Over the past coupla weeks, I've made about 12 pairs of short for Lilly and Warren.
Tweeking the patterns to fit them properly took a few attempts...some turned out better than others...
Basically, three things came together for this to happen:
First -- I heard it was going to be hard to buy kids' summer clothes -- as the January shipments from China never happened.
Second -- I was clearing the basement -- trying to whittle away on my gigantic t-shirt mountain.
Third -- Sewing is what I do when I'm feeling stressed...so there has been A LOT OF SEWING...
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| Once I was happy with the fit -- I pinned Lilly and Warren's patterns to the wall SO I COULD FIND THEM WHEN I NEEDED THEM. |
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| Each pair of shorts requires TWO t-shirts. |
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| I made a casing for the elastic. |
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| After I inserted the elastic, I made sure more of the gathers were happening in the BACK, rather than the front...then, I topstitched the top of the waistband (to keep the elastic in place). |
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| I put a patch pocket on the left side for Lilly...and on the right side for Warren... |
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| It's hard to find two t-shirts that are the same...so I decided to embrace the difference. |
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| I didn't bother to hem them...as a matter of fact, I didn't even bother to make sure the front was the same length as the back. |
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