Make Your Own Leggings! Pattern Drafting and Construction Techniques for Perfect DIY Leggings

Is anyone else super bored with the plethora of plain black leggings? I definitely am! On top of that I find most ready to wear legging patterns aren't really made with fit in mind, they're made to conserve on the amount of material used to make the biggest profit, so a great fit is pretty hard to find if you happened to deviate in any way from the standard straight size measurments the industry expects. I've been making my own leggings for 10+ years now and will never go back to ready to wear. They're super easy to sew up and drafting a pattern that is exactly suited to your body is pretty easy too! In this video I share all of my tips and tricks that I use for my own leggings so you can get going on creating your very own perfect pair for yourself! The construction techniques that I show in the video only use a domestic sewing machine so you don't even need a fancy cover stitch machine or serger to make these.

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0:00 Intro
0:21 Material Choice
1:21 Taking Your Measurements
3:23 Adding Negative Ease
4:49 Calculating Rise Depth
5:51 Drafting the Pattern
11:17 Cutting out the Pattern from Fabric
11:44 Assemble the Leg Tube/Sewing the Inseam
12:20 Choosing the Right Needle and Sewing Stitch
13:29 Joining the Leg Tubes/Sewing the Crotch Seam
14:37 Making Final Adjustments
15:02 Hemming
15:36 Finishing the Waistband
18:24 Outro

Music:
Look Both Ways by Nathan Moore from the Youtube Audio Library.

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