So you may remember I have been making dresses from pillow cases to send to Dress a Girl Around the World
Louise, who coordinates the charity in the UK sends the dresses on to a variety of projects and charities in Africa and India, and recently she requested that we expand our skills, from dresses …
… to shorts. Because boys need clothes too.
But, SHORTS! I have never made a pair of shorts in my life, so I set to some googling, and found that in fact it might be surprisingly easy! Especially when I discovered this amazing pattern by Petchy which uses two pieces of fabric and has a drawstring waist! Perfect!
And indeed, it worked! I even added a patch pocket onto the back! One 1980′s duvet cover = ten pairs of boys shorts! Ta~dah!!
Louise needs lots more of these by the end of May – so if you have some time, an old duvet cover in the back of a cupboard and the inclination to do something which fills you up with ‘happy’, you can find out more here.
These cheery beauties will be winging their way to Africa at the end of May. Job done!
9 Responses to … a new challenge
bobbie
Replied on: April 24, 2012, 12:59 pm
You rock!!!
Lee Ann
Replied on: April 24, 2012, 4:11 pm
So cute! And so wonderful of you to be taking part in this XO
Louise Horler
Replied on: April 24, 2012, 10:08 pm
Wow!! Thank you!! They look amazing. I made my first pair last week too. I think I might need to practice a bit more!! Yours look amazing. Thanks so much for your support. Really appreciate it. x
Hilary
Replied on: April 25, 2012, 3:11 pm
You are very welcome Louise ~ it is a pleasure, and a great way to contribute something good to the world
mollie/Lynn
Replied on: April 25, 2012, 1:44 am
You rock!
Heather Grow
Replied on: April 29, 2012, 4:25 pm
These are great! I haven’t made shorts for Dress a Girl yet. Thanks so much for sharing in the Vintage Sheet Blog Weekend Link Up Party. I would love it if you would also link these up on Pillowcase Dress Project link up. http://vintagesheets.blogspot.com/p/pillowcase-dresses.html
Hilary
Replied on: April 29, 2012, 7:11 pm
Thanks Heather ~ glad you like them ~ I’ve added the link
Carol Binnington
Replied on: May 8, 2012, 12:37 pm
I was not able to access the boy’s short pattern. Is it free as can make some for the project.
Hilary
Replied on: May 9, 2012, 10:20 am
Hi Carol, sorry if the link is no longer working, I will look at it. I will send you an email with some other links