Now that all my "big" projects for baby boy are done I have time to sit and put together projects that are just for fun and a way to keep me busy! I had purchased a what was left of a bolt of jersey fabric at JoAnn's - it ended up being a touch less than a yard, with the intent to make it into a swaddle for baby. My wonderful mother in law used her serger to clean up the edges for me. Because of the material, jersey won't fray, but I wanted the edges to look clean and put together. The fabric was this beautiful blue Shibori style. I thought it would be so cute to swaddle baby in and have a matching hat and pants combo to complete the look. I couldn't find anything that was just a plain pant like I was wanting without forking out the big bucks for something my babe is only going to wear for a few weeks - especially at the rate my babies plump up! So I decided to make it! On one of my many thrifting trips to the DI I picked up a large, men's navy blue shirt for $1. I knew I wanted to "cheat" and use the seam at the bottom of the shirt for the leg cuffs. I had a rough idea of how I wanted to execute the plan, but for reassurance I turned to Pinterest to see if anyone else had thought to make a tutorial. I ended up following this tutorial from Make it & Love it pretty closely. 

For my materials, all I needed was:

- newborn pants that I liked the fit of.

- newborn hat that I liked the fit of. 

- men's t-shirt (I used a large in case I wanted to use the fabric to make something else to match, but depending on the size of baby clothes you're making, you could get away with something smaller.)

- tissue paper

- sharpie

- sewing machine

- matching thread (I already had navy thread from another project)

- scissors 

- ruler

- elastic for the waste band (I also found this at the DI for 50 cents!)

     Following the directions, I used the newborn pants to trace around them to start to create the pattern. Then I used my ruler to connect the dots. 

     Then I did a rough "connect the dots" of sorts to create the curve of my pant leg. I didn't worry about making it even on the other side since I just folded it over and cut it out at the same time. 

Then I pinned the pattern to the inside out T-shirt. Since I measured right up along my newborn pants I gave myself a seam allowance as well as room for the elastic. I did exactly the same thing with the hat and sewed everything up! Turned out pretty cute and I was able to get a pair of pants and a hat made for $1.50 and 20 minutes of my time!