orange you glad I made houndstooth pants?

I think so.
But maybe I went too far.

Possible?
I kind of love them.

Casey said it’s a bit like this:

“Let me put it this way….all the moms at church are gonna say ‘awwww’ and all the dad’s are gonna snicker, ‘Casey lets his boy wear that??'”

I see his point.
And yea, they kinda look like pajamas (similar to the Big Stick Pjs I made in February).
And they kind of look like polyester slacks from the 70s.
But, but, but….the boy loves orange!
And on Saturday afternoon I realized that all of his church pants were either too short or had holes in the knees.  So orangey and houndstoothy it was!

I used the Basic Kids Pants tutorial with the flat front, front pockets, and back pockets (click a button for details):

And then I sorrrrrt of made orange piping around the pockets.
I didn’t have piping, or piping cord to make my own.  So I thought, what if I cut the pocket lining slightly larger so when I sew the two pieces together and iron, the back layer sticks out a bit underneath to create a pop of color?

In theory it was gonna be awesome.
It doesn’t really work around the curves.  But it still looked kind of cool.  Make it work moment.

And when I was done he had some great-fitting flat front pants.  I love his skinny-bones.

And he loved the pants!

And he totally owned them.  That’s what style is all about, right?  Owning it and being comfortable in your own threads.

I feel a little silly sewing pants since summer has more than arrived in Texas.  But….I’m currently working on a Kid Shorts pattern to sell!  It’s top on the agenda!  So he’ll get plenty of those as well.

Boy oh boy, when did he start looking like a man?
A man who loves orange.
Happy Monday!