Butterick 5153 - Girl's Lounge Pants

I'll just say from the start, that sometimes it's hard for me to stop once I start making kids' clothes.  There.  I said it.

Actually, this was the first idea in my mind when I realized that I would need to make all of my Christmas gifts if there were going to be any gifts for my family and close friends.  Thankfully, when my mom sent me this pattern, she made sure to purchase both the adults and kids' patterns.  Now, I don't know about you, but I love me some lounge pants and I'm hoping my goddaughter likes them too.

This first pair almost did not come into existence.  I really hemmed and hawed about them.  You see the print is Hannah Montana.  Now I know that it was just a character on Disney, but seriously, when I think of Hannah, I think of Miley Cyrus and well.. let's just say her public image isn't the best right now.  However, I really did like the color and it was the only tweenish fleece in my stash. 

As you can imagine, these were super easy to complete.  At first, I was concerned about the rise.  It just looked very long and I thought I would have to re-cut them with a lower rise however, it turns out that the elastic called for in the pattern is 1 inch wide.  (sigh of relief).  Paired with my 3/4" "turn under" (rather than 1/4"), it brought the rise down to a more acceptable length.  I also thought I was going to have to drag a drawstring through the casing, but it turns out that it's just a bow tacked on the outside.  Easy peasy.

I also made her a pair in cotton.  I originally had this fabric for her dad, but I decided that this "holding fabric for xyz is not a good thing for me right now, so I just used it.

I really think she's going to like them.  I know I do!

All in all, I really liked this pattern.  While I don't actually know her measurements, I cut the elastic to a size 10 since her mom said that the waist on size 12 RTW pants is too large.  I'm not in the least bit worried though.  I used the elastic I got from Pam at Fashion Sewing Supply and it's fabulous.  It will stretch for days and days and days. I definitely recommend her elastic.  It's the best (as is her interfacing!).