The First DIY Leggins !

Hi, my dear readers ♥

I love leggins... I have more than 10 pairs for sure and I still want more... I wear them daily, because they're comfortable, great for ridding a bike or long travels and they look cool !

Funny thing is that I don't own any good basic black pair of leggins, I have just one ancient sport leggins from my mum which are kid-size probably, because they keep on sliding off my butt :D

I also don't own any simple grey leggins, or dark blue, etc. ... because every time I'm placing an order at BlackMilk, I JUST CAN'T order basic colour and go for something weird... or galactic ♥

I spent half of my life looking for cheap basic cotton fair-trade non-transparent leggins, but...

That's why learning how to make my own DIY leggins from old t-shirt, or cheap jersey fabric was my n.1 crafting goal !

I looked trough tons of tutorials on Pinterest, I even tried to make my own pattern according to them, but... y'know... me and numbers, that just doesn't work....

So I took my favourite pair of cotton leggins, turned them inside out and traced the pattern on a huge paper. Cut it out and applied it on a cheap elastic fabric.

[ IMPORTANT: the fabric must be stretchy in both directions, otherwise it won't work and leggins are going to end up short - been there, done that - believe me ]

Sewing pants together was making me problems since lolita bloomers, so I always have to look at this picture to help me understand how this magic works

http://www.merricksart.com/2016/10/the-best-slippers-lounge-pants-tutorial.html

(part 1 and 2 are all that you need to know and then of course this elastic waistband tutorial I found on Pinterest)

I didn't even have to use overlock machine or overlock stitch - I just used zigzag for elastic fabric on my Bernina sewing machine.

Surprisingly everything worked out fine and in just one afternoon I could add a new pair of leggins in my growing collection ♥

yes they are transparent, but this was just a test - first fabric I found in my stash ♪

I didn't expected any success :D

And here's a complete outfit !

The leggins are really thin and I always have to wear some longer top over them, but still I can't wait to wear them in spring ♪

I'm really happy that they ended up being so good that I can wear them outside and not just as pajama pants :D

infinity shawl: American Apparel

cardigan: my husband's

leggins: DIY

shoes: New Rock

I hope you're all doing fine ♪

The snow is gone here in Munich, so I'm expecting spring in every minute *_*

Also have a magical Imbolc today ♥