Thursday, February 9, 2012

Striped Leggies!

Hello friends! I made these leggies for a Christmas outfit, but the colors can be easily swapped out to suit any sort of costume. Black and white would look awesome, or two colors of UV reactive fabric would be great for a black light party!

Final product ^ now for the how-to:

Figure out how long your leg is and how wide you want each of your stripes. My leggies are 25 inches long, so I made them 29 inches of raw fabric to account for the elastic and the hemming. The total diameter of the leggies is 40 inches, they are pretty wide.
Cut your stripes according to your own measurements (you can see mine up there)…. The white stripes are 5 inches wide aside from the top which was 7 to account for the elastic. The red stripes are 3 inches

Sew your stripes, right sides together. Take into account the stretch of the fabric.

Once you have the stripes assembled, turn it inside out and sew it together like so. I did not document the elastic part…but its sort of like making a scrunchie. Sew a seam at the top feed the elastic through. I recommend 1" width.  Then hem the bottom (if you haven't already) according to your own measurements.
Simple simple!

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