I'm Vanessa and I blog at Designs By Sessa! I'm a sweet little southern christian craft blogger that loves to sew and serve Jesus doing it! We are really friendly here in the south, so please come say HI!!! I'm so happy to be here today! I want to show you how to make these mini boden knock-off Cropped Jersey Baggies that I made for my son. I put "Jersey" in quotation marks, because these particular shorts are made from some men's XXL lightweight sweatshirt type material, not true jersey, that I found at Old Navy for $1.47!
You will need:
-A thinner lightweight jersey sweatshirt (interlock is perfect!)
-25'' of twill tape for the tie... I used some that came packaged around some throw blankets. I'm all about finding your sewing materials in the oddest of places!
-your sewing supplies, particularly some ball point needles
-This 3T pattern CAUTION: My pattern is kind of messy, that's just how I sew, drawing right onto some freezer paper! If you need another size, you will have to draft your own using some pants your child currently fits in. You can easily adapt this to a 2T by cutting around the main front/back pattern pieces 1/2''. The pockets and the bias binding should adapt to any size.
-possibly some contrasting fabric for the bias binding, the red pair have a denim bias binding, the blue pair have the same sweatshirt type material
-possibly some stabilizer for when you hem to keep it from going wonky if you don't have a serger (I don't either!), or you can try Jessica's method with tissue paper!
Other notes: I decided that this type of a sweatshirt WOULD FRAY, so you will need to finish (serge or zig zag) the edges how you see fit prior to sewing the pieces together. This tutorial assumes that you have SOME sewing knowledge, like I'm not going to go over how to make bias tape or hem some pants, for instance. There are plenty of tutorials out there on that already! I Hope you enjoy!
You will need:
-A thinner lightweight jersey sweatshirt (interlock is perfect!)
-25'' of twill tape for the tie... I used some that came packaged around some throw blankets. I'm all about finding your sewing materials in the oddest of places!
-your sewing supplies, particularly some ball point needles
-This 3T pattern CAUTION: My pattern is kind of messy, that's just how I sew, drawing right onto some freezer paper! If you need another size, you will have to draft your own using some pants your child currently fits in. You can easily adapt this to a 2T by cutting around the main front/back pattern pieces 1/2''. The pockets and the bias binding should adapt to any size.
-possibly some contrasting fabric for the bias binding, the red pair have a denim bias binding, the blue pair have the same sweatshirt type material
-possibly some stabilizer for when you hem to keep it from going wonky if you don't have a serger (I don't either!), or you can try Jessica's method with tissue paper!
Other notes: I decided that this type of a sweatshirt WOULD FRAY, so you will need to finish (serge or zig zag) the edges how you see fit prior to sewing the pieces together. This tutorial assumes that you have SOME sewing knowledge, like I'm not going to go over how to make bias tape or hem some pants, for instance. There are plenty of tutorials out there on that already! I Hope you enjoy!
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Signing UpStep 1: Cut off bottom of your sweatshirt band
Leave about 1 inch of the main fabric of your sweatshirt, but cut off the bottom band and set aside. You will need this for later to make the waistband of the shorts.
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wold630 says:
Jun 27, 2012. 10:27 AMReplyI love to dress my boys in mini boden clothes and these look identical! Great job and thanks for sharing. Good idea buying discount shirts at old navy! There are always a ton!
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scoochmaroo says:
Jun 27, 2012. 9:36 AMReplySo sweet! I do hope you share more.
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Penolopy Bulnick says:
Jun 18, 2012. 12:03 PMReplyThose are so adorable and very comfortable looking :D
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