Cook Clean Craft: Men's Jeans to Toddler Pants Tutorial. I’ve seen a few blog posts for converting men’s pants or jeans to toddler-sized jeans, but they all seem to involve a lot of seam-ripping, deconstructing and lots of sewing. I was after a quicker and easier way – I get limited time at the sewing machine each week, and I want to see results! Also, the pants I had picked up cheaply at the thrift store had an unfortunate blow-out, so I needed to work around this: I prefer flat-front pants (where there is only elastic in the back) as I think they look a bit snazzier, but you could erasily do this with a full elastic waist.
Here’s my quick and easy method to convert thrifted mens pants into toddler/boy pants: Materials RequiredMen’s jeans or pantsElastic to fit in waist-band (I about 9 inches of 1/2 inch wide elastic)ThreadSewing MachineSerger/Overlocker (optional)ScissorsSeam ripper ProcedureStep 1. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Step 8. Step 9. Step 10. Step 11. Step 12. Children's sizes. Retro Fun: Toddler's Laminated Project Apron. Keep your tots tidy with this adorable apron for art projects and more. We used laminated cotton for a easy, wipe-clean finish. Everyone who's anyone is adding this wonderful substrate choice to their new fabric collections. We give you some tips for sewing with it (it's really easy), and a toddler-sized pattern to download. Depending on the child's build, it's meant to fit a toddler up to about a 4T to 5T. Laminated cotton is simply a regular cotton coated (laminated) with either vinyl or a clear polyurethane on one side, which means the back is still soft cotton.
This substrate is quite nice to work with, but you do need to remember a few things. Do NOT iron the laminated side. ½ yard of 54"+ wide laminated cotton fabric: we used Hop Dot in Cherry from the Nicey Jane collection by Heather Baily for FreeSpirit FabricsNOTE: This is an older collection that can be hard to find, but as mentioned above, all kinds of beautiful laminated cottons are available online and in-store. How to sew a perfect baby hem. Baby Booties.