So I made myself some tights! What do you think?! Pretty chuffed myself actually; self-drafted, and I did make up a paper pattern for next time although of course not all stretch fabrics are created equal and I think each fabric would have to be judged on its own stretch factor for this purpose before using a pattern…
I didn’t get enough fabric to go the whole length from toe to hip and initially was kicking myself for this frugality, but then realised that, of course! no one is going to see above hip height anyway! so not necessary to have an unbroken length of fabric all that way anyway… so made the above hip part of the tights separate to the leg part of the tights and joined them together after. So all turned out beautifully as this meant I used the whole width of fabric and had no leftovers, yay! As all seamstresses will agree; leftovers can be handy occasionally, but can also be a fiddly nuisance filling up one’s available fabric storage space…
The leg seam goes from little toe around the front of the toes and up the inside leg, there is a centre front and centre back seam on the above-hip portion (no side seams at all!) Then the round-the-hipbone seam joins top to bottom, and finally the top is folded over to form a casing and 2cm wide elastic inserted.
(OK, so I’m wearing them here to show them as full length as possible, but in reality I will probably wear these with boots and longer skirts…!)
Today’s random picture below; witch’s hat with a view, seen this morning
Dress; Body & Soul, it’s so long since I bought this (approx 12 yrs ago) the label is washed white and unreadable
Tights; own design, stretch print jersey
Shoes; Nina, from David Jones
Great job, that fit is fantastic on you!
Those are the coolest tights I've seen. I love that fabric. It's so fun. Cute dress, too.
Those tights are fun, fun, fun. Where did you find such cool fabric for them?
The dress was a originally a jumper i bought from body and soul when i was in middle school. I wore it to death stretching it a little too much. You inherited the garment but saving it form going to Good Sammies. =) Don't ask how i can remember that i just do!
Self-drafted? Soooo cool. I love how these look. And the dress is neat!
another fantastic job Carolyn! Your tights look amazing on you. The outfit would look good with your tall black boots, cozy and warm for the winter months.
WOW those tights are pretty amazing. The fabric print is so nice.
You look great in this outfit.
Those tights are fantastic! Love the fabric.
These are FANTASTIC. I would have never thought of making my own tights.
Love them. the fabric is amazing. and that white dress is HOT. I'm far too lumpy to wear anything like it, but am admiring from afar.
WOW What fabulous tights!!! You look stunnning
Awesome beyond words is what I think.
Love your choice of fabric colour and fabric pattern for tights. You should be chuffed the whole outfit looks amazing on you.
Hi , Im a real novice but have been trying to make tights for ages so was amazed when I came across this Thanks. If I wanted to create my own designs on my material how would I go about doing that would I need to source the materialm Anyway your site is inspiring and I just love the gloves !!!!
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