Preston women's leggings - sewing tutorial
BEFORE SEWING
The leggings can be sewn in cotton (jersey or light-weight t-shirt fabric) or biflex.
I would also recommend using a fabric that has at least a 5% Lycra content to assure that the stretch and recovery is good enough.
We recommend to use JERSEY or STRETCH needle for your sewing machine.
Use Double Needle to finish a hem.
In case you don’t have serger you can use any stretching stitch on your sewing machine: Zigzag or special stretch stitch.
FABRIC CONSUMPTION
For sewing leggings, you will need 1.25 m (49,2″) of fabric for all sizes, elastic in a waistband 3 cm (1,2″) wide.
LEGGINS MEASUREMENTS
Leggings length of the side seam is 102 cm (40,2″) for all sizes.
Attention! All our patterns already contain 1 cm / 0.39 in seam allowances.
SEWING INSTRUCTIONS
Fold the Main piece in half with the right side and pin along inseam.
Serge. Press.
Turn one leg piece to the right side.
Insert it to another one with the right side together, aligning the notches.
Serge along the crotch line. Press.
Fold the bottom hem of the leggings and stitch using a Twin needle.
Press.
Stitch the short edges of the elastic together.
Divide the elastic into four equal sections.
Pin elastic to the wrong side of the garment, to the waistline.
Serge the raw upper edge to the elastic.
Turn the elastic inwards, to the wrong side of the garment and pin.
Sew in place using a Twin needle.
Press.
