Since we lack a Target/Walmart/Cheapo Store in Korea, I can't easily find basic baby clothes - like onesies (babygros). I mean, you CAN find them, but you have to buy them individually, and they are pricey. Not like the handy packs you can find at Target (Carters brand, I love you).
Anyway! It's getting chilly here, and all of Elijah's 6-9 month onesies are short sleeved. As a matter of fact, so are all his 9-12 month ones. And winter is coming. By the time it's warm again, he will have grown out of all of those. So I decided to 'upcycle' the old pajamas and long-sleeved onesies from his 0-6 month stage.
This is the result:
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| Lil' gangster stylin' in his new threads. |
It is so easy to do, you should try it! Plus you get to feel all accomplished and everything.
Step 1:
Go through the clothes your baby has grown out of - grab all the long-sleeved ones.
Step 2:
Measure your baby's arm. All I did was use my finger as a measuring stick (I even did it while he was sleeping) ... Elijah's arm is 8 finger segments long.
Step 3:
Measure how long the sleeve should be, adding in the length of the bigger onesie's sleeve.
Step 4:
Cut off the arm of the too-small outfit. I cut off 6 finger segment's worth, as the sleeve on the bigger onesie was 2 FS (finger segments).
Step 5:
Turn everything inside out, and pin if desired. It is not necessary.
Step 6:
Sew the arms together. I lined up the sleeve to the hem, and sewed it so that the stitches don't show, and then finished result looks like layered shirts.
Step 7:
Turn it right-side out and put it on your baby.
SO EASY! I've done about 5 of them so far.... and Elijah seems to like them too!
Step 1:
Go through the clothes your baby has grown out of - grab all the long-sleeved ones.
Step 2:
Measure your baby's arm. All I did was use my finger as a measuring stick (I even did it while he was sleeping) ... Elijah's arm is 8 finger segments long.
Step 3:
Measure how long the sleeve should be, adding in the length of the bigger onesie's sleeve.
Step 4:
Cut off the arm of the too-small outfit. I cut off 6 finger segment's worth, as the sleeve on the bigger onesie was 2 FS (finger segments).
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| The process: cut off arm. |
Turn everything inside out, and pin if desired. It is not necessary.
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| I only pinned one of them. Didn't make any difference. |
Sew the arms together. I lined up the sleeve to the hem, and sewed it so that the stitches don't show, and then finished result looks like layered shirts.
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| Stitch - yeah, my stitches aren't so neat and even. |
Turn it right-side out and put it on your baby.
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| Tada! Super easy. |
SO EASY! I've done about 5 of them so far.... and Elijah seems to like them too!
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| So happy with his new shirts! |
