DragonCon Countdown: 16 days!!
Just this year, I finally watched Firefly. I had been reluctant to watch it because I knew it was supposed to be good, and it was so short. I did love it, and was so disappointed there wasn’t more. I did watch the movie Serenity afterwards, and hated it (Eh, it just makes me angry to think about it!).While most of the outfits in the show were pretty simple, I loved the dress Kaylee wore, and at one point considered making it for DragonCon, but decided that would be insanely ambitious. But I did find this awesome fabric on Spoonflower and thought it would work well for shorts! Spoonflower had a sale on Fat Quarters so I bought 2 fat quarters of the fabric in a canvas style to make the shorts.
Again, I attempted to make my own pattern by copying a pair of shorts that I own that fit me well. I cut the patterns a bit large just make sure I didn’t make any mistakes, but it actually worked out well!
I used the lining from the jacket I cut up for Scarlet Witch to make the pockets. Made them a bit bigger than the pockets on my own shorts because it’s always nice to have bigger pockets 🙂 I found a zipper that was similar in color to the fabric and because I already have experience with zippers for the rocking chair I made for Rebecca, found it very simple to add it.
Because I made the short patterns a bit bigger to begin with, at first there seemed to be a huge gap around my legs. I quickly took in the seam between the legs and that fixed it all!!
I was getting so close to finishing the pants and slowly running out of fabric! I then decided to use the fabric from the jacket to make the lining of the hem folds because it was a very similar texture!! Finally I had a finished pair of shorts!! I’m so happy with the finished product! I can’t believe I made shorts. They are a bit stiff, but I’m pretty sure a run through the wash with fabric softener will make them perfect! So excited to wear these around, especially during DragonCon and maybe meet Jewel Staite!
