This pair has a huge gaping hole where the heel goes...I can't tell if they were made that way or what. This is the same pair that I fixed the zipper on after getting them at a consignment sale.
These footies have been sitting in my sewing chair for...I'm not gonna tell you how long! Yesterday, I was in my craft room for something, and I saw them sitting there, and it dawned on me that if I don't fix them soon, EJ will have outgrown them! So, I pulled out my chair and got down to business. You can see how bad, er, how loved, these footies are. So if you have a child who wishes it could be perpetually winter JUST SO he could wear footies 24/7/365, I will show you how I fixed these. First, turn the feet inside out. Place foot onto your patch. I used old cut-up jeans. Pin into place. I pinned along the seam that was already there. I sewed as closely to that seam as I could, also. I zigzag stitched there because the fabric for the foot part was all worn away. Just cut off the excess. Turn right side out and voila! Good as new! Sort of...At least there won't be any more potatoes sticking through and getting cold at night. The next step is super easy! Simply return fixed jommies to son's room and let him blindside you with his version of thank you: "My other two pair need fixing, too, Mommy." Well, okay, then! This pair has a huge gaping hole where the heel goes...I can't tell if they were made that way or what. This is the same pair that I fixed the zipper on after getting them at a consignment sale. I figured, since they still fit him after a year and a half (man, how big must they have been on him when I first got them?!) and he wears them until he can no longer bend over properly, might as well fix the feet. The last pair were more like the first. Yay! Three pairs of footies fixed in just under an hour! And now I have no more jeans scraps...I guess it's a good thing I never actually got around to sewing up that jean quilt I had pieced together...
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Mom
1/2/2015 02:14:52 pm
Yay for you!! I know how he loves his footies!!
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Jo
1/2/2015 02:25:23 pm
My e loves his footies too! My other one asks to wear shorts and short sleeves in the summer. Don't worry about not having jean scraps...he will get holes in another pair of jeans and ...voila!
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Jo
1/2/2015 02:26:15 pm
I mean, he wears shorts in the winter... :) Leave a Reply. |
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