Upcycling a boys shirt into baby doll clothes.

My little girls love playing dress up with their dolls. So a few months ago I made them a bunch of clothes for their dolls using their old baby clothes and a few of my sons. I had these two plaid shirts that I just loved and couldn't part with. So I turned one 2T long sleeve button down shirt into one pair of pants and one pillowcase dress.

They were so simple and easy to make. Just take your shirt and cut off the sleeves right at the seams. Then cut the sleeves to the desired length by measuring them up to your doll. Remember to allow a few extra inches at the cut part to allow the edges to be rolled over for the elastic to be added. Cut your little half circles on the inside parts of the shirt like I did below. This way you will end up with the buttons on the outside of the pants.

Now turn one sleeve inside out and keep the other one right side out.

Place them inside one another with the half circles lined up. Pin in place. Sew only the half circles.

Pull the legs. Now turn the pants wrong side out.

Fold over the top edge twice and iron flat. Sew all around edge while leaving a 1" opening. Feed elastic through opening.

Sew opening shut and turn your pants right side out.

Now to make the pillowcase dress all I did was trim off the collar and made sure the fabric was straight across the top and back. Then cut the arms out by using the seams where the arms used to be sewn on and where you just cut the sleeves off.

Fold the top and the back of the dress over twice and sew like a regular pillow case dress.

Just another quick and easy upcycling project. And what a great way to use up those outgrown hard to part with clothes.