Birthday Present

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So the pictures are pretty explanatory.  I made a skirt from a womans medium t-shirt.  Super easy, basically all you do is cut it as long as you want the skirt plus about 1.5 inches to make a casing for the elastic.   No need to hem the bottom since thats the bottom of the t-shirt ans is already done.  No need to sew the sides because your using the tube the t-shirt creates.  All you need to do is sew the casing, insert elastic, sew elastic ends and opening for elastic, flip and your done.   This was made for about a 1 year old child but to make it larger/smaller just buy a larger/smaller size t-shirt!

As you can see the top was a long sleeve but since the recipient lives in SC they don't have many days where they need a long sleeve so I turned it into a short sleeve and made a ruffle from the leftover orange t-shirt just to give the shirt more interest.

I am very pleased with how the outfit came out and by the fact that it cost $1.75, literally!  The orange shirt was clearenced for $1 and the striped was $.75.  I am also going to whip up 2 pairs of legwarmers using Alexis' Little Legwarmers in 6 Easy Steps over at Full of Knit.  I figured they would be good in the spring for cooler nights and the unexpected cool day.  Also in the package will be a few of my barrettes.

A birthday box full of easy handmade goodies all for about $8!