{"id":5882,"date":"2011-05-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/2011\/05\/16\/tutorial-kid-shorts\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T22:30:07","slug":"tutorial-kid-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/tutorial-kid-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"TUTORIAL: KID Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been talking a lot about KID Pants<\/a> lately.
\nSo let’s chop them off and get ready for summer!
\n\"\"<\/a>bye-bye to this:
\n\"\"<\/a>Hello to this:
\n\"\"<\/a>And now we’ve got simple Kid Shorts.
\n\"\"<\/a>Owen’s gonna wear a lot of these come June, July, August (September, October, and November? You know what it’s like living in Texas….) And they’re gonna save on our clothing budget as well, since you only need about 1\/2 yard of fabric!
\n\"\"<\/a>Adjusting the pattern from pants to shorts is easy to do.
\nAnd if you’d like a very detailed pattern in sizes 12 months to 10 years old, you can find that HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with a variety of KID SHORTS tutorials (click a button below):
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/2013\/03\/sripes-checks-and-piping-oh-my.html\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/2014\/08\/kid-shorts-with-knit-fabrics.html\"<\/a><\/p>\n

First print off the Basic Pants<\/a> pattern found HERE<\/a> (appx size 2-3T)
\n* You’ll automatically be prompted to open the 6-page pdf in Preview
\n* Save and\/or print the doc to your home printer
\n* Make sure you print in LANDSCAPE!<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ll be using the “flat front” portion of the pattern and using the Flat Front Pants tutorial<\/a> to sew the shorts.<\/p>\n

You’ll need about 1\/2 yard of fabric (gingham fabric is from Joanns), 1-inch wide elastic, and your updated shorts pattern–which we’re going to make below!
\n\"\"<\/a>To shorten the Pants Pattern you have options:
\n\"\"<\/a>I like a Bermuda shorts length–as pictured above on my son–so I used the bottom of page 2 as the cut-off length. Then I traced the top of the old pattern onto new paper (tape a few pieces of white paper together) and drew the sides of the legs about 1\/2 inch wider on each side. This keeps the shorts from tapering at the knee.
\n\"\"<\/a>And you’re got the front of your pattern piece done!<\/p>\n

Do the same for the back pattern piece. Use the pants pattern to trace the top of the pattern piece,
\n\"\"<\/a>Then lay the new shorts front piece on top of that to trace the wider legs (so the front and back have matching leg widths).
\n\"\"<\/a>Lay both pattern pieces on your folded fabric and cut two of each.
\nThen follow the Flat Front Pants tutorial<\/a> to sew them up.
\n\"\"<\/a>The only tricky thing with making shorts is that when ironing and turning things right-side out, it’s easy to confuse the top of the shorts with the bottom of the shorts. I know that sounds dumb. But trust me, I’ve done it a dozen times…twisting and turning, trying to remember which side is the top. But with the flat front pattern, you’ll always find the top of the shorts because one part is wider than the other (while the legs are the same width). This is how the top of the shorts should look:
\n\"\"<\/a>When you’re done sewing, you’ve got a cool, fresh pair of shorts. Perfect for hanging out all summer.
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>And for a Saturday stop at the donut shop.
\n\"\"<\/a>“Richard, do I have something on my face?”<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>“Right here. Not here or here so much. Right here.”<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>Nope. Nothing.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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