Baby Leg Warmers

If your baby is anything like mine, (skinny waist and chubby bum and legs) then you understand how difficult it is to find pants that fit. Solution: baby leg warmers! 

They're wonderful for many reasons:

1.) One less thing to worry about during diaper changes

2.) Diaper leaks rarely affect them

3.) They keep those cute, chubby little legs from carpet burn

4.) They're too stinkin' cute!

Seriously, how cute is that?

Now, you could buy these for up to $16 a pair! Personally, I have a hard time spending that much on what is essentially a pair of socks. My fiancee on the other hand loves those Nike Elite socks, but I digress... 

So, I thought "I could totally make those!" and Mae and I made our way to Target in search of socks. Target usually has pretty decent prices on women's knee-high socks, but I've recently found Walmart has better prices. I ended up making 8 pairs for just under $10.

What you need:

1. Knee high socks

2. Scissors

3. Needle

4. Matching thread

5. Roughly 20 minutes/pair  

First, cut the foot off, then cut the middle part of the foot out (this will be the cuff.)

Fold the foot piece in to form the cuff.

 This part may get a bit confusing: Now, put the tube in the cuff, open ends facing down. Make sure you put right sides together(will tell you my mishap at the end.) 

As you can see I didn't line them up very well so each is different at the bottom.

Then sew the tube and cuff together! Be sure to always sew through THREE layers otherwise you will end up with holes in the seam.

My mishap:

Let me start off by saying this was not the first time I've made these; when I was sewing a pair for some reason my head tried telling me to turn the tube inside out before sewing. Do NOT do this, you'll end up with the seam on the outside. It's not near as cute. 

I hope this is helpful!