Stash busting: Bike shorts / OOP Vogue 1214

There was a request for a pair of bike shorts that came across the worktable.  These are not meant to be seen out in public as they will not be used for biking.  Instead, these shorts will be worn as a layering piece under clothes.  That's the plan.  

This one is, hopefully, a wearable toile.  I'll have to wait for feedback on the fit before proceeding to make these in a better fabric.  

Out-of-print (OOP) Vogue 1214 was used to make these, shortened, of course, to make it a shorts pattern.  A pair of RTW biking shorts were used as the guide for the length.   I cut these as a size 18 and so far they seem to fit in the waist but they are loose in the leg and actually look like regular shorts, not biking shorts or leggings.  They is no skin hugging in the leg and at the hem.  The initial feedback on the first fitting is to raise the back centre seam about 1/4" and to add some elastic at the waistband.   I would like to try and narrow the width at the hemline.  

Sewing IS Political

This is another Canadian made and tariff free project. The fabric has been in the stash for years and came from Marshall Fabrics, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The pattern is a printed in U.S.A. product from 2010, coming into the pattern stash before the convicted felon started a global tariff war.  It did not contribute to the convicted felon's economy or his economic war machine.  The threads were all pulled from the stash, mostly Gütermann threads and came from Fabricland, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The fabric scissors used are from Merchant and Mills, an U.K. company and were purchased from The Workroom, a Canadian fabric outlet.  

Project details

Seams:  Knit (lightening bolt) stitch

Seam finish:  Serged and Cover stitch

Fabric:  1 metre

Pattern:  OOP Vogue 1214, circa 2010

Additional Tools and supplies:  Cutting table, paper scissors, measuring tape, fabric scissors, pins, pin cushion, tailor's chalk, hand sewing needle, Janome 4120 QDC sewing machine, Janome CoverPro 1000D machine, Janome AirThread 2000D serger, walking foot, threads, thread clippers, iron and ironing board.  

Stand strong, elbows up and keep sewing.