Although I learned how to sew at a young age, and sewed all through my youth. My mom having her own children’s clothing company helped influence that. I never made myself pants, I never made any pants. I was scared by them. Shortly after my son was born I bought my fist child’s pattern it was a regular store pattern for a basic t-shirt and sweat pants. I kind of fell in love. Who knew pants were so easy, they are really just two sleeves sewn together. When my daughter was born in 2009 that is when I fully embraced the idea of sewing for little ones, there were only a few items I was afraid to try. Jeans were one of them. Making a basic pant was pretty easy but jeans… with the pockets and the fit… that was another story. However this is a year of trying new things, so I started with a pair of basic skinny jeans, skinny since the beloved pair I was copying were skinny jeans, and basic because they don’t have a fly or button closure… I started small, but little ones don’t need a button or fly so I thought it was a fine place to start. The same tutorial can be used for boys or girls, the fit will depend on the pants you use as your pattern. |
These are so stinkin' CUTE!!!! I'm going to have to make my daughter some :]
So Stinkin Cute! I love them!
These are too cute! You are so awesome. <br />Not sure I am quite ready to brave pocketed pants yet.
The tutorial was great, easy to follow. The<br />pants are adorable. Keep up the great projects.
Fantastic! I'm gonna make some for my daughter using daddy's old jeans!<br /><br />Thanks for the tut.
So cute. I have some stretchy maternity jeans waiting for this makeover.
AMAZING! seriously!!! i HEED this tutorial you have no idea! i have sort of tall skinny kids and i can never find jeans to fit them! i am gonna thrift some huge stretchy jeans and get to work!<br /><br />~selina
These are SOOO cute!! I love skinny jeans for my beanpole little girl. The bootcut and flare jeans look silly when they get too short, but skinny jeans still look awesome even when they're highwaters.<br /><br />I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:<br />http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-skinny-jeans-for-toddler-girls/2011/02/24/<br /><br />–Anne