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Repurposed Old T-Shirt Pajamas

Repurposed Old T-Shirt Pajamas


I finally convinced my boyfriend to purge his clothes!

What resulted was a large stockpile of old t-shirts, work shirts, sweats, old golf shirts and more. I considered donating them - but wondered if there was anything I could do to repurpose this new-found loot. 

I searched the web and found so many awesome blogs and sites with ideas for repurposed clothes - I felt like I hit the jackpot! 

I came across so many creative ways to repurpose old t-shirts, it inspired me to try my hand at something!

I decided to combine and remix a couple of ideas and this is what I came up with - hope you like 'em!

**sorry for the blurry pics - I had to use my cell phone camera...
 
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Step 1Get your Stockpile together!

Get your Stockpile together!
Pretty much exactly that! Gather all the old t-shirts you can - from your closet or from donations from your caring family and friends!
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11 comments
Aug 16, 2011. 11:29 PMGolfinMom4 says:
Hi,
Great Idea! Is there a special needle, thread or anything else that one should use when sewing knit material like this?
Thanks
Dec 6, 2010. 11:00 AMsbprincess90 says:
hi i was wondering how you put the waist band on and how you sew a added waist band? Im a newby to the sewing world. :)
Sep 5, 2010. 1:23 PMbitsy113 says:
What a great idea!!!! I have some T-shirts that are actually to big and I was going to give them to good will but this would make a great pair of shorts to sleep in!! Thanks so much for the cool idea! I'm also glad to see you just eye-ball things, I hate to measure too!
Jul 15, 2010. 1:13 AMJessickaRay says:
Holy awesomeness... This is great... I would also love to see an i'ble of the hoodie. Please make one, I think it'd be great!
Jul 15, 2010. 3:56 PMJessickaRay says:
Woohoo! Though I can't wait due to being very impatient, please take your time ;)
Jul 14, 2010. 3:16 PMscoochmaroo says:
Awesome awesome awesome. This is the best use for old tshirts I've seen in a long time.
Jul 15, 2010. 10:06 AMBeanGolem says:
Yay new members!
Jul 14, 2010. 5:01 PMsyntaxerror37 says:
Those t-shirts look almost new, he's not to hard on his clothes, is he? By the time I'm done with a shirt, all it's good for is a rag. Still, a cool idea.

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