Refashioned Chevron Pants

Hello.

I made my little one some new pants yesterday.

I held onto an old vintage skirt that belonged to my Oma because I loved the fabric.

I used the skirt and this tutorial that Cass from "Cass Can Sew" posted as the inspiration to create this.

I thought I'd girly them up a little by adding a bow to the waist

and to the cuffs.

I had in mind that they would be used for the warmer weather as a 3/4 length pant

but I couldn't resist putting them on her now :-)

Linking up here.

Little Red Riding Hood Dress

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My girl needed some warmer school clothes.

The little red skivvy she wore yesterday is almost a 3/4 sleeve now.

I decided to make a jumper dress for her.

I took an ugly red boys jumper...

...and turned it into something a little bit special.

It reminds me of something Little Red Riding Hood would wear.

I used the Pink Fig Scrapbook Jeans & A Sweatshirt pattern.

I actually added 4 inches extra to the length to create more of a dress than a jumper.

I also joined it much higher up at the front. This is the 3rd jumper I have made with this pattern and I found that when making it the way the pattern suggests the jumper keeps slipping off at the shoulder.

The only request my daughter made in regards to the fabric choice was she wanted lovehearts.

I couldn't find any red and black fabric (school uniform colours) that had lovehearts,

except this fabric. It is sooo cute, perfect for a sewer.

There is little stick men with button heads, holding needles with thread.

I am really pleased with the result of this dress, and so is my girl.

She put it on this morning, even though she doesn't have school today.

At least I know she will be happy wearing it.

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My latest addiction - Turning T-shirts into Pants

Hello.

This weekend has been all about transforming my sons old t-shirts into

little PJ pants for my little girl.

You can see my first two attempts in the previous post.

This time I worked on transforming a Boys/Mens t-shirt into

something a little girl would be proud to wear.

This is what I came up with.

I used 3 different t-shirts to add some nice big flowers to an otherwise boring pair of green pants.

This little butterfly was the centre motif of one of my daughters favourite t-shirts

that was too stained to wear again.

I added a coloured button to the middle of each flower.

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Refashioned T-Shirt to PJ Pants

Hello.

My oldest son went through his wardrobe the other day

and gave me a whole heap of t-shirts that he no longer wears.

I thought I'd use some of them to make my little baby some new jammie pants.

I chose a light pink Quiksilver t-shirt and cut a piece of the logo out to add to the bottom of the leg.

It had a very small mark on the top so I added another little patch of the logo.

    

Then I chose a nice purple t-shirt that had a skeleton riding a bicylce :-\

I guess thats the only problem with using a boys/mans t-shirt for a baby girls project,

sometimes the subject matter doesn't match.

Lucky they are bed pants :-)

 

I used the hem of the t-shirt for the pink pants.

To get the picture positioned right on the purple pair I had to cut higher into the t-shirt. 

These ones I had to hem myself.

I made this pattern from an old pair of pants that I cut open.

I traced around them and was able to create a pattern piece that only has one inside leg seam.

This makes for a super quick and easy pair of pants that I can whip up in half an hour.

 

I must use a few more of the t-shirts he gave me to make up some more pants.

I love the result, so quick and comfy.

Linking up here.

Awesome op shop find & transformation

Hello.

Yesterday I went to the op shop and spent too much money on heaps of bargains. As I was almost at the counter I spotted a beautiful ladies white lace skirt and I had visions of making something just like this.

I only thought to take a before shot after I had already cut out some of the pieces. I still managed to get this shot which gives you an idea of what I started with.

I was so pleased with the results that I wanted to take some great pictures of my beautiful daughter wearing her beautiful new dress. Here are some of the shots.

I made some changes but used this New Look pattern as the basis for the dress.

I couldn't bare the idea of wasting any of this fabric so I decided to make my little baby a skirt to match. I just love matching outfits.

I decided to add a nappy cover under the skirt and I used this tutorial from Dana Made It and just added a little lace ruffle in case the skirt flies up.

Who needs Spotlight when you have a 50% off special at the Op Shop.

No offence Spotlight...I still love you.

But how could you possible go past these two gorgeous outfit for the grand total of $2.

♥

How much do I love this pattern?....A Lot!

Hello.

I made up a couple more of these little dresses using the same pattern I used in this post.

It's from my Japanese Pattern Book "Heart Warming Life Series".

That is 3 and I'm already planning a fourth.

Too many already???

This dress I made as a school dress. It's not exactly uniform but I figured that my little girl could get away with just wearing the right colours for Kindy. They are not too strict at our school.

I love the dress, but HATE my machine (at the moment).

After all my effort to get this dress finished all I needed to add was the buttonholes.

This shouldn't be that hard except my machine is DUMB.

This is the result of my machine doing buttonholes on medium thickness fabric.

Yuk.

I ended up having to try to sew it by hand because my sewing machine was incapable.

I know that you can't really tell when the button is done up but it just makes me a little sad to ruin it right at the end :(

She still looks pretty cute for her first day of Kindy.

For my next attempt I tried my hand at another refashion.

I took my Omas (Nan) old skirt.

And turned it into this.

This time I used press stubs instead of buttons.

The fabric was quite sheer so I added the lining of the original skirt to the skirt part of the dress.

I seem to have a little obsession with spots too.

Have you noticed that all 3 of these dresses are made with spotty fabric?

The next one I have planned does not involve any spots, only leaves that are dotted all over the fabric.

Stay tuned for the results.