You're Not Going to Believe This!

I MADE PANTS!!!

While out shopping Belk was having a great clothing clearance sale.  I found a pair of wide leg ITY type knit tribal print pants that Girl M. had her eye on.  I hate buying her clothes when she's not with me but for the sale price of $6.49 I thought I would take my chance.  I wasn't sure what size to get her so I tried on a pair of Large and they fit me so I knew they would fit her.  I would NEVER in a million years be caught outside of the dressing room in those pants!  But I was even more amazed that I fit into a Large pant!

She loved the pants and asked if I could just trace them and make her another pair.  I had a better idea since I've been working on knit shorts pattern for over a month for her.

I dug through my stash of knit pants pattern and found Butterick 4708.  Measuring her pants I lengthened the pattern leg and widened the circumference of the pants to match her pair.

Butterick 4807

After making her a trial pair she loved I made her a second pair she loved even more!

Butterick 4807

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Then I suggest to her if we made a matching tank style top she could wear them together and it would look like a jumpsuit.  She didn't say anything at first then at dinner she told her Dad what a great idea I had!  Back to the sewing room to make a matching tank.  I used the top portion of the Simplicity 1355 jumpsuit.  Lengthening the bodice by 5".  She loved the top too!

Simplicity 1355

Simplicity 1355

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Simplicity 1355

I'm still in shock that this Mamma made pants but even more shocked she loved them!

Until next time............

Bonnie