As most of you know, I live in the chilly northeast. It’s cold here. We try to go as long as possible before we turn our furnace back on but the nights are already dipping into the 30s. It was time for some winter pajamas for Chloe and she didn’t have a single pair. I hate spending money on pajamas. It’s silly, I know but my dislike for spending money on them caused me to think creatively and I’m glad for it.
Way in the back of my linen closet where only ugly things hide I had a red flannel sheet set that didn’t fit any of the beds in our house. Combine that knowledge with the fact that Chloe’s favorite color is red and I had a winning idea 
I already had red thread so the only thing I needed was a pattern. I bought one for $2.44 (which is reusable, for all of my un-sewing friends) and sewed up some warm and cozy pj’s which Chloe calls her “Special Red Jammies.”
I LOVE thinking of a way to re-purpose something I’m no longer using.
In the background you’ll see Fenway, the fourth member of our family 
Have you re-purposed something in your home to avoid spending money recently?
Why I do what I do ~ This isn’t a really great picture because she was NOT in the mood to have photos taken (she usually isn’t). She was running around the house taking pictures with David’s cell phone. Maybe I should have asked her to snap one of herself.
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Lovely PJs! I love to do this kind of thing. I’ve made purses and bags out of old dresses and sheets, cat beds out of old pillows, crocheted up old sheets for cat hammock, even added elastic to a perfectly good flat sheet to make it into a fitted one. Sheets are a lot of material which can always be useful for something.
I have that pattern! I have made many pj’s from it for my son. One of the best things about using an old flannel sheet is that it is already softened from washing. (not to mention basically free!)
Your posts make me want to learn to sew!
Adorable pajamas. Very cute kid, too.
Thanks for getting those wheels churning in my head. It’s not repurposing, but I have a bunch of baby yarn that’s been sitting here for a few years, and I’m making some blankets for the local maternity ward for stillbirths. Something to feel good about…
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Here’s another PJ idea: Just use regular clothes. We started doing this at a point when we didn’t have anything labeled PJs from my garage sale finds and my DH picked out a t shirt and pants from her regular clothes and proclaimed them her PJs. It’s been great! For winter, she usually uses long johns.
She also loves it because she gets to wear some of her favorite clothes day after day after day…or make that night after night after night!
I’ve done the same thing…made lounge pants for myself from flannel sheets. I sometimes buy extra large skirts in patterns I like from the thrift store and use the fabric to make either tops or smaller skirts for myself.
I also agree with AnnMarie about using soft “regular” clothes as PJs. I have plenty of old t-shirts and soft shorts or pants that I use as pajamas.
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fantastic idea, just received my pj patterns in the mail last week to make for my family i have a couple of old sheets and now I will start on them today, thank you for the cheap idea.
This is perfect! I have two set of flannel sheets that dont stay on the bed well but I didnt want to just throw them out. I see pj’s for my girls now!
SO cool! The jammies are cute & Chloe is ADORABLE!
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My repurposing lately has mostly been just using up scraps of fabric I like but don’t have much of and turning it into pillow covers, cloth napkins and a lined lunch bag for my husband. I’ve also framed a couple fabrics from travels- in thrifted frames (great artwork I think). My kids laugh that my pants from Africa are now framed above the fireplace! A sarong from Africa is being turned into pj bottoms for me.
So cute. I wish I could sew. *Sigh.*
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