Ombre Board Shorts - Bit Late To The Bandwagon

I have a quick project I want to share with you today. Have you been following along with the Shorts On The Line series? Even though it is currently winter here in Australia, I still wanted to whip up at least one pair of shorts to add to the Shorts On The Line Flickr Pool.


My family and friends now know that I am happy to accept the clothing that they no longer want. I was given a pretty cool pair of ombre board shorts and knew I wanted to resize them for Elijah.

Ombre Board Shorts

Have you seen the awesome post by Rae a few days ago on making shorts with super seams? I used Rae's tutorial to shorten my free pajama pants sewing pattern very quickly into shorts. I cut open the old shorts and lined up the pattern so I could keep the industrial sewn hem and pocket.

Ombre Board Shorts

Rae also shows you how to sew up the shorts, but to make your work even easier, make sure you pre-press those hems and waistbands. If you need a bit more guidance my pants tutorial covers the rest.

Ombre Board Shorts

My fly stitches don't look as good as the original pockets, I should have changed to black thread.

Ombre Board Shorts

Ombre Board Shorts

I used the size 4 for these, and they are wayyy too big. I think because of the ease in the pajama pants pattern, it is safe to stay in the same size. The only real change I made to the pattern was to extended the rise, but I did this by not doing a double 1" inch waistband, but instead I folded 1/4" first, and then 1". 
 
I am really late to the ombre bandwagon but I think these shorts are cool! :) I hope Elijah likes them in a years time, because that's how long I think it might take for him to fit into them!

Ombre Board Shorts

4 comments:

  1. Those shorts look quite professional to me. You have done a great job resizing them. Thanks for the links too!

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  2. You did a great job! Ugg hasn't winter been cold can't even think about shorts without shivering

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  3. They are awesome. I think I'll raid hubby's wardrobe to do some for my son but as they are basically what he lives in over summer, they tend to be rather worn.

    Love the ombre and honestly they look so professional! Couldn't tell they were refashioned!

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