One shirt - long sleeved knit, or sweater, sweatshirt.
Piece of elastic - long enough for babies' waist.
Sewing machine
Thread
Scissors
Cut the arms off the shirt.
Find a pair of pants that fit baby.
Use the inseam of the pants to gauge how far to cut the inseam into the sleeves. Add another inch or so on the top to leave room for folding it over. Mark the length with a pin (see photo).
Cut down the inseam.
Sew the inseam right sides together using a stretch stitch. I used a surger to finish the edge or you could use a zig zag stitch.
Finish the top edge with a surger or zig zag stitch.
Fold over and sew the top leaving a pocket big enough for the elastic to run through.
Leave an opening big enough to run the elastic through.
Fasten a safety pin to the elastic one end. And run the elastic through the waistband.
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