After I used those sleeves for a pattern I made sure to cut the end of the sleeve (more towards the wrist) very wide so that it would droop down when I wore it.

After I cut the lace I then sewed the edges to make it a tube (for the arm to go through) and so that the end where my shoulder starts would fit in the vest. I made two of these like shown below. The sewed side is the curved side.

Next I sewed the end of the lace sleeve that connects to vest to that arm section so that I’d have a new fabulous sleeve! I love this design, turned out so cute! Enjoy!

Ali Futrell lives in San Francisco and attends the San Francisco Art Institute. She loves DIY projects and anything involving fashion or art. Being a starving student, she has come to realize thrifting is a great way to save money yet still look fashionable, and Thrift Town makes that possible! #alisblog