I have been trying to get around to making another pair of workout leggings for myself for the longest time and I finally got around to it. This time, I used Simplicity 8561 which is four variations on leggings only.
The print material is one of those fabrics made exclusively for JoAnn’s stores. It’s a four-way stretch athletic knit polyester. The solid black is a polyester knit I found in my fabric stash. This pattern does have a variation with pockets as well, but this is View B (capri length with contrast panels).
In order to get a good fit, I did make a few alterations to the pattern:
- made a 1″ wedge adjustment in the back (extended the center back seam)
- lengthened the center front crotch seam by 1/4″
- raised the front at the top (waist) by 1″ , and
- raised the crotch seam by 1/2″
I serged almost all the seams for this, but you could certainly make these using a zigzag stitch if you didn’t have a serger. the top I’m wear is made from an athletic mesh fabric I bought on fabric.com. It’s the Alannah T I made a while back (modified Style Arc pattern).
When I posted a picture of the pattern that I would be using for this, I got some responses that people love this pattern. I can understand why. It only took a couple of hours to put together and you get a great fit! Well worth giving this one a try. The next time, I will make the version with pockets. I do miss not having them but I really like the look and fit of these.
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