Sew Chaotically! ~ Everyone needs a unicorn in their pocket! Purl Soho's City Gym Shorts

When I saw this unicorn flannel at JoAnn's I knew I had to get a bit of it for some pajama bottoms for Roo as an ode to the little girl I watched grow and who still hangs out within the awesome woman she has become!!  I used the FREE Purl Soho City Gym Shorts pattern and made the 38-40 inch size adding an inch of length as shown in the pattern piece below.  I did stitch above the elastic for a cute little paper-bag look not included in the pattern and added a back pocket just for fun.

Rather than a fiddly approach of folding bias tape that is meant to be visible over your edge and then trying to catch both edges in one seam - here's my method.

Stitch the right side of the unfolded tape even with the edge of the WRONG side of the piece you are binding along the tape's crease. 

Then press the tape around the piece to the RIGHT side and stitch that edge in place.  As you can see with close inspection of the inside leg visible in the pic Roo is holding on the table top, that line of stitching is visible on the inside - but, who's looking at that?  Besides, it looks neat anyway!  Using an edge stitching foot makes this even easier and the stitching that IS visible on the outside is PERFECT!!!

She loved them!  I loved the pattern as it goes together well and in a different fabric would make a great running short!  Check it out!  It's FREE!!!

Though on a day like today...

...running in shorts seems a little far away!!!  Sew Chaotically! ~ les