There is nothing sweeter than a pair of bloomers peeping out from under a skirt, but more importantly, bloomers let girls be active while not showing off their underwear or diapers to everyone around.
This project needed to be easy and cheap and I think I achieved it. The material is from an old men’s t-shirt. T-shirt jersey doesn’t fray and therefore none of the raw edges need to be finished. If I hadn’t been interrupted (HA!), it would have taken me no more than 20 minutes start to finish.
I used McCall’s 5416, as the pattern, but any shorts pattern would do. Then, instead of finishing the legs with a standard hem, I left the edges raw and gathered the leg openings with a couple of rows of elastic thread.
It turns out, t-shirts make great shorts material. I made these play shorts an old college t-shirt of mine.
I hemmed the leg openings to give it a more finished look, but you could skip that if you wanted.
So, here’s to active little girls!
Especially ones who are too busy dancing to hold still for a picture.
If you would like more details on the construction, you can find the tutorial here.
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Super cute. You can’t have enough uses for old tshirts
And little girls certainly couldn’t be cuter than yours! not to mention I LOVE your new Jodi logo. You inspire me.
Andy made it for me last year. I day dream about getting my own woven labels. Wouldn’t that be fun?? And incredibly nerdy. But fun.
Don’t tell anyone, but I wear shorts under my skirts – even on my wedding day. And if they had frilly edgings, I’d have secret smiles all day long.
Maybe you should make some of these then, kara.
http://www.colettepatterns.com/blog/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-madeleine-mini-bloomers
As much as I would love to wear them…. I don’t think they would work on my Child Bearing Hips.
Or for something a little more pratical under a skirt…
http://www.colettepatterns.com/shop/nutmeg
I like how it says they’re “scandalously brief!” And I may not have born a child yet, but my hips are liars.