i also posted this in the costume tutorial tribe.


so this isnt a great tutorial, but really just a few progress photos of some pants i worked on today...

i found this set of cotton, ivory voile-like fabric curtains, complete with ruffles around two edges, at my work (value village). i snatched up both the narrower, and wider pieces to the set (four in total).

the narrower ones were the PERFECT width to make wrap pants with!!!
the wider ones ill probably eventually turn into other projects, maybe some bloomers, or knee length pantaloons ive been thinking about!


i have a pair of purchased (from a little indian shop in Seattle) wrap pants that i used to make a pattern. theyre SUPER simple, basically just a very large square of fabric, with a U cut out for the crotch. you just sew the crotches to eachother, roll over the top to make the waist, and add some ties. veeeery, very easy! i still need to add some darts to the waist of my pants (wish i would have before i rolled and sewed the waist, but ah well, i forgot!), and do some more things to them, but theyre wearable as is!

on to the pics!

one of the curtains, laid out flat:
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the curtain with the wrap pants laying on top (folded to show how each piece is shaped):
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...c096343972

the curtain folded in half, and a paper copy of half of one side of the wrap pants (the U goes on the fold, of course):
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...4a2dff0418

a closeup of the top of the pattern:
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...d683bba54a

the pants sewn and on me, with the ruffle to the front:
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...76d8328f47

and they can also be worn with the ruffle to the rear:
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...b8716d4db1
and
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i am wearing ivory slip bloomers under the pants for modesty, but with belts and stuff over the top, id probably just wear skin colored panties, and call it good!

i <3 recycling stuff from work, and these came out pretty darn neat!
hope this is helpful for anyone interested in wrap pants!