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Before I could crack on with any of my proposed nippy weather sewing projects, I needed to take care of my foundations! I didnt have quite enough pairs in rotation, and regularly ended up wearing my least favourite pairs. Also, if I were to achieve a goal of mine (pants self-sufficiency) I had to make some more pairs so I could finally get rid of my final three pairs of shop-bought pants. I now only own self-made pants! 

If you visit my Free Sewing Patterns page you will see that I have included an easy way to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee via paypal. Out of interest, do you want to know how many people out of that 34,000 have done that so far? 31! Obviously, I didnt release either of the free patterns in the pursuit to make money, but I do really appreciate it when a user of the pattern decides to acknowledge the time that went into producing them by fuelling me with caffeine!  

The only other type of elastic I used this time round was some of the gorgeous cotton elastic from my other sponsor, Textile Garden. Its the delicate lilac and duck-egg scalloped stuff that you can see in the picture below. I wrote more about her cotton elastic selection in this blog post around this time last year. 

Ive been aiming to eliminate all the shop-bought pants from my undies drawer for years and it feels fantastic to have finally made the leap! Maybe one day Ill get to a similar position with bras, then Marks & Spencer really will have seen the last of me.... Oh wait, theres still tights. Anyways, these pants are fun and comfy, just what I was hoping for. If youd like to see examples of how other people have used my free patterns, check out this Pinterest board. And if youve used either of the free patterns and you feel like sharing the results, Id love to see so pleassseeeeee send me a pic or a link.