Friday, March 2, 2012

Madison's St. Patricks Day Tights

Ok.  So this was probably one of the simplest, quickest projects I have ever done.

10 Minutes.  It took me 10 minutes to make these darling Leggins/Tights


I was in Joanns picking up some paper {for another project I'll show later}, and the line to check out was forever long.  For-ev-ferrrr.

Plus I had two rugrats.

Two rugrats who desperately needed quiet time.

And there they were, at 50% off, women's knee high socks.  They even had a fun St. Patricks theme going on.


And then I remembered that I had pinned a tutorial that used knee highs to make leggin's.  Perfect!


The tutorial was perfect {obviously because I was able to make it}.  Super easy.  All you have to do is cut off the toes, turn one sock inside out & place the other sock inside it.  Then you sew around {basically around the bottom of the sock}.

The heels become the crotch of the leggins.


Then I measured my little one, cut some elastic & sewed it inside.


And there you have it; cute little leggins!


The only thing I was sad about was the fact that this wouldn't work for much longer.  I guess if I found longer knee highs, then it would still work as she got bigger.  I guess there's always another future baby to make these on.


We have now wore them a couple of times & they have work well for this very active 2 year old!

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5 comments:

  1. JeNae you are amazing. Those tights are ADORABLE. I would wear them... well, they wouldn't look as cute on me as your sweet little girl :) what font did you use on your blog? i really like it!!

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    1. Keri, the font that I used is Monster Paparazzi

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  2. Those are so clever and cute! Nice work, Mama!

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  3. I'm dropping by as the guest judge on The CSI Project this week. These are adorable! Great job.

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  4. Really cute! The other thing you could do (so they'd last longer) is just cut of the feet and hem the tops and make them into leg (or arm) warmers. I am in love with leg warmers right now, for every age, boy and girl! :)

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