Interlude: Leg warmers and leotards

Girls' undies will be cut and sewn this weekend when they're away at
their dads. Good for sewing but bad for making adjustments. In the
meantime, here are some legwarmers I made for Naiobi. They're made from some
knee highs I was gifted. I knew I wasn't going to get much use out of
them and she loves them. She has suddenly refused to wear tights so
these work out perfect. I've made 3 pairs.

I came across this Lycra? Spandex? material at a Sally's Fabrics in my mall. They're going out of business so everything is 40% off right now. I had no intention of going there to buy leotard fabric. But what little girl wouldn't just love this? They are finished. This picture was taken last night to show how tight the armscyce is once you add the elastic. I was suspicious of it when making it up, because the same pattern piece is used whether or not you add sleeves. When you add sleeves, there is not elastic there and so I suspected that this was going to happen. They both complained about it. So there I was last night, picking out the stitches and taking out the elastic. I was tempted to just turn under and stitch but I was afraid the stitches would look wonky. So I added clear elastic without stretching. I'll find out on Thursday.