sewing

Ever have any clothes you really don’t want to get rid of for sentimental reasons? My old fleecy PJs are a real comfort thing during the Winter but they’ve lost their snuggle factor after years of wear. I bought some cheap new ones last year but somehow the old ones refused to leave the house to free up space!!

I bought a small hot water bottle in Poundland and keep meaning to make a cover for it. When I was trying to declutter in the bedroom it struck me that I could use the old PJs to make a hot water bottle cover. I get to hold onto some meomories but the old PJs become useful again!

This is only my second project on the overlocker and it came close to disaster!! I used the ribbon tags from inside the PJ bottoms to make the fastening and I used the leg to make the cover.

Hi!
In my simplify life quest I’m trying to gradually go through the house having an audit of possessions and having a good declutter. A few weeks ago I was sorting through my nightwear and I realised that I had more than enough PJ bottoms for Winter but was a bit lacking in things to wear when it gets warmer.

It struck me as a bit silly to get rid of PJ bottoms only to go out and buy shorts new. I decided to try a refashion and it was the perfect opportunity to use my new overlocker!

I decided that my stripey cotton PJs could be shortened and would look fine if I overlocked the edges and didn’t hem. So here are the new cotton shorts….They look wonky in the photo as I didn’t lay them out very well!!

The originals had buttons on the inside with tabs so you could shorten the trousers to 3/4 length. I reused the buttons at the bottom of the side seam to give the shorts a more finished look! Here is a lovely close up to show my first go at overlocking with all the imperfections!!

I’m quite pleased to have something I can actually wear from this first attempt!!