Upcycling a blanket...

I made one of our baby blankets into a new sleep sack for Eddie, since his is too small now and the one I got to replace it with is WAY too big.

First, here's the blanket.

There's orange yarn sewn around the edges, which I took off.

Then I folded it hot dog style and placed the zipper...

Then I cut arm holes...

Then I sewed the zipper on, sewed the shoulder together, and the bottom together, and re-tied the yarn around the arm and neck holes...

And then I put a baby in it...

(He was very confused by the camera's flash.)

 And very curious about what the shiny, flashing thing was, and came closer to investigate.

Ain't he the cutest?  

And that's how I turned a blanket into a wearable blanket that he can't get stuck under or kick off for the cost of a $2 zipper.

TA DA!