My KA-POW! Sequin Sweater
I’ve long wanted to try out this sequin sweatshirt tutorial after seeing how awesome/professional it looks. And because I do crazy things like that, I ended up sewing the entire design by hand… one by one. My KA-POW! sweater :)
It’s quite hard to ignore the comic effect trend now that it’s popping out at you all over — High street brands such as Zara and Topshop have incorporated the easily recognisable action signs into many of their apparels this season. Here are a few…
1. Comic Pop Art Sweat from Topshop.com, SGD 69.00
2. Models Own WAH Nail Transfers – POW from ASOS.com, SGD 15.39
3. Whop Velour Sweater from Zara, SGD 49.90
4. Markus Lupfer KA-POW Sequin Sweater from ASOS.com, SGD 534.97
5. Pow! Printed T-shirt from Pull & Bear, SGD 49.90
6. AMBUSH Gold/Black POW! Ring from Hypebeast, 157USD
7. Jeffrey Campbell The Wordz Sneaker in Black Red and White Patent from Karmaloop, 145 USD
8. Smack Knit Sweater from Nasty Gal, 58USD
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Note: This isn’t entirely a tutorial because I don’t recommend or expect anyone to sew on the sequins one by one. However, I did take process shots along the way and they’ll be in this entry!
I decided to sew the sequins on a Topshop Grey Sweatshirt I got from the local stores (39SGD). It started out looking like this..
I can’t deny the entire project took me the longest time ever, with me sewing on sequins for sessions as long as 9 hours at one go on one night, from 10pm – 7am. I’d say I took a total of 30-40ish hours? So proud and glad that it’s completed though! Now… What am I going to do when I’m old?
Now that that’s done, I would actually like to know.. Would you embark on a project like that?
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HIIIIIAKKK!!! Thanks for popping by! Love that we both have the same word in our names and lovely content on your blog!! x
Thanks, lady! :) Keep up the good work!
WOW, Girl, that’s some CRAZY sewing and sequin action there! It’s AWESOME! *respect*
I can’t honestly say that I would ever do something like this. I really admire you for being able to do it. I would have had a tantrum somewhere in the middle :P It looks incredible!
Oh WOW! That is amazing and super impressive. Really admire your dedication and talent!
I’m definitely going to try this for a Marc Jacobs sequined Mickey Mouse sweatshirt! Thank you for the inspiration
Sweet! Have fun doing your sweatshirt :)
OMG!! You just made me sooo happy. I’m so glad to see my tutorial was helpful. Your sweatshirt is awesomeee, it looks exactly like the real from Markus Lupfer. I love it! You are a great DIYer ;)
Kisses from Barcelona