Broke out the Ikea fleece blankets that had been used for another project (fleece jackets for the family a few years ago) and decided to make some fleece pants for the kids. I figured the ruffle/design on the bottom was great instead of a hem. Cute, quick and easy. 3 pairs cut and 2 finished in the space of 45 minutes (wanted to get to the blog tutorial, so I didn't finish the 3rd pair).
Materials:
1 fleece Ikea blanket - your choice of color!
3/4 inch elastic - approximately 22 inches per pair of pants depending on the waist size
scissors, thread, sewing machine, tape measure
Fold the blanket in half so that both "fancy" edges are lined up with one another and the side edge is straight. Cut a large rectangle out of both thicknesses of fleece approximately 20-30 inches wide and 20-30 inches tall. You should measure how long and wide you need the pants to be on the child that you are making these for. If you are making them for a 18 month old to 3yo, 22-24 inches square should be more than enough. I made mine 24 wide x 20 tall and they're a bit too big.
Once you have your square of fabric, fold the fabric in half lengthwise so that the "fancy" edge is on the bottom. You will cut a J out of the side of the fabric approximately 10 inches long by 1 inch deep.
Once you've cut your "J", unfold the rectangle of fabric, keeping the "Js" lined up on each side. Stitch the two "Js" but not the side seams.
Once the "Js" are stitched, reach in the top of the pants and align the two seams to one another. Line up the bottom of each leg and stitch one long seam from the end of one leg, to the end of the other leg - this forms the pant legs.
Stitch the waist band casing approximately 1 inch in from the top leaving a space to thread elastic through the casing.
They're a bit long, but she'll grow this winter, I'm sure. Didn't want them to not fit in a month when it's just starting to get cold. These will also be great when she's much bigger for some nice fleecy shorts :-/
As I mentioned, I got 3 pairs out of one fleece Ikea blanket - one very long pair, this pair and a wider pair. Two have the fancy edge, the 3rd pair (long pair) is the "middle" of the blanket folded width wise on top of itself and cut to make 2 rectangles before proceeding with cutting as above.
Tutorial needs some work, I think, but for now, I hope you get the gist of it. Ask in comments if you have questions. I'll be posting more soon, I hope!
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