I’ve altered my father’s lightweight rain pants to fit me.

[otterx@mindly.social]

I’ve altered my father’s lightweight rain pants to fit me. It took a while, but was an easy fix. 🧵🪡️

The sides are French seamed to prevent fraying.

I think I’ll make a carrying pouch with the cutoff parts. It’ll come in handy for hikes.

#handSewing #mending #sewing

[otterx@mindly.social]

Made the carrying pouch. Also unnecessarily French seamed. 🧵🪡

#sewing #handsewing

[sbourne@mastodon.social]

@otterX I would debate you on that "unnecessarily" - fabric like that frays like crazy and makes a mess!

[otterx@mindly.social]

@sbourne haha… you’re so right about that!
My supposedly designer (Kipling) backpack is not even that well constructed, and fraying by the zippers. But these I just altered and made will last my lifetime for sure.

[sbourne@mastodon.social]

@otterX Perfect! And every time you use them, you'll see those excellent seams and thank yourself again!

[otterx@mindly.social]

️🪡🧵
Btw, I used my pajama pants for a reference for resizing.

I thought about adding the side pockets with the leftover cutoff part, but the rain pants might not stay up if they are weighed down. so I decided not.