While making the cycling skirt, I also came across a free pattern for Cycling Bloomers from Bikes & Bloomers. I figured I needed one of those in my life too. So I googled around the internet for helpful blogposts, much thanks With My Hands Dream for all the helpful pictures. I then printed my pattern and got to work. I used the leftovers from the red graduation dress. Since this fabric frays quite a bit, I wanted to bind all edges. So I got the light blue leftovers from the animals quilt and cut those into more strips to bind the edges. I also used some bigger pieces to make the pockets. There is a little blue in the fabric, so I say it fits. It might be somewhat anachronistic, but I don’t really care.
Inside front 
Inside back
The project came together easily, mostly. While there were no instructions, I managed to figure out the order of construction without too much difficulty. My pocket pieces did turn out to be the right size, where they were off for WMHD. I’d finished nearly all of it and then I had to make the button holes. This, as almost always, took me weeks to get round, because I just didn’t feel like doing it. In the end though, I did manage to get myself motivated to finish the thing.
Front 
Back 
Pockets!
I really like the details of this pattern. The dip in the waistline, the buckle there to tighten it if needs be. The four button closure on the sides and the buttons on the cuffs. There were supposed to be three buttons on the cuffs, but my buttons were to big. I had already put three loops in, but I just tucked on inside, no one will know. The pockets are nice and deep and I did a short test drive on my bike, and I can definitely cycle in them. (Mission Accomplished!)
Back buckle 
Side opening with buttonholes 
Leg cuffs with buttons
There is a teeny tiny bit of this fabric left, but I haven’t a clue what I could possibly do with that but maybe I can squeeze some hat pieces out? Anyway, I like the pattern so much that I’m thinking about making it a full length pair of trousers. Perhaps without the buttonholes and just a zip. We’ll see where that ends up on the list of projects I still want to make. Even though I keep making things, that list doesn’t seem to get any shorter. I wonder why…
