Friday, March 26, 2010

How to Make Baby Leg Warmers

In my quest to make myself more crafty, and to make myself feel like a domestic diva I want to document my different projects progress on my blog. I'm hoping for one crafty-related post a week, and I've been making Spawnie a lot so it shouldn't be so hard!

I can't take all of the credit for my ideas though, so I'll show you where I get them!

I had never heard of baby leg warmers or BabyLegs until a few months ago. I hear they're amazingly convenient for diaper changes cause you don't have to take down/ unbutton any pants. They're also nice to keep your baby's legs from getting rug burn while they're crawling around.I thought they were totally adorable but worried of Spawnie was a boy they may look a little silly on him. I took a chance though and bought some leg warmers from Dittany Baby. But they're called skidpants there. I'm still not sure of the difference, I think it's a brand thing, but either way they're adorable! I bought these BYU ones on sale for $4.50 at Dittany baby!Once I found out Spawnie was a girl I wanted more! I started shopping around but realized the price for one pair easily is $12-$15 for a PAIR! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for spending the money on cute stuff, but I'm also a bargain hunter.

I was tweeting with people about baby leg warmers and a few women told me they were really easy to make. I was worried shopping for fabric, cutting and measuring would take me forever so I was a little hesitant at first but a few sent me links to a tutorial on how to make baby leg warmers from knee socks!

So, to see how easy it was I tried it myself! I bought a 6 pack of women's knee socks off Ebay for $13.1. Cut the feet off the bottoms.2. Turn them inside out and fold up the bottom.
3. Stitch around them flip right side out. (I hand stitched these during my lunch break at work one night).Viola!! It took seriously about half an hour to make a pair and that's because I was HAND STITCHING. My sewing machine is having some problems but it would literally take me about a minute to make a pair using my machine. But that should give women who don't have/ know how to use sewing machines some courage.

So there you go! I'll make 6 pairs of baby leg warmers for $13. Not bad eh? Hopefully I can keep this craftiness up! I'm becoming more domestic than I ever imagined!

21 comments:

  1. I have 5 girls, and you do more now for you baby than I have ever done! Way to show me, err I mean Go!!!!!

    THanks for these tutorials.. one day if I ever have a baby girl again. fo sho making some!!!

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  2. Those are so adorable and what an awesome idea. Where were you when my boys were babies,lol

    I love the picture with all the babies....cute.

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  3. These are super cute! Thanks for sharing the idea!

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  4. I make these too! You can do them a little bit differently, but in my opinion a little nicer. You use the foot part to make the cuff so the leg warmers a little longer and will fit a little longer, and also the cuff is tighter than the leg warmer part, so it will stay around their ankle, instead of hanging off their leg! Check out my post about it: http://babyinthebigcity.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-first-giveaway-bubba-legs.html

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  5. I was just talking to a friend the other day about making these. Thanks for sharing!!!

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  6. this is a really good idea but i have a few pairs a friend made and they dont stay on as well as the real ones. :( i wish they did though!

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  7. This is so clever. Well done Future Mama!

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  8. I attempted making them myself a couple times but I always ended up keeping the socks for myself, I like funky long socks LOL

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  9. I love this idea!

    Jasper actually has a pair or two--they totally work for boys. ;)

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  10. hey I just found your blog and I LOVE it! My husband and I just moved to Austin from Salt Lake in Jan. and we love it hear! Do you live in Austin?

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  11. Those baby leg warmers from knee socks is a good idea! I never saw them before. That really looks easy to do too. Good thinking on saving your money!

    Congrats on your SITS day!

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  12. I love it! I would love to make some for my baby cakes!

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  13. Those will be so cute on your daughter's little chubby legs.

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  14. I just bought two pairs of knee highs at the Target dollar spot to try this project. If I fail, I've only wasted $2!

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  15. I would think if your having trouble with them staying on you could just sew elastic in the folded part :)

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  16. Too cute! I have those same socks!

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  17. I love this idea!

    Jasper actually has a pair or two--they totally work for boys. ;)

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  18. Thank you for this! I made two pairs for my little Peanut this past weekend - I've been too cheap to buy them premade!

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  19. Is there any sizing to consider? Newborn vs toddlers maybe?

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