ACU jumper

 Is she not the cutest thing.  I made her a ACU jumper to match my skirt and my other daughter. 

 I took the spare parts of a acu shirt and pants to make this jumper.  I even made the bows in the girls hair.  The green army material is the same material that I used for my ACU purse.

Here we are in our outfits don't we look, oh wait you can't find us we are camoufl aged.  Hee Hee.  We love you daddy.

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JR ACU skirt

Is she just so adorable. Or what?

   I made an ACU skirt for myself a few weeks back.  Well I had two pieces left over.  My daughter wanted a skirt, so I used the cut off legs and made her one too.

 She loves to pose. 

 The cut off legs have knee pockets for knee pads which make great pockets.

  I used the drawstring bottom to make the elastic waist band.  I just attached the elastic to the draw string and pulled it through.  Wow that was the easies waist band ever.  OK so I cheated.  I was just being resourceful.  The side pockets were upside down so I unpicked and then put them back on rightside up.  She loves it and it was the easiest skirt I ever made.  Now we match and she loves that too.









 

His and Hers ACU's

These are my Husbands work pants for the Army. They are called ACU's.  I like the feel of the ACU's.  I thought what would they look like as a skirt.  You know so they would look more feminine.

Is this much more feminine.  To make this I:

So I took a pair that had frayed ends and unpicked the inseam.  Laid it out and cut the legs off below the knee.

I marked the butt.  Sewed straight down making sure to match the butt seam.  Then sewed it again down the front a quarter of in inch  from first stitch.

With the extra material I laid it under the front opening and pin it to the patch.  Then I sewed down both sides twice like the back seam.  then I finished the raw edges off.  I hemmed the bottom and "walla"

This is the back.  See the oval  that is the butt patch of the ACU's make this cool pattern.

The front with the patch.

The Side view with the big cargo pockets. 

His and hers ACU's.  Isn't it cute.