Amy Butler's In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects (20 page)

*
See page 170
for an explanation of edge stitching.

c.
Stitch again
³
/
₄
″ from your first row of stitching to create the casing for the drawstring.
(
FIGURE 5B, C
)

FIGURE 1C FRONT

SIZE SMALL
FRONT PATTERN PIECE

FIGURE 1D BACK

LOUNGE PANTS SIZE SMALL
BACK PATTERN PIECE

FIGURE 1E BACK

LOUNGE PANTS SIZE MEDIUM
OR LARGE BACK PATTERN PIECE

FIGURE 1E FRONT

SIZE MEDIUM OR LARGE
FRONT PATTERN PIECE

FIGURE 3A

FIGURE 2B

LAYOUT FOR THE LOUNGE PANTS

FIGURE 3C

FIGURE 3D

FIGURE 4C

FIGURE 5A

FIGURE 5B, C

FIGURE 6B

Step 6. Hem the Lounge Pants and add the trim.

a.
With the
Wrong
side of the Lounge Pants still facing out, turn under
¹
/
₄
″ on the bottom raw edge of each leg, toward the
Wrong
side of the fabric, and press.

b.
Now, turn this edge under
¹
/
₂
″ again toward the
Wrong
side of the fabric and press. Pin the folded edge in place and stitch close to this folded edge.
(
FIGURE 6B
)

c.
Turn the Lounge Pants
Right
side out to apply the trim. Beginning at the inner leg seam, pin the trim with
Right
side facing out around the leg opening at a distance from the hemmed edge that pleases you. When you reach the beginning point, fold the trim under
¹
/
₂
″ overlapping the raw edge where you began and pin the edge in place.
(
FIGURE 6C
)

d.
Stitch the trim in place by topstitching
*
all the way around the leg opening, close to the edge of the trim at both the top and the bottom edges and then slip stitch the end of the trim in place by hand.
(
FIGURE 6D
)