Saturday, August 30, 2025

Stained glass window shorts

I was getting ready to go on vacation and as the time approached I realized I was going during the hottest days of the entire year!
It was already planned, so there wasn’t much I could do about it except pack cool clothing. I was rummaging through some of my patterns to see if I had any shorts patterns before I ordered any shorts (I don’t because I hardly ever wear shorts).
But while I was looking through patterns and my fabric stash I came across a UFO. Simplicity pattern #8447. I started sewing it back in 2020 or 2021. I was really excited about it until I had it almost finished and the fabric I had chosen felt overwhelming for an entire pair of overalls, so I just set it aside disappointed in the entire thing.
Now jump forward a few years and I thought hey that might look good as shorts. I knew I had gained a few inches since I started this so I started figuring out how much I needed to add to the sides.
I ended up tearing the entire thing apart, cutting the legs in half length wise for the extra fabric and then using them for strips on the side to make it larger. With how busy the print is I thought add-ins disappeared fairly well.
I probably could have made the entire thing faster if I had started from scratch but I wanted to use what I had already started and not waste the fabric. I really like the way the shorts turned out and I think it was my favorite outfit for the entire extremely hot trip.
I love that print reminds me of stained glass.
According to the plaque in front of this stone, it's 450 million years old! Pretty neat, right?

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