Sockie Tights

I saw some of these on Pinterest and thought they were just brilliant! Mommy socks into baby footless tights!



First you cut off the toes (The toe end will eventually become the waist.)



Then you slit up the bottoms of the feet, stopping about a third of the way into the heel.



Open up the bottoms of the socks and pin them to each other, right sides together, so that you have 2 legs and a hole for baby's waist (don't sew that shut :).



Sewn, check!




Fold that top part up and...voila, they actually look like tights!



Sadly, for toddlers, even tall socks don't give you much to work with for your waist elastic. Nothing left for a casing. So, I tried a technique I'm wanting to use on undies.

Zigzag the elastic onto the right edge of the waist.



Fold it over onto the wrong side and sew it down.


I think I did it backwards. It was a bit of a fail. ...and my hearts were upside down! Beware directional prints!

Cozy didn't care. She loved them. (I think that when she bends over to look at them, they look right-side-up to her!)




Next time I'll have to add a waistband (probably not so necessary for actual babies).



Hide all of that diaper bum!