I love those fabrics! And I love my mum for thinking of me and bringing them along with her. They make a great basis for skirts, pants and dresses for my girls and are easy to be jazzed up a little by adding nice bits of pretty fabrics.
Well since a month or so my nearly-2-year-old decided she didn't need a diaper anymore. I'm proud as I can be, but it also posed me a new problem. All those nice pants I had for her! They don't fit anymore... She has now loads of room on the back. She used to be in size 86 (I think that's 18 months?) but she's now back to size 80, still leaving ample room on her behind.
I decided to track one of her pants that has the best fit for her now and make my own pattern from it. I choose the black linen from one of my mum's skirts and I added some colourful fabric for pockets. I'm not sure on those fake buttons though, I'm undecided yet of where I want them and how many I want on there. The ones in the picture are attached with pins.
So far, we're done, waiting for the final fit tomorrow. We did fit in between, but we have to finish it off now by adding elastic and by deciding on the hems (will it be a pair of pants for now or should I leave it longer so she can wear it in some time?)
It's probably a teeny bit too tight since stupid me forgot to add seam allowances on the front pieces of the pattern.
However it was a lot easier to make than I initially thought it would be and I expect a lot more of those to come. Still have loads of old (ancient if you will) jeans lying around the house that need a new destiny...
oh yea... pictures ;) there you go.
There's much room for improvement, and lots of tiny mistakes in there, but I'm not quite the trained seamstress so forgive me ^_~
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