Luke, understandably, has been in shorts all summer, wearing pants all of 3 times.  So, when putting him in pants since he started crawling, he has a little less maneuverability.  I happened across Sascha’s blog Piccoli Piselli the other day, hm… can’t remember how , but I was reading back a bit and noticing all the super cute clothes she was making her little man. It spurred me on to try and make some for Luke hoping it would make it easy to crawl. :) Here’s hoping it will get cold enough for pants around here sometime soon!

I grabbed my Amy Butler’s Little Stitches book remembering there was a pants pattern I had used for a friends baby a while ago.  I dug through my stash and came up with this brown linen and navy and white stripe. I know pretty crazy fabric selection huh?

They were super quick and easy to make. I even took the time to cut and match the stripes on the cuffs. Not hard, but something I like to pay attention to, because it would bug me if they weren’t lined up.

I made them in about 30 minutes late last night so the lighting was horrible to get a picture of them last night. Thus I only have pictures of Luke wearing them. That’s what we would rather look at right?

I did think they would be to short looking at them last night, but they are the perfect length. Just longer than his ankles without touching the ground for him to trip.

I think I will be changing a couple of things next time. I am not sure that I like the outer seam on the legs? It’s definitely not necessary so I will try without that seam and see if I like the look better. This would also make adding the coordinating band at the bottom quicker. I am also going to try Dana’s tutorials on making a flat front pair, and adding fun pockets.

I discovered during the many diaper changes today that I need to make and add some tags to the inside back. I’m sure the husband will also appreciate that while dressing Luke . I’m digging the idea of making some twill tape tags that say Danger. :)

And he is off. This picture about sums up Luke as of late; on the move leaving a mess of toys behind. :)

So as you can see he is having no problem moving in these. I love them and think I will be making several more pairs for the fall. Now I just need to stock up on some simple boy pant fabrics. :)

Oh and I am continually working on my manual photography skills. When Luke and I have a day at home, I just let him crawl at will and following him around with the camera. :) I didn’t edit any of these pictures, they are straight off my camera. I am seeing how they look posted. :) Give me feed back if you like!

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