Little Girl Leggings from Repurposed Clothes and Vintage Fabric

I just finished four pairs of leggings for my rapidly growing toddler granddaughter. Can you guess which two came from my old tops?

The two on the right were made from Coldwater Creek tops I used to wear; the turquoise pair had to be capris because the top wasn’t long enough. I cut the leggings out so that their hems were the same as the tops’ hems. That saved me some time.

The two on the left were made from vintage fabric I picked up at my town’s annual Salvation Army fabric sale. Vintage knit fabric is much sturdier than most modern knit fabric, and makes great leggings for active little girls.

All of the leggings were made from Simplicity pattern number 8304.

Repurposing My Corduroy Jeans

The good news is that I lost weight. The bad news is that my lovely vintage corduroy jeans are way too big on me. They’re made out of strong and stretchy corduroy, the kind you can’t find in stores any more:

They’re a good brand, too:

What to do? Make them into corduroy pants for an active 5-year-old grandson. First up, smooth out one pants leg:

Then pin and cut out a boys’ pants pattern piece:

Do the same for the other pant leg and the other leg pattern piece. Then cut out the pocket:

Attach to the pocket piece something that makes the pants into “Superhero pants!” at the request of said grandson:

Follow pattern directions, and you have a “new” pair of Superhero pants. Front:

And back:

Then, so little sister gets something, too, make a pair of flannel Peppa Pig pants in a smaller size:

Those, of course, were not repurposed and required a trip to the fabric store for Peppa Pig flannel  🙂 Grandma doesn’t want anyone to feel left out!

 

Summer of Sewing

I took a break from quilting this summer in favor of a few sewing projects. I made matching dresses for my little granddaughters that they wore when we all got together in July:

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I turned some old tops of mine that were made out of very good fabric into leggings (the dark pink ones are capris) for my youngest granddaughter, using the principle of repurposing that I learned from my gram so many years ago:

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Then I made Baby Girl one more pair of leggings out of some fabric I bought at a fabric sale:

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It’s so much fun to make little duds! I also made some other projects that I will share in future posts. Before long, I also hope to start another quilt 🙂