Toddler Overalls from give away pile pants!!

Ok, so this blog is great and all, but only if I post stuff!! I actually made these pants and wrote the post back in January, then left them sitting in the sewing room because they were too big for the Bug (my 2year old son)! I figure before I can move on to another project I need to get this one finished up and posted.

Here we go. . .

I'm new to this blogging thing, so although this isn't a tutorial, I am going to explain the making of these pants in laborious detail, mostly for my own reference when I try to do this pattern again later!

I started with pair of black pants stolen from my mom's give away pile.

These are a little bigger than any of the other pants I had in the sewing pile so I chose to make overalls rather than pants because I thought I would have enough for the upper part of the overalls as well as the facings.

I started by lining the pattern pieces up and seeing if they will fit. Looks like they will so I cut up the inseam so that the pants will lay flat and I can cut the different front and back pieces for the overalls.

Since I want to kept the existing side seam to reduce the amount of sewing, I line up the front and back pattern pieces with their sewing (not cutting) lines along the existing side seam overlapping their seam allowances. Mark the front and back pieces on one side of the pants.

Flip the pants over. Flip the pattern pieces over. Mark the other side!!

CUT!!

Yeah, I now have the main overall pieces cut.


With the remaining bits of pant I mark and cut the facings and straps.

Sew the front and back seams then sew the crotch seam - The pattern calls for snaps here, but I am not making these snappy pants as I usually end up pulling overalls down off the Bug anyway.

Sew on the straps and facings, then press everything!

Search though the stash for coordinating fabric for pocket and cuff facing. I ended up choosing some tractor fabric. I thought that since these looked like farmer pants the tractors would be appropriate. I also cut out one tractor and appliqued it to the pocket. Finally I finished the pocket, and cuffs.

Total project time:

30 min(cutting and checking)
1h min(sewing, checking, sewing . . .)
15 min(rummaging through stash to find pocket material)
1h min(finishing up!)

Wow - free overalls for the bug in under 3 hours. These are faded and a little too big for him right now, but that just means they will be play pants for the summer! I love dressing the Bug in things that I don't have to worry about getting messy!

Next up on the project list - Spring Top