Jalie 3243–Pull-on Pants

I’ve made this pattern a few times before. It’s an easy pull-on pant. Pretty simple, but wicked awesome. I’ve made my son pajama pants and my littlest daughter a pair of rain pants from this pattern.  I think I’ll be making shorts using this pattern this summer.

 

Here are three more pairs for my man-child. I’m still using size M (size 9) for the waist, but I added two inches to the length so they fit for a while. He’s lean, but growing up like a weed.

 

Nothing too exciting here as far as sewing, but my son loves them and he loves that we had a mom-son outing and he got to pick all the fabric. The angry birds pair was the only annoying pair because I had to match the pattern across the side seams.

 

I love the topstitched pockets. One day I’ll make them a contract fabric so you can really see them.

 

I love the shaped facing that you sew in and fold over to make the waist casing. It goes in so much smoother than other pants like this. I added labels to all the pants. I also put the elastic in, finished the casing, and then stitched through all the layers at CB and CF to make sure the elastic didn’t twist all around.

 

See the pockets? Yea, me neither. Rest assured though, he was excited when he saw them and that’s all that matters to me. <3.

 

I finished my April Burda so I need to take photos and show you!

Excuse me, is that Dim Sum on your butt?

Boy: Hey mom, wouldn’t this fabric be funny as pants?
Me: What? This fabric?
Boy: I think it might be funny.
Me: What kind of pants? Like pajama pants?
Boy: No, duh! Like pants for school and then everyone can say, “Hey! You have Dim Sum on your butt!” and “Wow, you’re sweet AND sour!” and “We will, we will, wok you!”
Me: Uhhhh . . .
Yelling Boy: Clap, clap, STOMP. Clap, clap, STOMP. We will, we will WOK YOU, WOK YOU!
Me: Pajama pants only and no wearing these to school.
Boy: Gee, mom, you really need to rice to the occasion.
Me: Har, har, har. Did you hear what I said about not wearing these to school?
Boy: Wait, mom, WAIT, this is a good one . . . . Hey, these lights are bright, can we dim them?
Me: Dim sum?
Boy: Drat.

And thus, Jalie 3243 came out of it’s envelope again. My son asks for me to make him so little that when he asks for something, I usually get right on it.

 

These are just basic pull-on pants with pockets. I used size M for him.

 

There are two pairs and I photographed both of them. Why? I don’t know. To show you the differences??

 

The pockets are a nice touch. They are hard to see here and maybe not quite big enough to be functional. I should make them bigger on my next pair but that’s just inviting him to stick crap in his pockets too.

 

Hee, hee. Duck sauce.

Jalie 3243 - Pull-on Pants Alaskan Style

This is one of the Jalie patterns I bought the other day in my Jalie haul. I love the simple pattern and I love the fit of Jalie. My kids are always asking me to make them pajama pants and this is the perfect pattern for that. Of course, I could draft one from my trusty KS3234 but this is so much easier and it’s all the sizes! So far, I’ve made the size M (for size 9) and H (for a 4T). Both seem to fit well. I have my size traced out but I have not made any pants out of them.

 

So, I’m sort of embarrassed to post about these pants. I made them in one hour. Like, really, one hour. From tracing to hem. There are no pockets or nice stitching. Here’s how it went down.

Husband: Oh, hey, we are going clamming. Did you know kids’ rain gear was so expensive?

Me: Oh?

H: Yea, these pants were $40 and I’m not sure she’ll be able to wear them until the end of summer. They only had this size. Do you think you could whip up some rain pants that she could wear?

Me: Oh, gosh. Probably. When are you guys leaving?

H: Oh, I think the guys are getting here in about an hour.

Me: Blink, blink. Uuuuuuh.Do you mean you want a pair of pants in an hour?

H: Blink, blink. Uh, yea?

Me: [Thump, thump, thump as I run down the stairs to the basement]

 

The $40 pair is on the left and my pair is on the right. I didn’t have elastic that was wide enough but I made due with the 3/4” elastic I had. The pattern went together easily and I really like the contoured waist band. It seems less bulky than the waistbands you just fold under and sew.

 

I made them out of this fantastic Polartec fabric. I’ve used it many times and it’s freaking awesome. It has a slight amount of stretch but it’s also wind and water proof. I used it to make this vest also.

 

Here she is on the beach with the pants and the raincoat I made her last summer (also a Jalie pattern). I’m happy to report is was warm and dry and cozy even with the 40 degree weather and wind.

 

They didn’t get many clams but they did get some big ones!! And no, she didn’t really bite it. These are razor clams and yummy. I’m hoping they get a whole bucket load for me.

 

 

While the men (and cute daughter #3) went clamming, we went to the zoo and watched all the wildlife. Oh look, here’s a snow leopard. Oh wait, that’s just one of my cute daughters.

 

Mangy little guy.

 

Lots of fowl coming in the last few days.

 

And in other news, little girls got new cute glam haircuts and grandma’s in town so they steal her glasses.

I actually have more to show you. I have made a top and I think you’ll like it.