Design 02 Jodhpur velour pants

[quartercentury]

I love these pants! Super cute and very easy to put together. The little mock vents at the cuffs are fabulous.

The only trouble I had was with the instructions in sewing the side seams. It says "note that stitching line runs along outer edges of mock vent extensions." And that had me thinking that I was supposed to sew the side seams so that the little vents stuck out when the garment was turned right side out. But no, of course not! If you start stitching at the waist, just keep sewing a straight line when you get to the little vents.

I also had a bit of trouble getting the curves on the topstitching to match, but that's just me. Topstitching isn't my strong suit.

I made a size 74 for my 72cm, 12 months old baby with no seam allowance to compensate for using the stretchiest rib knit ever (or that I have ever used, anyway). They fit fine, but I do wish they were a hair longer. Again, totally my fault.

ETA: She's closer to 78cm, actually. Oops. No wonder they were shorter than expected.

With an NCBE top:


And some blurry action shots (and, yes, the baby has been eating markers):