Baby Fleece Pants

I love to sew baby  pants they are easy and a day project but with a busy baby like mine it took me two days.
Baby fleece pants are a must in winters and I like to create them myself so that I can personalize it my way with different types of applique. This is a easy and fun project for begginers and sewing experts.

The Material: 

A pair of pants that currently fit your little one

half yard of fleece fabric

1 elastic

Iron on applique

The Stiching:

Lay down your current pair of baby pants on top of the folded in half fabric.

Cut around the pants, leaving about 1/2" extra around the sides, 1" on the bottom, and about 2" on the top. 
On the top, the side of the crotch keep two finger space cloth for the elastic to glide smoothly and not pull the fabric.

After cutting out the first leg (since the fabric is folded in half, you'll have two pieces), flip the pieces over and cut the other leg, the same size.  You should then have four pieces of fabric.

Note: if your little one wears cloth diapers, I recommend leaving an extra 1" on the inside near the crotch to add that extra girth for comfortable diaper wear!

Line up your pieces so that the right sides of the fabric are touching.
Pin along the crotch line of each leg.  You'll only sew from the top of the pant leg to the crotch point. 
Sew with the edge of the fabric on the edge of your machine foot.  This will give you a 1/4" seam.
Repeat for other leg.
Sew the side near the crocth area from the leg to the joint .

 SEW CROTCH

Line up your pieces so that the right sides of the fabric are touching.
Pin along the crotch line of each leg.  You'll only sew from the top of the pant leg to the crotch point.
Sew with the edge of the fabric on the edge of your machine foot.  This will give you a 1/4" seam.
Repeat for other leg.

 SEW ELASTIC
Once your basic pant is done. Now Take an elastic and pin in along the top. (I usually put the elastic and sew because this helps to understand where the elastic is and eliminates any mistake of stiching).
Feel the elastic and sew along the elastic line giving it enough room to move when pulled.
Here the extra fabric in the top portion will help the elastic to pull itself.

HEM BOTTOMS AND ADD APPLIQUE
Leave pants inside out.  Turn up the bottoms of each leg about 1/2", remembering to pin open seams like you did in the previous step.  If you want, you can use the current pair of baby pants to measure length here.  Align the crotches and match the hem length.
- Pin each leg the same length.
Sew along the wrong side of the fabric to hide the raw edge.

Once the pant is ready take your store brought applique.
Heat the iron and follow the instructions on your packet.