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Feb. 8, 2008

Re-Constructioning Clothing

Posted in Homemaking

DD had a very cute pair of girly jean bibs with butterflies in the denim.  I loved them and I got them for only 6.00 (with a shirt, too).  I was really unhappy though as they got older because the snaps on the legs never wanted to stay shut.  So, I was trying to figure out how to reuse them in some way.  Ah ha!  A bib jumper.  So, I kept my eye out for some cute cheap fabric on my fabric shopping trips.  Well, I scored big at a recent JoAnn's sale and got this baby-fine corduroy that was tie-dyed.  It was also 1/2 off the clearance price, yeah!!!  So, I used the tee-shirt dress idea and cut-off the legs from the bibs (just under the waist band) and sewed on a gathered skirt.  It is such a fun playdress!  It was a bit tough for my machine to sew through all the layers (denim and gathered corduroy) but it worked out fine.

 

It even matches her favorite purple shirt!!!  Perfection!


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Feb. 8, 2008 - What a smart idea!!

Posted by kimalita
Way to go Mom!
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