Recycled Sweater Kid Pants
I overheard a woman in the local yarn shop talking about making kid pants out of old sweater sleeves. I had seen this done with sweatshirts, but the sweater idea seemed like more fun, cuter. I cut up a pair of my son's pants to get the crotch pattern then applied it to the sweater sleeve pieces using as much sleeve length as possible.
On the orange pair I stiched the two pieces together on the sewing machine with just a straight stich, then stitched down the seam on both sides. The stiches blend right into the knit and are hardly visible. I threaded a ribbon through the waist to make a closure. And, to cutify it a bit more I hand-stitched torquoise lace seam binding to the inside waist seam. The other pants have a standard elastic waist decorated with a red zigzag stitch, big red button, and some hand-stitching down the fly.
I haven't tried these on any kids yet, so I'm not sure of the practicality, but they are sure fun, cheap and easy to make.
On the orange pair I stiched the two pieces together on the sewing machine with just a straight stich, then stitched down the seam on both sides. The stiches blend right into the knit and are hardly visible. I threaded a ribbon through the waist to make a closure. And, to cutify it a bit more I hand-stitched torquoise lace seam binding to the inside waist seam. The other pants have a standard elastic waist decorated with a red zigzag stitch, big red button, and some hand-stitching down the fly.
I haven't tried these on any kids yet, so I'm not sure of the practicality, but they are sure fun, cheap and easy to make.
Labels: kids clothes, recycle, sewing
