Turn an XL T-Shirt into Comfy Pyjama Pants

Whenever I get an extra large t-shirt, I always have to think about the possibilities of what the shirt can become. Will I make a halter top? A dress? Maybe I'll just resize it. No matter what happens to it, though, I never end up wearing my DIY creation outside of the house, or even outside of my room. The great thing about t-shirts is that they're comfortable and easy to wear. Most of my reconstructions take that away. I either feel way too exposed in my mini dress, or there's too much bulk from using laces and knots to resize the shirt, so I decided to bring comfort back to the t-shirt even after it's been chopped to bits with these cropped harem style pyjama pants.

First, turn your shirt inside out and lay it flat on the ground. Take a pair of pyjama pants that fit you the way that you'd like and pull that center bit out and line it up like so:

Take a piece of chalk (or a pencil, depending on the color of your shirt) and make an outline about a quarter of an inch away from the edge of the pants and to the bottom of the shirt, the top should have a chalk line two inches from the top of the shirt. Don't worry if a half of an inch or less of the collar ends up within your line, it'll be in the inside anyway. Don't draw the chalk line on the straight side of the pants. Flip the pants to the other side and do the same thing. If you feel that the pants sides are overlapping, you can take an extra t-shirt and cut two strips half the length of the overlap.

Cut along the chalk outlines. If you want to be more exact, you can just cut out one side, flip the t-shirt over, and do the same thing on the other side.

Each side of the shirt is a leg.

OPTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HAREM STYLE LOOK

**Cut all of the extra bits off of the sleeve and cut it along the seam so you have a nice little strip of fabric. Cut each sleeve about two and a half inches from the sleeve's hem on both sleeves. Hold the strip to just below your knee, pull it tight around your knee and pin it together:

Cut off the extra fabric, take out the pin, and cut the other sleeve to the same length.

Pin the strips right at the hem of the bottom of the pants and pleat where necessary for the strip to make it across the bottom of the pants and sew.**

Pin from the center pointy business down to the bottom hem of the leg and sew a quarter of an inch from the hem and do the same with the other leg. Then, pin the top part of one leg to the top of the other leg on both sides and sew together. You should have a pair of pants in your hands now.

Then, while they're still inside out, fold a half of an inch of the top over and pin it down like so:

Sew the hem.

Cut a hole about two inches frrom the center front seam on either side and pull an extra long shoelace through. 

Flip the pants right-side out and try them on.