Hello dear creative Hivers, I hope you are all having a lovely day wherever you are. Wishing everyone a great and productive week ahead.

We've got very beautiful weather over here, a sunny and bright day, perfect to get the hands busy with some DIY project, but first, I will be sharing with you a recent sewing project I worked on, a shirt and shorts.

Today's DIY post, is about the short-making process for a little 8-year-old. Wanna check out how I made the shirt, you can check out

https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@glorydee/creative-sunday-diy-shirt

The short process I will be sharing can be copied to make your own shorts irrespective of your size, as both adults and children can wear shorts. Anyone with a little sewing knowledge can recreate theirs with the steps I will provide in this post.

So without further ado, let's get right into the making process.

Materials Used

• Soft crepe fabric

• elastic band

• Matching coloured thread

Cutting And Sewing Process

• I started by drafting the front part of the shorts, drafting the waist, hip crotch depth, and length of the shorts, which stop just above the knee for this little boy.

• Next, using the front cut-out pattern, I extended it by 2 inches to cut out the back pattern, the back short pattern is usually bigger than the front because this the where the seam allowance is, and also so it stays in the right position on the side.

• Continuing, I sewed the front and back crotch area as both the front and back patterns have two pattern pieces each.

• Then I joined the sides of the shorts, using about one inch allowance on both sides

• It also folded the hem of the short shorts on both short legs.

• I also sewed the inseam area of the shorts.

• Then finally, I folded the waist, creating a case for the elastic, I passed the elastic band through it to gather and firm up the waist area.

And that completes the making process of this short.

I hope you found each step easy to follow, In case of further explanation, I will be more than happy to do so in the comment section.

All images used in this post are mine

Thank you for reading.❤❤