My mom and I went to the Goodwill Outlet Store last week. We didn't get a huge load, but found some fun stuff. Of course! One of my finds was a Gap XL blouse in a lightweight, light pink cotton. It had a beautiful eyelet hem on the body and sleeves.
Today, I cut off the sleeves and turned them into pants for Baby M. I should have taken pictures of the process I know! Sorry. I couldn't even find a picture of the shirt since I cut it up before taking a picture. Oh well. It was very simple, really. I cut off the sleeves. They were raglan, so that gave me more length to work with. Then I eyeballed a crotch curve. I used the sleeve seam as the pants inseam. When I got the pants put together, I realized there just wasn't enough width in the back. So I took out the back seam and put in a triangle of fabric. It looks a little sloppy, but I plan to make a tunic-style top to wear with them for summer, so I'm not too worried about it.
The body of the shirt will be a skirt.
Here's pictures. Oh, and they need some ironing too. But I have to un-bury my ironing board. I'll get there.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Pants!
Posted by RasJane at 1:45 PM
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3 comments:
I love, love, love the idea of taking beautiful sleeves and turning them into pants. How clever!
Those are lovely pants. :)
I wanna be like you when I grow up! (OK- we're not that far apart in age...)
Thanks! I'm hoping the skirt turns out too. Hopefully I won't fuss with it so much I ruin it.
And watch yourself, Lindsay! ;-)
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