Piano pants

I can't believe it myself, we have pants. It's not a super tailored pair of pants, it doesn't have pockets, it doesn't have a zipper, or anything fancy, but it is a pair of pants none the less. I laid out a pair of comfy "lounge pants" that I paid 7 dollars for at the corner Rite Aide and used them as a guide to cut my own fabric from. I also turned them inside out to study how they were made. I cut my fabric on the fold so that I didn't have to stitch any seams down the outside of the legs. I selected red thread for an extra pop to go with the black and white fabric. I decided to start with the hem near the feet first, but without stitching them together into a complete circle. I then continued on to the inseam, I used a zig zag for the raw edges and stitched each inner side of the legs in one very long stitch! This also closed up the cuffs. I did this a second time further in, but used a straight stitch for stability. Then I stitched a tube at the waist leaving a two inch opening for the elastic which I pulled through and closed along the tube seam. I had done the inseam of the skirt differently and found that this order works much better. I thought I was done, I took two photos. I walked by the folded up pants, a couple times and thought it needed something else. I thought something red would be good to go with the thread. I found some red velvet ribbon but I was worried about it being washed. I washed the ribbon by itself and it held up so I attached them to the cuff of the pants. My husband wanted to play a song on my leg : )
P.S. There is a new animation over at my animation blog.