DIY Sew-your-own Snowman Christmas Jumper

Take one plain pullover and make it into a Christmas jumper for less than £5. What a challenge! This is the task that Turtle Mat set me in order to celebrate their fabulous range of Christmas jumper door mats and rugs, and I jumped at the chance to create a thrifty DIY project this Winter. As soon as I saw this baby blue jumper I was inspired to create a snowy scene and I popped out to pick up some supplies for my sewing project.

I started shopping for embellishments at Hobbycraft, where I picked up a pack of 25 pom poms for £1 and a 50g ball of white acrylic yarn from the basics range, also £1. I cut my snowman shape from a £1 fleece snow blanket. I headed to the local carboot sale and picked up a set of vintage buttons for 40p and some curtain fabric samples for 50p. Here’s how I put my snowman design together and a step-by-step guide on how to create it for yourself this Winter:

Cut a large circle and a small circle from the white fleece to create the head and body of the snowman. Also cut a triangle ‘carrot nose’ from a piece of orange fabric and choose a woven fabric to cut out a scarf curved shape. Cut a longer rectangle piece of the woven fabric for the tail of the scarf and cut some fringing into the end.

2. Sew the head to the body of the snowman before stitching on the scarf and carrot nose. Use black thread to sew a curve for the snowman’s smile and attach a couple of black buttons for his eyes, and a line of buttons down the body.

3. Use white thread to attach the snowman to the front of the jumper and blanket stitch around the edges to keep it looking neat.

4. Lastly I stitched on some snowflake embellishments, using wool to create a starburst snowflake shape and I finished this off with a pom-pom in the center and a few more pom-poms dotted about the jumper.
And here is my finished snowman Christmas jumper! I know I’ll be wearing it all winter long because I’ve barely taken it off since I finished making it this weekend!