2015-September/October: Unicorn Rainbow Pants!!

These pants were epic!  They ARE epic!  I made them as per E's request, one leg rainbow and one leg unicorn.

She wore them a bunch until a "bright" idea of mine started bothering her: the snappy hem!

I thought it would be oh-so-clever to make these superlong pants (The Parsley Pants again! Take 1, Take 2 This time made in size 8 knit so they'd actually fit!) with an adjustable hem.

Because they were about 8"+ too long for E, I added two levels of snaps, so they could easily unsnap as she grew!  And the snaps look cute! What a great idea, right?

Nope.

At first she didn't mind, but ultimately the hem really bothered her.  Both the scratchy snaps (girl plays outside/scrambles about/falls down a lot) and the "loose" part of the hem inside (remember, it's only held on by 4 snaps per row) made them annoying to wear and difficult to put on.  Sadness!  These pants are so cool!

Luckily she didn't complain about those aspects until a few months had passed.  She had them in heavy rotation at first, but NOW (when I could probably unsnap them at least one level), she wants nothing to do with them.

This will require some thought!  Obviously a simple REAL hem would do the trick.  But if I try to take the snaps off, there will be icky holes.  Perhaps a lining of some sort is in order.  I'll update you when I get to it!

AND . . . . WAIT FOR IT . . . .

I totally forgot that I had made her a shirt with the same fabrics, and she paired them one day this past March.  EPIC I TELL YOU!

***Update!! The Parsley Pants pattern is not small!  Read this!