Lady pants for everyone!

I made a couple of pairs of pajama pants for Christmas. One for me, and one for the Mister. I used McCall 5248. That's right, we're both wearing the lady pants!


In case you didn't catch it, Joann's had flannel for $1.49 or something like that for Black Friday. I bought two yards for myself, and two yards for Mr. Thinks He Can. Neither of us have rear ends, so while I was a little short on fabric, I managed to eek it out.

On mine, I have no rear and am short waisted. I took out an inch in the crotch and an inch in the rear and they fit near perfect. I also took out an inch in the length. As you can see by my weird stretch move, they fit quite nicely.

Check out the cute owl print flannel. The white print reads "Hoot" up and down the pants. Love it!

My assistant dubs them cuddle approved!

Then I had the Mister try them on. I don't know how to say this, but you can read between the lines. You should not put a man in lady pants and cut his crotch depth any. It was vulgar. Like Bruno. So, I added the depth back to the crotch and back. I did take an extra inch out of the length though. Lucky for me I am four inches shorter and my inseam is an inch longer. What's up with that?

The fit turned out pretty darn good. He says they are very comfortable and is actually wearing them. That is unexpected!

He got the cute frog print.

For both pairs I skipped the drawstring. I serged around the raw edge at the top and folded it down and sewed it into place and ran some elastic through. When I make these again, and I will because they are quick and easy, I will add pockets and a fly for the Mister. That is the only thing he is suspicious of. An evil genius I am!

Yummy charcoal Clovers

Greetings from Santa's Sweatshop! Whew! I feel like all I have done for a few days is sew my fingers off to get everything done. It has all turned out well though.

I finally had an opportunity to take a picture of my second pair of Clover pants in the day light. I made these a few days ago and just got too busy to take pictures.

Never mind my weird face. I made this from a charcoal sateen I ordered from Mood. It seems a bit thicker and better quality than the fabric from Joann's I used last time.

My red pair tends to stretch out during the course of the day, so I made my seam allowance a quarter of an inch thicker than last time. It make for a closer fit, so hopefully over the day they won't get too baggy.

Haha! Made you look again. And again, it is a great fit on my rear. Yay!

My assistant is such a picture hog. I had to get a shot of her on the blog or have hell to pay.

You can see a little bit of a bump at the bottom of my invisible zipper. I still haven't got that down, but this pair went smoother than the last pair. I left the length alone and finished the inside with white lace tape this time. I love the lacy insides.

Crimson and Clover

I have been sitting on these Clovers for a week. Literally, I've been living in them. I wore them to work. I wore them to class, and I am happy to report they are fantastic. I do have to admit, I bought this red sateen, Viking Red sateen technically, from Joann's. It was cheap, and the last time I made pants I wound up doing a billion alterations and still don't care for them much. I figured this would be a wearable muslin if anything.

Sorry, they are a bit wrinkly, but like I said I refuse to take them off. They are a bit stretched out too from being worn and not washed yet. And they still look like a pretty good fit!

Here is the amazing part...my butt. Made you look! No really, my awesome teacher Jenny had to teach me how to make an almond shaped butt dart from under my butt cheeks on my last pair of pants. She had no idea anyone could be so bottomless. These pants actually fit my rear quite nicely if I do say so myself. 

Check that out, there is a lump back there where most women keep there butts! I was hoping this would happen. A lot of reviews I read of these pants mentioned there were a lot of sway back adjustments or alterations so the pants would fit in the rear. When I read that I thought to myself, "Ah ha! All those women with the hour glass shape that look cute in everything have nothing on my apple shaped wonder body!" I bought the Clover pattern and just as I hoped, they did indeed fit.

I did make one alteration. Based on the pattern back I cut a 16 in the waist and graded to a 14 in the hips. I also left them a bit longer than the pattern directions stated. I am 5'5, and if you are any taller than me and want regular length pants I recommend you add a couple of inches to the length.

Lets talk guts. I finished the inside facing as well as the hem with black double fold lace that I had in my stash. At this point I had tried the pants on and knew they were keepers, so I wanted to kick it up a notch. I also added my new customized label I got from Jennifer's Jewels on Etsy. It matches my blog!

Here is the hem of my pants. I covered the raw edge in lace and folded it up about half an inch. I was really short on length for a proper hem, but it worked out.

Here is my top stitching around the waist. Isn't the color Christmasy?

Invisible zipper...meh. It could be better, but I had a zipper in there originally that the pull came off of. I wound up having to deconstruct and reconstruct to get a new zipper in. You can't tell when I wear them.

One last look. I love them. I already have some charcoal colored sateen in my room waiting to become a pair of Clovers. Maybe today!