Using fabric scraps to make the Baby Taylor Tee from Pickle Toe Patterns.
Does anyone else keep a big bin of scraps? I love to save my knit scraps in particular with hopes of sewing up underwear for myself or boxer briefs for my husband or my boys. I also keep thinking that I’ll sew a bunch of coordinating scraps together to make some pretty shirts for myself. But the reality is that I have a lot of children’s knit scraps and some of them are pretty small.
I have been sad that my baby outgrew most of the clothes I made with my FAVORITE ‘sun and stars’ fabric that I got from a fabric co-op.
I found SCRAPS though! YAY!
So I made him an 18 month shirt and hopefully it will fit for long enough for me to find a new favorite fabric. But I doubt it. I really wish I remembered where I got this!
Curious about how I organize my fabric scraps? Here’s a post I wrote on how to organize fabric.
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Supplies to Make a Scrappy Baby Tee
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- Pattern: Baby Taylor Tee
- Coverstitch sewing machine (optional but it makes things so much easier). I have a basic one, but I’ve heard good things about this one by Janome.
- Serger (also optional, also easier) or Sewing Machine
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Baby Taylor Tee Pattern
When you cut out your pattern, you can either use the whole front or you can use the individual pieces that combine to form the whole front. This is the best way to use your scraps of course. I like to lay out all of the pieces so I can see them, then lay out my fabric to decide what order to put them in.
Once I did that, I cut each fabric, then sewed them together. I used my serger to sew them right sides together.
Then I used my coverstitch to top stitch each section. It looks pretty like that!
Then I just finished the shirt like normal.
Here’s the back…
Here’s the front!
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Friday 27th of July 2018
What a cute little model! I like the colorblocking that you did.
Danielle
Friday 27th of July 2018
Thanks! The colorblocking is actually part of the pattern which was helpful in this case. I've done some colorblocking but this one would've probably been a struggle for me to do myself. I'm still fairly new to sewing clothing.