Tifa’s Shorts
We will first start off by drafting a pattern for her shorts. You can skip this step if you would rather buy a pair of shorts that are the length and color of hers. To draft the pattern, you will need a pair of pants that fit you well and some paper. I used a pair of pajama pants and traced it on the white side of an old poster. Start by folding the pants on the front seam and trace around it. Leave a bit of room on the top since we are going to sew a waist band into the shorts. The length of the pattern will be whatever length you want for your shorts. Cut out the shape.
Repeat this step with the fold on the back seam until you have a traced a shape of the front seam of the pants and the back seam of the pants.
Flip the back seam shape over so the two long sides of the pattern are touching, with no gaps. Push the long sides of pattern together until you get a shape like this. I used a poster for my pattern. If you used an old poster, as well, then one of your shapes will not be white when flipped over.
Cut your fabric around the pattern with a rotary cutter, or use scissors. Make sure you leave room for seam allowance, meaning space between the fabric edge and your line of stitches. Cut two identical shapes. When you have the two shapes, lay them on top of each other with their right sides facing together, and sew along the curved part. (Sew where the blue lines are.)
When that is done, you will grab the top of the pants and open it so the newly sewed seams are in the middle. When you do this, there should be a shape that looks a lot like shorts. Sew up the crotch of the shorts.
Sew a waistband into the top of the pants.
