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Finally had time to do a PJ pants tutorial.  Maybe it was a little out of necessity, since Max is growing out of his pants.  The kid is the same size as Dylan!  Ok this is how you do it.  Take a pair of pants that fit and that you like.  We are just going to adjust the waist and the length.  I took this Gap pants that I love.

Fold the pants like the picture below and trace on any kind of paper.  My grandma liked to use paper bags from the grocery store, but lucky for me I have the kids craft paper. 

Add however many inches to the pants you need plus an inch for the seam.  Do the same for the waist.  Along the two sides add 5/8" for the seam.

Fold your material and cut two matching prints, one for each leg.

Flip the pants front facing and sew a line on the inside of the pants.  See below.

 Flip one leg with pattern facing out (wrong sides together), into the other leg kept front facing (right sides together).  Line up the raw edges and sew.

 They always tell you to do a double stitch where the crotch is because it always has a tendency of ripping.  So I would recommend it.

You are almost done!  On the waist fold over half an inch, press and fold again.  The second fold has to be long enough to fit the elastic.  So depending on the size of your elastic add another half inch.

For the waist and hem, your fold should look like this. For the waist, sew all the way around but leave a 3 inch gap to slide the elastic in.  For the hem sew all the way around.

I put the elastic on a safety pin so help me guide it through.

Do a zig zag stitch on your elastic to close the loop.

Boys gone WILD!