Monday 27 January 2014

Project run and play sew along, repurposing (kcw day 1)

This week's theme of project run and play is repurposing. In my sewingprojects I use a lot of old clothes which I turn into something new for the rascals. My stash of reusables is pretty big, so I dived in, looking for the right fabric. This time I actually remembered to take some before pictures!

I started with a maternity top and an old black shirt to make a pair of pants.  I used the basic kid pants pattern from Made and lined the pants with the black shirt. I also recycled an old elastic waistband.
The pants are combined with a nautical feel sweater, made from an old v-neck. It's a navy blue knit and I used the raglan t-shirt pattern by blooms and bugs and hemmed the neckline for a more sailor look. The sweater ended up a bit too large for little rascal, so his big brother will probably be wearing it more. As it turned out, he could even fit into the pants as well. An outfit suitable for both rascals at the same time, that really is repurposing :)



















































19 comments:

  1. Those trousers are gorgeous! They look so comfy! The whole outfit is great :-)

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    1. Thanks Jo! The trousers really are comfy, the boys both wanted to wear them this morning, little rascal won :)

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  2. What a great comfortable looking outfit that I'm sure will get lots of wear!

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  3. I love those pants! Dana's pants pattern is my favorite, I always seem to go back to it. I haven't tried lining a pair yet, may have to soon!
    Great refashion, thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thank you Theresa. I do like lining the pants, they turn out a lot warmer and softer. With Dana's pattern it's a quick and easy job :)

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  4. What a great outfit! I love those pants :) Also, that ship and shipping containers...wherever did you find that? What a classic toy!

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    1. Thanks Sarah! The toys are by new classic toys: www.newclassictoys.com. Our rascals love the ship with containers, we also have a container crane to unload them, fun!

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    1. Thanks jacq! I loved your outfit this week, You've got my vote!

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  6. I love that you used that shirt for the pair of pants! So fun! (I think Jacqs look is really rockin too! ;))

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    1. Thanks Karly! I really liked the colours of your bimaa (I guess grandpa did too? funny story :) )

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  7. What a super comfy outfit!!! How do you ever get it off your child????

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    1. Absolutely comfy! But cozy pyjamas do the trick at the end of the day :)

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  8. super fun and comfy playwear... looks perfect for this time of year!!! I'm loving project Run and PLay! I also linked up this week, a recycled Sweater...Emily@nap-timecreations

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    1. Thanks Emily! I'm sure loving pr&p too, I'm glad I decided to sew along :)

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  9. I love the fabric from the maternity top as trousers. actually, I really like how the entire look has come together! =D

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  10. Dat is een goed benutte positietrui! En lekker warm, gevoerd.

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