Elf had some pants with a large hole in the knee. I felt it was a design a bit hard to sew a patch onto, so I cut them a bit above the knee. Then I sewed some Hawaiian fabric onto the inside so that it is an inside-out layer beneath the shorts when straightened. Next, I folded the fabric up as if I were making a casing and sewed straight across. This way I break no needles by hemming the denim fabric, and we have a nice contrasting layer on the shorts as well.
23 January 2008
Elf's Pants Reincarnated
Elf had some pants with a large hole in the knee. I felt it was a design a bit hard to sew a patch onto, so I cut them a bit above the knee. Then I sewed some Hawaiian fabric onto the inside so that it is an inside-out layer beneath the shorts when straightened. Next, I folded the fabric up as if I were making a casing and sewed straight across. This way I break no needles by hemming the denim fabric, and we have a nice contrasting layer on the shorts as well.
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They look great!
ReplyDeleteThis is great. I have a hard time finding shorts that are long enough for my girls, so I have been saving their jeans with the holes so I could make longer shorts.
ReplyDeleteThey have lots of capris.