hi you guys! I am desperate in finding new bell bottoms. I want them in cord and in certain colors, so finding them in a store is next to impossible. So I thought of making my own. I just don't have any patterns. Any Ideas?
The way I do it is just get regular pants, cut along the outer seam to the knee, and sew in a triangular patch of material to the width I want the bell bottoms to be... I don't have any other patterns than that tho.
yeah, I knew that pattern, but I want them to be all out of the same material and color (one in a certain green corduroy, and the other one in purple). But today I went looking for fabrik, and I couldn't even find the fabrik in these colors :-( I'll probably just buy plain light colored cordory bells and dye 'em
just go to a craft shop and buy a simple pattern for drawstring pajama pants. they are very easy to make. when you are tracing out the pattern, just bell the bottom. i've done that many times, and it's simple. i don't know if they have 'simplicity' patterns by you, but they're good. you can use a thick elastic instead of drawstring if you wish.
thank you!! i used this "pattern" as soon as I read this yesterday and I have some sweet pants now.. i'll post pictures later.
everyone should have a pair of hippy pants. like, your favorite pair of pants. maybe they are constructed in such a way. maybe they are the most comfortable ones you have. mine are these jeans that i got from the thrift store several months ago. they were perfect jeans, perfect bell, pockets, everything, lol. and i made holes in them and behind some of the holes, i sewed a soft fabric patch behind them and i sewed patches on the front and patches all over. they are my high pants, i've had people sign them. i've had phone number written on them. i still a guy named jay's number on them. i don't even remember who he is but i love my pants.
Fab idea to add an extra bit into the leg of an existing pair of pants - must ry that. I've just discovered one of those REALLY daggy op shops (or thrift stores, as they call them in the US), you know, the ones that have had the same stuff in the window since 1985? Well, they have a heap of secondhand dressmaking patterns at 5c each, with a whole range of patterns from the 60s and 70s. I got a great pattern for a 60s-style fabric hat, and now the whole family's wearing them! It's a bit hit and miss whether they'll have the style and size you need, but might be worth rummaging around in your local shops? It'd be a lot cheaper than buying a brand new pattern.
