{"id":2412,"date":"2023-01-15T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2022-12-31T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:31:51","slug":"bad-lounge-shorts-sewing-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/bad-lounge-shorts-sewing-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad lounge shorts + sewing tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made a pair of lounge shorts a while ago. This was before I had my sewing machine, so I had to do everything from hand. Not my favorite, but you do have a lot of control over where the stitches end up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"931\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_215859870.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_215859870.jpg 931w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_215859870-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_215859870-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The fabric. A tencel dress I found in the trash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"691\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_220931095.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_220931095.jpg 691w, https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/PXL_20210711_220931095-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption>The pattern. I drafted it badly. There were two major problems &#8212; the legs got too narrow too fast (I think straight would be better for lounging), and I made the waist have too much ease. Since these were pull-on, they need to fit over the hips, but I accidentally made the waist able to fit over the hips + hip ease.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but it wasn&#8217;t that good. I gave them away sometime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used French seams but had a little trouble doing that <a href=\"https:\/\/inthefolds.com\/q-a-series\/2020\/08\/21-how-to-sew-in-seam-pockets-with-french-seams\">with inseam pockets<\/a>. And did a little research on <a href=\"https:\/\/designerstitch.com\/dominant-seams-what-and-where-are-they\/\">dominant seams<\/a> (whether to sew sleeve in first or sew sleeve in after doing side seam, or sew the crotch seams or leg seams first).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueprintsforsewing.com\/blog\/tutorial-setting-in-sleeves\">setting in sleeve tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a pair of lounge shorts a while ago. This was before I had my sewing machine, so I had to do everything from hand. Not my favorite, but you do have a lot of control over where the stitches end up! Forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but it wasn&#8217;t &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/15\/bad-lounge-shorts-sewing-tips\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bad lounge shorts + sewing tips&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}