Back to the Cutting Table: Short Leggings / OOP Vogue 1214

The feedback on the bike shorts consisted of

1. The length is too long.  Shorten them another one and a quarter inches.  
2. Insert waistband elastic because they are not staying up.  
3. Raise the height of the center back about a quarter to half an inch.  
4. Don't go down any sizes.  

So, it's back to the cutting table with out-of-print (OOP) Vogue 1214 for another go at sewing a pair of short leggings / bike shorts.  This time the project is cut from a black cotton French terry.  The good fabric that I didn't plan on gifting, but here I am gifting it.  It originally came into the stash to sew up some sports bras but it actually worked out perfect for these shorts.  So, I can't be sad about that, but I digress.  

The only changes I made were 1, 3 and 4.  The hem length was shortened another inch for a total of two and a quarter inches from the toile version.  I have an opening in the back waistband to insert elastic but now that is on hold as they are staying up in the French terry fabric.  I did raise the centre back an inch, more than I though I would and they are perfect.  [insert a sigh of relief.]  And they were sewn in the same size as the toile version.  

Sewing IS Political

Of course, this is another Canadian made and tariff free project.  The fabric has been in the stash for quite some time and it came from Fabricland, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The printed in the U.S.A. pattern entered the stash in 2010 prior to the global tariff war.  The scissors used to cut the fabric are from Merchant and Mills, a U.K. company and were purchased from The Workroom, another Canadian fabric outlet.  The threads have long been in the stash and were purchased from Fabricland.  

Project details

Seams:  Knit (lightening bolt) stitch

Seam finish:  Serged and Coverstitched

Fabric:  0.5 metres

Pattern:  OOP Vogue 1214, circa 2010

Additional Tools and Supplies:  Cutting table, ruler, measuring tape, fabric scissors, pins, pin cushion, Janome 4120 QDC sewing machine, walking foot, threads, hand sewing needle, CoverPro 1000CP machine, Janome AirThread 2000D serger, thread clippers, iron, ironing board and ice tea.  

Stand strong, elbows up and keep sewing.