Everybody's talkin' 'bout my tight pants...

Look...

It was getting awkward with her being nekkid.

Like, I had her with me at work, and Mimi was just creeping people out with her nakedness, so I had to make her clothes. I tried to see if I could buy some so I could cover her up quickly, but all the clothes I did find wouldn't fit her. I don't have a sewing machine (well, I do, but I don't have it right now), so I have to sew everything by hand.

Anyway, making this little lady some pants took about seven or eight different tries.

The first pair were way too tight. Her leg came off when I was trying to get them off.

Almost changed her name to Ilene.

So I tried again, but I had left too much fabric at the top (waist) and the bottom at the ankles.

After a few more (failed) attempts, I decided maybe pants wouldn't work and short would work better. I didn't have the fabric I wanted with me at the time and had to use a different pattern. The shorts didn't work out either in the sense that had I left a little more fabric on I could have made them into a jumper.

Those got thrown away.

I then tried again, and failed, because the paints just won't fit because I don't have anything to tighten them at the waist with. So I went to Hobby Lobby again after work (had to kill time) and bought some hook eye closures and tried again.

Today I finally made a pair of pants for her to wear.

I made my pattern by ripping her arms off and tracing aorund her body. I wanted to make sure I wasn't making them too big or small. Once I had the pattern down I cut it out and traced it out on my fabric (the actual fabric I wanted them made out of).

I then started sewing them together.

As I said, I have to hand sew everything, so it took me all day to get everything sewn together.

I sewed each side together with a front and back panel then sewed those panels together.

The hardest part was sewing the croch area up. Then I hemmed the waist and the bottoms of them as well.

Once that was done I figured out where to put the hook and eye closure.

Now, it didn't turn out super awesome looking. I think it could have looked better had I hidden the closure as a belt then that would have been good.

I think the next pair of pants I make her will have a stretchy wasit so I don't have to worry about them not fitting there. Either way, I think they came out pretty darn spiffy.