Friday, February 20, 2009

[Nearly] Free Pajamas!

What do you do when you have an abundance of receiving blankets that you never use? What if your 1 year old was in dire need of pajamas? That's exactly what I did - I made pajamas out of flannel receiving blankets. They turned out a bit large but he will grow into them (to my credit, I made size 1 - the smallest size). They were really pretty easy. I used McCall's pattern 5741, 3 receiving blankets (these are, for those of you who may be unsure, the blankets that new mothers get tons of and the ones that hospitals use, made from cotton flannel), 3/4 yard of 3/4" elastic, an old t-shirt, and thread.I didn't have enough blankets to make the whole outfit from the same design so I used one pattern for the pants and another for most of the shirt. To tie the shirt in with the pants, I used some of the pant material to make sleeves for the shirt so it looks like he is just wearing two shirts. For the collar, I used one of my husband's old unused undershirts (I tried to find one that still had some stretch left). The elastic, thread, and pattern are the only things I bought for these PJs.