[SarahGreen]

I’ve got a great stripe for the sailboat pants- a heavy cotton with a thin grey stripe sewn into it.

I understand about matching the pattern pieces to align the stripes of the pant legs, but I am wondering what will happen when I attach the “side-front” panel.

I think I should use the notches to align the pattern piece to the same part of the fabric design, but I haven’t yet made these and worry it will be off by a smidge and look terrible.

Any advice?

[mrskanuckles]

I cheated and turned mine the other way..

I am not very good at aligning anything 🙁

[Masha Richart]

That is what I did when I made mine too. (Hi, S!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23557464@N03/7117764155/in/set-72157629901874815/

Sigh, they still fit but she won’t wear them.

[SarahGreen]

Those are both adorable! And just my kind of solution. (and Hello!! I’ve been thinking about you as I sew- so grateful you pointed me to O+S!)

I didn’t remember seeing N in those… so stinkin’ cute! At least since she won’t wear them, they’ll be in good shape for the next kid.

going now to finish the cutting. 🙂

[Robin]

Hey, I have some linen sailboat pants my daughter won’t wear. I do love these pants.

[SarahGreen]

Ugh, my girls better wear theirs!!! Y’all are making me nervous. 🙂

[sayiamyou]

I would turn the stripes too, and love the examples. I’ve made these for my daughter several times over the years and love them on her. I plan on making some for my son too. I hope you have luck with your girls!

[sosew]

I just did this with some seersucker. I just cut the fabric randomly and then instead of aligning with the pieces as marked I shifted them slightly to get the stripes to line up.

Since it was a thin stripe it worked fine. I sewed it in place and added decorative buttons to keep the alignment.