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I just finished making this pair of Puppet Show<\/a> shorts for S. In past summers she has lived in this style, and I suspect she’ll be doing the same this year. They’re very comfortable with an elastic waistband and fullness that gets gathered into bias binding at the leg opening. But my favorite part is the pockets, which are applied near where the side seam would be. (The shorts don’t have a side seam which makes them even faster to sew up.) The pockets are fun and easy to make and look more impressive than their actual difficulty.<\/p>\n

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I used a lightweight denim for this pair, but I used the wrong side of the fabric so it looks like chambray. I’ve got a thing for chambray; it looks a little dressier than denim. But I know that because of the durability of the denim these shorts will last through a summer of sandboxes, slides and bike riding.<\/p>\n

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I just finished making this pair of Puppet Show shorts for S. In past summers she has lived in this style, and I suspect she’ll be doing the same this year. They’re very comfortable with an elastic waistband and fullness …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20692,20],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-puppet-show","tag-sewn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shorts-782950.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-1j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42052,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/01\/what-to-make-with-it-turquoise-dot-aqua-chambray-lisette-fabric.html","url_meta":{"origin":81,"position":0},"title":"what to make with it: turquoise dot aqua chambray lisette fabric","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"January 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We have gathered up some ideas on what to make with the Turquoise Dot Aqua Chambray Lisette fabric.","rel":"","context":"In "general post"","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OLV-OS044GP1_8_Full%402x.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11327,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/06\/sunny-day-shorts-round-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":81,"position":1},"title":"sunny day shorts round-up","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"June 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The new free Oliver + S Sunny Day Shorts pattern has been very well received. 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