Viking “Poof” Costume pants

Here’s how I made poof pants for a Viking costume.

1)I needed about 4 1/2 yards of fabric @45” wide.

2) The two “blue” squares are approximately 42” x 42”, leaving 2.5” by 4 yards to turn into the belt (in red).

3) The two “yellow” blocks have a width equivalent to the circumference of your calf, plus an inch for the seam allowance; and a length equal to the distance from your calf to your ankle.

4) Sew two lines of basting stitches along one side of the squares. These will be where the “poof” part of the pants attach to the calf tubes.

5) Sew the calf tubes into a tube (dotted red line to dotted red line)… and hem the bottom (green dashes).

6) Gather the blue squares to match the yellow tubes. This will result in a rather trapezoidal shape, thus:

7) Sew about 1/3 of the side of the blue squares together (orange stitch to orange stitch). This will result in a partial tube which can then be

sewn to the open (unhemmed) end of the yellow tube:

8) Sew the remaining edges of the two blue trapezoids with orange seams together. make a tube for the red drawstring/belt from the cutting diagram

around the top of the pants.

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