I’m always in the mood for an easy project. I’m also always in the mood for a nice pair of comfy pants. I’ve already tried my hand at the wide leg lounge pants in the In Stitches book, so this time I decided to try the Wear Everywhere Yoga Pants in the Sew Everything Workshop book by Diana Rupp. I chose a french terry skulls and hearts fabric that I bought online.
Here’s a close up of the fabric, so you can savor it’s delightfulness.
Ok, so this project was sort of doomed from the start. When I saw this fabric online I knew that I wanted to make some pajama pants out of it. I needed about 2 yards for this project, however after purchasing 2 yards and being charged for 2 yards I only received one yard in the mail. The seller was quite nice about it, and sent me the other yard. However, I actually needed the 2 yards together. I had the option to send my yard back (at my cost of course), but I opted not to pay any more than I already had. Which leads me to how these pants turned out. Because of the pattern of this pant, I ended up having to make adjustments by adding black knit fabric to the waist and bottoms of the pant legs in order to not have yoga gauchos. I don’t think it looks that bad, but my husband is not keen on this alteration. Lesson learned, if you order 2 yards of fabric and you only get 1, send it back and insist they reimburse you the shipping, after all..they screwed up in the first place.
Overall, this project was super simple. The hardest part was adding the waistband and trim, which was more time consuming than anything else. The pattern was very straightforward and almost exactly like the wide leg lounge pants. I used my overlock stitch for the first time to finish my edges (even though it’s a knit and won’t fray up), and I really like how that turned out. Overlocking might become my next sewing obsession.
Here’s the final product, altered because these patterns are always drafted for amazon women and I have short legs.
