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Friday, February 21, 2014

Child size pajama pants from an adult pajama top

My daughter was given pajamas, her mother in law got them as a gift but didn't like them. My daughter liked just the pants to wear for lounging. Her daughter likes the pants too and asked for some just like them.

Since she has seen me repair, alter and hack so many other things, she brought me the shirt and a pair of the current size pajama pants for my granddaughter. She asked if I could make a little pair of pants from them.

I turned the pants inside out to use the seam line for my cutting guide.

It wouldn't fit quite this way, so I turned it around and that way was fine.

The outside of the leg along the middle of the shirt, the crotch at the sleeve seam and the waist along the top of the shirt.

It fit perfectly and saved me lots of sewing to just use the shirt hem as the pajama pants hem.

Close up of the reused hem line.

The fabric was a new type to me, it looks like satin on the front side and the wrong side is brushed, almost like flannel.,

The finished pants- the pocket is a little crooked but that is just where it ended up. I don't think a 3 year old will care one bit.

Close up of the fabric -this would be a good I spy quilt fabric except it is not cotton.

In case you are wondering, the top was a ladies size large and the pants are a 5 T.

It just took about 15-20 minutes to make these. I cut them out on the dining table while baby grandson ate his finger food lunch, then I put him in the bounce seat while I sewed.

Have you altered or hacked anything like this lately?

2014 Quilt #3

I first heard of I Spy quilts maybe 10-12 years ago, way before I had any grandchildren.

Each block of an I spy quilt uses novelty fabric and the fabric gets fussy cut so the design is featured in each block.

The template I used is a 3 3/8 inch plexiglass square, which is small. If I was starting another I Spy quilt from scratch, I would use a 4 or 5 inch square. Some of the fabrics I would of liked to use had designs that were just too big.

Anyway, I've been collecting novelty fabrics all this time and I thought there were finally enough to finish cutting out squares and sew up a quilt.

Every square is something different.

This one is for granddaughter Andie who will be 2 very soon.

It is all machine sewn and quilted. The backing has fish and mermaids riding dolphins.

Little Andie was born early at 5 pounds and took a helicopter ride to a bigger hospital on her first day of life. She spent a few days in the children's hospital.