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June 17, 2010

HOW TO SEW PANTS!

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See we make boy stuff! I can’t believe we’ve never posted any pants. It kind of makes me feel badfor boys, all never being able to wear dresses. Or I guess it makes me feel bad for moms of boys,HA kidding! Boys are great, you’re so lucky, yadda yadda



Anyhoo, I made these for Scarlet with a flat front, but that’s not required, this is just your basic



how-to-make-pants tutorial. You can totally do this. You can even make some for dad if you haveenough fabric. Easy Peasy.

Get the full How to Sew Baby & Toddler Pants Tutorial after the jump…

How to Sew Pants for Babies and ToddlersThese pants are made with lovely Majestic Oak fabric in Grass by Joel Dewberry.

1. First you need to make yourself a pattern. That’s easy! Grab a pair of pants that fits your wearerand fold them in half. Lay them on the wrong side of your fabric against the fold (or if you’resmart you’ll do it on freezer paper or butcher paper so you can save the pattern)

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Now trace, adding about 1/2″ to the sides, and inch or so to the bottom of the leg, and about aninch and half at the top. Make sure you stretch the waist out when you’re tracing that area so youhave enough fabric:

2. Cut that out. Trace it into your fabric again and cut another piece:



3. Now you’ll have two pieces. Lay them right sides facing so they are all lined up and pin thecurved edges like so:

Sew the curves up with a 1/4″ seam allowance and finish the edge by serging, sewing with a zigzag stitch, or cutting with pinking shears.

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4. Now with your pieces still inside out, bring the seams to the center and pin the inside of the legpieces together:

Sew them with a 1/4″ seam allowance and finish the edges:



7. Now let’s hem our pant legs. This is a good time to try your pants on your model if your modelwill allow it. Fold in 1/4″ and iron, then another 1/2″ and iron, then sew in place all the wayaround:

8. Now you just want to check the height of your waist. You’re going to use about 1.25 to 1.5inches to create your elastic casing, so if you cut your pants too high to fit your kid, you can trim



them now (or try on your model, that never hurts, though it’s almost never realistic that they willmodel for you, i know). I added some grommets, which you can skip, or you can use to create simple drawstring pants.However these pants are just faux-drawstring:

Fold the waist down 1/4″ or 1/2″ and iron:

Then fold down another inch and iron:



Sew your casing in place at the edge with a straight stitch all the way around, leaving a hole nearthe front seam, back stitching at beginning and end:

9. Now you have options. If you added grommets you can run a drawstring all the way aroundand just have drawstring pants. If you didn’t add grommets you can run a piece of elastic (about2.5″ longer then your kid’s waist measurement) all the way around and have basic elastic waistpants. For these I did a flat front with a faux (decorative) drawstring tie. To do this, grab a piece of



3/4″ no-roll elastic (no-roll is not required but WAY more comfy for your kid and much morepleasing to take in and out of the dryer without having to mess with the waistband to get it to layflat). It should be about 2.5″ longer than half the measurement around your child’s waist. Feed itthrough the casing with a safety pin, all the way around and out the other side:

Push all the gathers to the back of the pants before releasing your elastic. Get it settled in themiddle of the back of the casing, then sew it in place perpendicular to the casing seam:

So now your pants look like this:



If you didn’t add grommets, go ahead and sew the hole closed and you’re done.I added a tie with some fabric pom poms I hand sewed to it:

DONE!



So just a note: the thing about pants is, they require a better fit than say, a skirt. So your first try,



your pants might fit a little funky, be too tight on the thighs or bunch at the waist. That’s okay. You know your kid, you know his/her body, just make a few adjustments and create a newpattern that you know will look good on them. Like my friend Anna says, her kid can’t wearskinny jeans. Scarlet can’t rock capris. Make a few pairs and you’ll know exactly what fit iscomfortable and flattering for your kid forever on, your kid will get bigger but the pants style willstay the same. So don’t be discouraged if your first pair isn’t perfect, it never is. OK, GO MAKESOME PANTS!

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