2 posts tagged “reconstructing”
Converting regular jeans into maternity jeans
Converting a maternity wedding dress into a regular dress
Turning maternity overalls back into "normal" clothes
Converting a regular skirt into a maternity skirt
Adding a knit waistband onto pants
Converting a normal dress into a nursing dress
I bought this lambswool sweater at a garage sale last year, originally intending to make an absorbent pad to go underneath my baby. But now that cooler weather has arrived, I decided to turn the sweater into pajamas. My baby doesn't like having any covers on, so I need to keep her warm some other way.
I didn't have a pattern, so I used 12-18 month pants and a shirt for my template. The pajama bottoms came from the arms of the sweater; the wrist cuff became the ankle cuff. I turned the waist edge over about 3/4" and inserted 1/2" wide elastic to keep the waist nice and snug.
The pajama top used the original neckband. You can still see the tag, actually! I cut the pajama arm pieces from the bottom of the sweater, so I only had to hem the bottom of the shirt.
