Shirt to boys pajama bottoms

Goodness I'v been busy!. My daughter is due to be starting school this September and I'v been attending lots of meetings and filling out paperwork for the past few days. It's left me very little time to create but I do have lots of ideas bouncing around my head, so I will be posting, just not as frequently.

The make do and mend book really inspired me to start thinking about different ways I can use old clothes.

My husband has outgrown this shirt so I turned it into some boys pajama bottoms.

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This was such a simple project, and Id like to try and make these with jersey as I think they'd be really comfy- all I'd need is an old tshirt (but my husbands not getting rid of those just yet!)Jersey is a fabric Im not familiar with using, and I havnt seem it anywhere online to by, so if anyone comes across any in cyberspace, do let me know.

The best bit about this was that I used the bottom of the shirt for the bottom of the pajama legs so I didnt need to sew this part at all.

I've been given a few other things from my husband too, so I will have to put my thinking cap on and see what else I can come up with. Making things this way gives me a good opportunity to use fabrics other then cotton that arnt as easy to come by in your bog standard fabric shop. Its also a great way of recycling and saving money. :-)