November 16, 2009
Poppa handed me these two polo shirts which he has never worn to donate. As soon as I saw them I felt a refashion project coming on.
The first pajama set was very simple, for Christopher, I decided on a one piece because he is small enough to fit in through the neck hole so I can use the ready made collar and button holes in the front. I cut off enough on each side to make it the perfect width for his frame and then I cut off the sleeves and reattached them to the new smaller body. Lastly, I cut a slit up the bottom through both layers of the shirt to make legs, sewed it all up and voila. Refashioned pajamas for my little guy for free and the project took less than one hour.
When I sent him down to show his Poppa what I made, John Paul came to inquire as to why Christopher had this neat-o new pj and he didn’t…so I went to work with the next one.
I gave it two minutes of thought and decided that a two piece pajama with elbow and knee pads would be perfect. The elbow and knee pads are made of a red corduroy fabric from my stash. I promise once my life gets back to normal I will find more shirts (at a thrift store and not my husbands closet) and post a step by step tutorial. For now my sewing projects will be sparse as I pack up my life.
Isn't that a cute polo shirt result for your toddler.
I love these! I'm definitely going to try with 4 boys-how much they would love to have their daddy's shirt! 🙂
I can sew, but not without a pattern or tutorial =D I would love to see one for this project, it's quite brilliant!
Absolutely brilliant!