Sewing YoSD Cargo Pants

Specifically made to fit Fairyland Littlefee. I made these for Wiishu's first project Runway. It's not an exact pattern...I rough cut pieces then baste them on him inside out to get as perfect a fit as possible, but this should give you a starting point. I made them out of rayon. I always use as lightweight a fabric as possible that still has some body to keep the bulk down. My whole aim is to get the clothes as fitted as possible to both show off his cute little body and still keep him able to move, posing being one of the LTF's greatest assets.


LTF measurements for reference to your resin kid:



And finally, the pattern itself: this is a single image. You s/b able to right click and do a "save as".




1. The waistband isn't on here. Just cut a strip long enough and wide enough. Since his waist is just under 12cm, I would start with something like a 14cm x 4cm strip, use what I need, and trim the excess. Also, I did this several years ago and it looks to me as if the "fly" on the front probably comes down a bit to allow for his hippiness to get into them.

2. I originally meant to have detachable lower segments on the legs, hence the notes about velcro. I decided it was too bulky and just made a seam with a ribbon to pull the pants up for wading. I put a double jewelry jumpring into the seam for the ribbon to attach to. On a larger doll, one could put velcro or an actual zipper on that seam. It'd be pretty cool.

3. The line down from the top of the front panel is a dart. I'm pretty certain I put one in the back as well. Again, I just baste the seams, put them on inside out and mark/hand baste the darts to fit, take them off and put the final seam in with the machine.

4. Pockets. These pants have six pockets. Front/side in-seam pockets (that's the slant on the front panel.) Large thigh pockets with button flap top which are applied after the side seam is stitched, and back booty pockets, also applied to the right side of the pants.

So...stitching order. One day soon I'm making another pair of these (he's worn out the original) and I'll take some pics of the process. In the meantime, I'll try to explain.

1. For the front/side in-seam pockets, you need to cut a couple of very lightweight liners, one for each side. Stitch the liner to the front along that slanted line (right sides together) then press and fold the liner to the inside. The big rounded side of the liner is stitched to the big rounded side of the "pocket extension" forming the bottom of the pocket, right sides together. The raw edge will be to the inside of the pants, so zigzag the edge to stabilize it. The pocket extension will have a little triangle that extends out to form the outer corner of the front panel.

2. At this point, I baste side, in, and crotch seams, put the pants on inside out and perfect fit with darts and adjustment of seams. With those marked, I pull the basting and stitch the darts, then do a final machine stitch on the side seams.

4. Finish the edges of the thigh pockets and fanny pockets and flaps. This can be done in any number of ways. The flaps are two layers of fabric stitched and turned...I think. The back pockets are folded right side together, stitched, then turned. I designed these to be as close to "real people" pants as possible, so the flaps are separate from the pockets. The flaps are stitched to the right side of the fabric and fold down over the top of the pocket, which is stitched to the pant as an overlay. The thigh pockets have a double pleat down the center, top to bottom, which I aligned with the side seam.

5. Stitch the hem.

6. Stitch the inseam and crotch seam. When I made these, I tended to make like real people pants, i.e. stitch the inseam, then insert one leg into the other and stitch the crotch. These days, I'd stitch the back crotch seam, then the front (leaving a bit for the fly) then put front to back and stitch the inseam.

7. Waistband. Again, I tend to work too hard. I stitch the outer seam (right side of band to right side of pants) clip, press, roll over and handstitch the inner seam. Since I worked in rayon, which ravels, this protects all the raw edges.

Anyway...enjoy!