Making cute shirts for my cutie | WW

Miss E has been rocking some different diapers lately. Diapers that need covers. And, we’ve discovered wool. Oh, wool. It’s soft. It’s squishy and when treated (quite easily), it makes pretty darn sure she never wakes up wet! (If you are using disposables, this is still something you should/could look into. It would have saved me sooo much overnight diapering heartache).

So, back to the wool. She wears it as pants/shorts, so onesies don’t work. (My sister calls them Amish panties.)

{Getting some loving from her biggest sister}

Turns out my mom hit up a consignment sale and got us a ton of onesies for the fall at super cheap. But, they wouldn’t work with the wool. But, being the frugal person I am, I didn’t want to cut my losses. My mom suggested I cut them off. But, I worried they would roll. So, I called upon a friend with sewing skills and a sewing machine. And, she hooked me up.

Now, I’m passing that knowledge on to you.

First, I used a rotary cutting tool to chop the bottoms of the onesies off just above the legs (as close as possible). 

{I then inverted said remnants and turned them into a hat. Yes, I did. Mr. Serious thinks I’m only slightly crazy).

Then, I cut another one off and made a hat for my friend. She set the machine to a tiny zigzag stitch and showed me how to pull the fabric tight and lock the stitch into place (I realize I should have taken more pictures). But, I think anybody that has a sewing machine knows what I’m talking about. Right? Then, we just went all the way around the bottom and viola. Done.

Then, she made me do the next one. And the next one. If you notice the bottom of the new shirt, it’s all ruffly and cute. And, the stitching is making sure it won’t roll and it won’t fray. Win.

{Notice that it’s recommended to take the bottoms of all of the old onesies and layer them on your hat. It completes the look. And, keeps stray hairs out of your face while you sew}

And this, my friends is an adorable cute baby in a newly converted onesie to shirt made just for her (never mind the fact that the head opening is so darn small she had flashbacks to her birth as we both put it on and took it off. Other shirts did not have this same problem.)

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