Basic Boys Pants

I picked up a nice pair of mens cord trousers the other day from the local op-shop. I paid $5 for them and figured I would be able to maker one size 3 boys pant and some shorts/pants for my toddler. If not the scraps will be used for some bibs, or the trim on some other pants.

I used the pattern and tutorial on Made to make the pants. A nice simple pattern suitable for a novice like myself. Since having done this pattern for the second time I have really improved and managed to do it so much faster this time around.







I think he likes them ;)

dl

Soakers

So moving on from my original tinkering with pre-made training pants into nappies I have now moved onto making my own training pants from a Wee Weka pattern, and making them able to have a soaker pad inserted as a nappy option so they can be like pull ups. To do this I just attached some little strips inside to hold a soaker pad should I want to. Have a look over on my blog for more on that soon.

But back to the actual refashioning.

I cut up a woolen cardi my auntie had given me. It was kind of nice but not really flattering so I didn't see the use in keeping it if I wasn't wearing it. I had also heard that wool is a common material for making soaker's to go over cloth nappies removing the need to plastic as it is so absorbent. So this sounded worth giving a go.

Again using the Wee Weka Pattern I cut up the pieces that already had a nice finished edge, the sleeves as little legs and the belt to make the waist band. So it really was just a matter of sewing the pieces together and now a lot of finishing. They are super stretchy so should last a good while. Pretty cute imo too. The actual sewing inside is not very tidy but I can live with that :D

It's not much I know but I am pretty chuffed nonetheless.

dl

An Introduction.

Hi guys,

My name is Debby-Lee. I am a working mum of two kids with a passion for craft, and frugality. I'm fairly new to sewing so I will be starting from scratch here. I find your posts incredibly inspiring I have to say.

I can knit, crochet, paint and draw but I have a huge desire to make my own clothing.

Now this post ins't "really" a refashion as such. But for now this is where I am at. I had a stash of terry toweling training pants and decided I wanted to try to turn them into pullups to start phasing out disposable nappies for my toddler son. Now so far I have only finished six. But I have some different supplies to try another angle also. So my mind is ticking over.

Anyways I'll show you the ones I have done as an introduction.

They are hand sewn toweling soakers attached to premade training pants. I currently just chuck plastic pilchers over the top but I'm also working on some woolen soakers from knitted jumpers.

I know they aren't pretty but so far they save me six nappies a day. That has to count for something right!

dl

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