Snug Slug Activities

Last night I spent far too much time chopping up one of my bedsheets to make a shirt. Or maybe I spent just the right amount of time.

It was my first time sewing a shirt, and only my second time sewing something with sleeves (the first time being a 17th-century shift for my Ren Faire costume). I am inordinately pleased with the results, though I know it’s not perfect.

I used the top sheet from my flannel set that I use in the winter.

My summer set has dragons and knights on it.

I pretty much exclusively buy my sheets from the children’s section, a tactic that I highly recommend. When the dragon sheets wear out, I am considering replacing them with sharks.

But back to the shirt. I made the pattern from another shirt that I already owned and love to wear. It’s getting kind of worn, so I wanted to find a way to preserve the comfort that I feel when wearing it while also upgrading to a more fun fabric.

As previously stated, I am ridiculously pleased with how it turned out. While it was intended for use as a pajama shirt, I already suspect it may occasionally cross the boundary into daywear.

I’m afraid I may have caught a bit of a crafting bug as a result of last night; I am looking around my house, and all I see are materials.

Let me know if you can think of any fun uses for a broken coffee maker, three copies of the same book, and a very ugly Christmas gnome.