The One with the Pants

My little projects have been going so well that I decided to tackle something a little more advanced.  Pants!  In the interest of this being a true account of my journey in sewing I intend to share my mistakes as well as victories.  Maybe you can learn something from my mistakes, if not technical than at least the comfort that you are not the only seamstress that has spent alot of time and effort on a project  to walk away with only the knowledge of what not to do next time.  Here is the first pair...

so these green pants have too short of an inseam and the legs are too long.
Here is the second...

Uh...can you say "overcorrection"? !!!  Ok, so go ahead and laugh.  I am.  I swear.  I wasn't at the time (ask my husband) but soon realized that I had learned something(s) and it hadn't cost me anything but a little time and two shirts with stains that were headed for the trash anyway.
    So anyway, I found that I should have done more careful measuring...stretched the elastic as I sewed the casing around it, and that knit fabrics are not as forgiving as you might think.  You might remember that I did make a pair of cute striped pants (pic in my first post Feb.) and those fit great.  Let me tell you a little secret:  All I did was cut a strip of fabric off outside of each leg and turn them inside out and resew.  The length of the shorts was already correct and the elastic waistband was already there!  I think I may stick to sewing this type of pants for awhile...at least until baby's legs get too long.
    But on to the victory!  I got out another plain white onesie and put little Bubba's (that's not his real name thank God) on the back.  Then I decided that the front needed a little something as well so here is what I did:

Maybe it will be his Earth day shirt.  I find it's good to alternate easy "sure thing" projects with the new and more challenging ones.  OK, sew long for now!