Thursday, February 4, 2010

Baby Leg Warmers

I finally made some baby leg warmers for my baby girl.  It’s a refashion, meaning I took regular women’s knee high socks and converted them to leg warmers for my wee  one.

Baby leg warmers run about $10 a pair.  I was able to find women’s knee high socks on clearance at Target so each pair came out to be just a little over $1.  I’m so happy that I can make something so cute and practical for my little girl.  With these leg warmers on, it makes diaper changing lot easier.

Here is my little model:

If you’re interested in making a pair or two for your cutie, here’s a free tutorial.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Extending the Lifespan of a Shirt

With the way my boys store their clothes, it’s difficult to find a long sleeve shirt.  I decided to solve the problem by turning a short sleeve shirt that my son had outgrown into a long sleeve shirt.  I know. . . interesting way of solving the problem, but at least it’s more fun and interesting for me.  I’ll just have to teach them the right way of solving their laundry sorting problem some time in the future.

Here’s the original shirt that’s too small:

Now it’s a long sleeve shirt.  I added sleeves and lengthened the bottom:

My boy modeling his “new” shirt.  Once again he can show to the world that he still loves his daddy.

I’m really stoked that this actually worked and I didn’t even spend a penny!