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[shaela]

Yesterday afternoon, I finished the first part of my current sewing project — what the pattern instructions call the front and back. I sewed the darts on Monday and the inseams on Tuesday, and then yesterday I put in the crotch seam. When I was done, I basted up the side seams and tried it on. (Note to self: if you’re pinning two pieces together and they don’t quite match, the smaller one goes on top. If they do match, and they’re supposed to be the front and back of a pair of pants… well, enough said.)

Anyway, the shorts had plenty of room in the hips, but they were about two inches too big in the waist. I thought about taking them in at the sides, but I’m afraid it would get in the way of the pockets. So I’m going to try adding three-eighths of an inch to the darts, instead. (Three-eighths per dart times four darts equals an inch and a half.) As for the length, I’m afraid I added too much to the rise. Mama said it looked fine, but I might subtract half an inch (i.e., only add an inch) when I cut out the orange and green fabric.