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Can I modify a pair of adult pants for a child?
Lori Sews Advanced Beginner FL Member since 10/20/05 Posts: 803	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/25/07 7:36 AM Maybe I should know this or just wing it, but I wanted to ask the PatternReview people. My child is going to be a beekeeper for Halloween. I need a white coverall outfit. FamilyFun.com shows an adult beekeeper with painter's coveralls, which is incredibly clever. I'm willing to do long white shirt with white pants. Unfortunately, I cannot find children's white pants any where, and I don't want to make a pair. Can I buy a pair of ladies small scrub pants, or the coveralls, and sew it down to a child's size? My kid is seven, tall and lanky. Thanks so much. -- Edited on 10/25/07 7:37 AM --
Stitchology Intermediate MD USA Member since 1/26/03 Posts: 3678	Login to reply to this post In reply to Lori Sews Like this post Date: 10/25/07 9:47 AM I can't see much, if any, difference between altering pants or making new ones. Probably best to get the smallest size drawstring pants you can, tape up the hems and cinch them at the waist. To take them in you'd need to undo seams at the waistband and restitch it. The crotch seam is sewn in two directions, so you'd have to disassemble that too. Just not worth it. ------ Buy the best and you only cry once.
Lori Sews Advanced Beginner FL Member since 10/20/05 Posts: 803	Login to reply to this post In reply to Stitchology Like this post Date: 10/25/07 11:24 AM Yeah, you're probably right, Stitchology. I was looking for an easy way out. It wouldn't take long to make a pair of pull-on elastic waistband pants. Thanks for the reply.
PhyllisC Advanced MA USA Member since 8/2/02 Posts: 2004	Login to reply to this post In reply to Lori Sews Like this post Date: 10/25/07 1:20 PM Years ago in a sewing book (the title of which escapes me) I remember seeing this idea: 1) Lay out the adults pants flat and with the side seams neat 2) Lay a child pair of pants that already fit on top. Line up the crotch seam and the inside leg seams of both pairs of pants. 3) Trace off the child pants to the adult pants and add a outside leg seam allowance 4) Trace off the waist from the kid pants and add a waist seam allowance. 5) Sew up the "new" side seams on the kids pants and add elastic to the waist. Basically you use the original inside leg seams and crotch seam of the adult pants for the kid pants. I thought that was kind of clever! Phyllis -- Edited on 10/25/07 1:21 PM -- -- Edited on 10/25/07 1:23 PM -- ------ Sewing = Fashion http://coudremode.com/ Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Lori Sews Advanced Beginner FL Member since 10/20/05 Posts: 803	Login to reply to this post In reply to PhyllisC Like this post Date: 10/25/07 1:24 PM That is very clever! Thanks so much Phyllis. I am going to try this!
CurlySu717   Intermediate TX USA Member since 10/26/06 Posts: 1043	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/28/07 2:27 PM I'm an RN and they make kid-sized scrubs. Any scrub shop should have them, or you can look on line. My favorite online scrub store is AllHeart.com. ------ "To love another person is to see the face of God!" ~Les Miserables www.lillianbettyandsibyl.blogspot.com

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