Today I thought I would share how I make baby pants. You see, I HAD to make my youngest some jeans and pants out of necessity. Sure, I have hand-me-down pants for him but they don't fit over his big (and adorable) cloth diaper butt. That's because my hand-me-downs are from my oldest- a skinny boy who wore disposable diapers. These just squeeze my poor baby in the gut when he sits down! Can't have that!
With summer almost here, I thought I would make him some lightweight jeans with a pull-on waist. {Around this house, we call those "eatin' pants"} I chose a very lightweight denim with embroidered sea animals on the fabric. The fabric reminded me of the beach. Which reminded me of summer. So they are still cool, right?
To make these jeans, I used a pair of baggy pants that fit my son well to make a pattern. There are lots of great tutorials out there if you want to search the web. Or, here, at Made, is a very well written and clear tutorial on how to make your own pattern. Basically you trace existing pants and use that to make new pants. Can you say free?
TUTORIAL: Baby Pants with Knit Waistband {aka Eatin' Pant}
Supplies you will need:
- Pattern
- Fabric for pants
- Knit or Rib Knit Fabric for waistband
- Elastic
- Pins
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This fabric is too cute! With all those whales and lobsters! I got it at Hancock Fabrics and it may still be on sale (it was 40% off!).
Make your kid some Eatin' Pants this weekend!
Great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tutorial.
ReplyDelete'm Going to try it Thank you
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