So I fit the leggings pattern fit twice on the body of the shirt, one right way up and the other upside down. For the third one I used the sleeves. I cut them off and then lay them out with the right sides together with the cuffs matched up. If you put the bottom edge of the pattern even with the (already hemmed) cuffs, no need to hem those cuffs later! (I hate hemming!) I did the same with the bottom edges of the shirt.

I made these in two hours one morning. Only one of the pairs of leggings were cut out when I started that day, so it was a pretty quick project.

Good thing I have Deja to test all my patterns out on. I can grade them up or down once I get them exactly the way I want and the garments aren’t wasted because Deja can wear them.

This material is not reclaimed for once. It was in my stash and I don’t even remember if I bought it or if someone gave it to me. It’s stretchy blue cotton material, a slightly heavier than t-shirt feel, but very soft.

This is the shirt by itself: That was taken on the floor of my basement sewing room, sorry about the uber classy shot.

And this is the shirt on Deja:

The sleeves fit perfectly! And she really likes it. This blue looks so, so pretty with her hair. It’s close to the blue of that flared sweater I knit for her.

I think next time I’ll just do the gathers on the front and leave the back plain.