I’ve been working on updating my kids wardrobes. Like I said here, a lot of their clothes were too wintery, but some of them can be modified to fit our warmer Florida climate.
My kids love the cotton knit jammies like these.
They’re great when they’re new, but they seem to shrink up after several washings (not that my kids mind!). I decided that it would be very easy to turn them into shortie jammies.
First, cut off the legs. I just eyeballed how long I wanted them, but you could also use a pair of shorts as a pattern.
Use the leg you cut off to measure the other one.
For this pair, I just serged the legs (I did a rolled hem, you could also zig zag stitch it).
I followed the same process for the second pair – cutting off the arms and legs (and just eyeballing the length). But instead of serging the hems, I turned the edges under and sewed them with a regular sewing machine.
Now my boys each have a “new” pair of jammies that are perfect for our new warmer climate.
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