Pants… are not for me. I never really see a reason to make them when sewing when you can easily go to the dollar store and find some wacky pants there.

2014 Heinoustuck Dave Strider

Even in this cosplay I made in 2014 wasn’t even me making the pants. I had to go out and buy two different colored pants and sew them together! Even that was hard! I was actually thinking about it the other night and debating on if I just wanted to make some two colored shorts just for fun some time though, it had sucked but around 2012 was when I first got into cosplay, so at 2014 I wasn’t very good at sewing yet and had just gotten my sewing machine!

Sadly 2014 was a year with bad cell phone quality. Most pictures I do have of myself in pants that I made are very blurry and I know there are some cosplays that I had made but during those years I was super self conscious about my body type and my lack of sewing experience that I never really had people take pictures of me to share online.

However, just because I do not like making pants does not mean I don’t want to learn how to!

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Shorts!

I figured I should add these as well to this blog post because shorts are very similar to pants so why not?

  • Of course I had to add this DIY making shorts out of jeans tutorial in here. Amber Scholl posted this and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever made shorts from pants before. I have bought shorts and cut them up to make them look more like pirate themed but that’s about it
2019 Team Aqua Grunt from Pokemon (this was made in one night so excuse the bad paint job on the shirt and tights)
  • Sew Cutesy has a good making shorts tutorial, with this you can make a pattern so you will always have the pattern if you ever want to make more shorts!
  • The Polkadotter has a good tutorial as well, however there is no voice over which can sometimes be confusing, but you do end up with the basic type of easy sewing shorts.
  • Sew Aldo has a shorts tutorial with pockets! I know that when it comes to sewing I almost never add pockets and then regret it later.
  • Coolirpa has a high-waited shorts tutorial that also includes pockets and includes sewing buttons on for a little extra style to it.

Just like with shirts, there are many different styles with shorts and pants. These are just some of the easier ones so these are what I’m listing. If making pants or shorts is what you’re interested in I’m sure these tutorials and a little research of your own can help a lot! Especially if you’re looking for styles that I don’t include.

Pants!

  • Mattie Ice is a rookie at sewing so he says, but that just means anyone can make pants if they try! I found his video pretty funny because he ends up taking apart his own pants to make the pattern for these new ones. It’s not much of a tutorial, but still.
  • Kim Dave has a nice tutorial, she uses tracing paper so she can have the pattern for the future, don’t worry, you can just use newspaper! She gives a bit more details which can be helpful so the video is a little longer.
  • OnlineFabricStore.net has a cute tutorial on how to make pajama bottoms which is honestly very tempting now that I think about it. Maybe it will be my next project after Summer classes are over!
  • Evange is a 2010 tutorial. This is being posted here mainly for nostalgia reasons for I followed it when I made my Muffet cosplay that I sadly do not have pictures of. I just remember being so shocked by how comfortable they were and surprised they aren’t a trend now!

I think that pants are something I will dabble in after this Summer. It will make my cosplays feel more genuine and honestly making pajama bottoms could be pretty fun!