I love DIY projects, and was beyond thrilled when my friend Danielle (artist, best friend ever, mom of two) sent me this picture of an art bag she whipped up for on-the-go art supplies. Isn’t it inviting? And here’s the best part…the materials she used are super clever. Can you guess what she made it from? I’ll give you a sec to look closely.
She needed art bags for an upcoming trip and couldn’t justify spending money on something she thought she could make herself. Are you like this too? I know I am! So she used some old pajamas (brilliant, right?!), stitched them up quickly and trimmed the edges. In Danielle’s words:
“I sewed them fast. No fancy work. Now it’s all contained. I made two in twenty minutes; set-up to clean-up.”
So, are you ready to turn your stash of outgrown or stained zippered jammies, shirts, and hoodies into something fabulous?
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Your Turn
If you have a favorite DIY project that relates to creativity, feel free to add a link in the comments or send your project my way for possible inclusion in a future post.
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Haahha, I saw jammies as soon as I looked at the photo! Excellent job!
I guess it’s obvious
Cute Idea. Thanks for the tip!
My pleasure, Mercedes.
I love it! Any instructions on how to do it? I can sew a little bit, but am trying to figure out the zipper.
Yes, I can’t figure out the zipper either. It goes all the way down the leg. Any instructions on how to take them apart and re-sew?
I wonder if maybe it was originally a sleepsack – hence the zipper up the middle?
the zipper was part of the pj’s.
I zipped the zipper into the space I was cutting out. and when I sewed the rectangle I reversed once or twice over the zipper tracks so there was no fear of the zipper coming off.
make sence?!
So Danielle you cut the zipper and just sewing over the end worked?
Huh. I was kind of not sure about the zipper, either, but that seems pretty easy. My daughter has decided that she’s too cool for footie PJs (sigh) and would probably get a kick out of something like this.