Happy Penguin
Pants
Before After
Removed Drawstring Installed Elastic
Happy Penguin Pants
I have heard some of my
southern in-laws talk about the joys of comfort foods. I think that there are comfort clothes. Clothes that just feels good emotionally to
wear. Putting them on is like slipping
into a warm bath after playing outside in the snow all day.
Two Christmases ago I made
fleece pajamas for my kids. Each kid has
loved them for different reasons. When I
constructed the sets of pajamas I left a lot of room to grow so they could wear
them for a while. I also put draw
strings in the pants so they could easily be adjusted as they grew.
What I did not
understand was how the fleece pants would grab the fleece draw strings I made
for the pants. So while my kids love the
feel of the fabric, getting the pants tied closed has been a problem. Convincing my kids I needed to change the pants
to fix them has been even harder. I felt
like I had two options. Number one, I could
use ribbon for a draw string in the pants. For my sons this did not seem like a
viable option because they are extremely sensitive to anything remotely girly. Option
number two, putting elastic in the pants.
An idea I had originally shied away from because I didn’t want the elastic
to get tight and pinch as they grew. I
finally resolved on the elastic fix as this would not be girly. My youngest son
is now even happier wearing his penguin pajamas, since he can put the pants on
all by himself.
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