These shorts are real easy to make. All you need is 1/2 meter of material, some elastic and a pair of baby shorts to trace around.
Directions:
Trace around one panel of the shorts, be sure to stretch out the waist line.
Add 1cm at the bottom leg and 2cm at the waist for hems plus 1/2cm around entire panel.
Fold material in half and then half again until you have a rectangle this size 4 layers thick.
Cut out the pattern and pin it to your material
Cut out the material and separate two lots of panels that face in and pin these together.
Sew 1/2cm in from the waist to the crotch line on both lots
Open out and place the now two pieces together and pin.
Sew 1/2cm in at both sides and then pin the crotch and sew.
Zig zag stitch the edges and the sew a 1cm hem for both pant legs.
Fold and sew 1 1/2cm hom for the waist allowing 2cm opening to thread the elastic through
Measure your babies waist line and cut a piece of elastic to this length
Thread through opening at waist and then sew 1cm of overlapping elastic.
Sew shut and then turn right side out.
These make a nice light weight short for summer but can be altered very easily to be long pants or heavier track pants for colder weather. I used 1/2 m of cotton material on sale so it cost me around $3 but you could also recycle old pants or shirts or even sheets.
Happy sewing! x
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