My Smarty Pants cheat: Leather Leggings

The Monthly Stitch February challenge terrified me! I used Style Arc Wallis Pant to make Leather Ponte Leggings. I know that this is sort of cheating because they are not really pants with all the techniques and details, but I had a fitting fail in my attempt at Colette Clovers.

 

I broke all of my usual rules with this one..no muslin this time. I used fabric from Black Ponte Knit and Perfection Fused Leather from Fabric.com and sewed the size 4 exactly as recommended except I added 1 inch to the length.

It sewed easily on my machine with a microtex needle and regular machine foot. I pinned the fabric carefully in the seam allowances.

I wore these all day Sunday and they were warm and kept me dry while running errands in the rain. I plan to sew another pair soon in the rest of the ponte knit, this time no leather. I liked sewing with the leather and the pattern was very easy, but how many pairs of leather pants does one regular Seattle mom need.

To see more go to http://mysewingsuite.blogspot.com/2014/02/tms-february-challenge-pants.html