Afrika smækbukser / Africa overalls

I har jo hørt om mit Afrika-stof som jeg ville sy af til lille I. Hun ønskede sig bukser. Jeg syntes ikke jeg havde nogle gode mønstre på bukser, men på et hollandsk bogsalg faldt jeg over denne her fra 80'erne. Som jeg af en eller anden grund kan huske!
Indeni er der et fint mønster på smækbukser som var som jeg gerne ville have den. Det var totalt et fund!

You've heard about my Africa-fabric which I wanted to sew from to little I. She needed pants. I didn't like my patterns for pants, but on a vintage book sale I stumbled across this book from the 80'es. That I somehow remember!
Inside, there is this nice pattern for overalls that were like I wanted them. It was like finding a treasure!

Så for at gøre en lang historie kort, så endte det med de her to par smækbukser. Det ene par (til højre) i enkelt stof med ribkanter, og det andet par i dobbelt stof - cowboystof yderst, Afrika-stof inderst. Jeg måtte klippe lidt af bredden til bukserne til venstre, fordi det bliver lidt mere stift i det dobbelte stof.
Men jeg er SÅ tilfreds! Jeg synes de er helt absurd nuttede og fine, og jeg glædede mig vildt til at give dem væk!

So to make a long story short, it ended up with these two overalls. One of them (on the right) was made with just Africa-fabric and ribbed edges, and the other one was made in double fabric - jeans-fabric as the outer layer, the Africa-fabric as the inner layer. I had to cut off some width, since the double fabric makes it a bit more stiff.
But I'm SO happy with my work! I think they are like crazy cute and pretty, and I was really looking forward to giving them away!

På bagsiden er selerne krydsede. Jeg må indrømme, det var lidt af en udfordring at finde ud af, hvordan elastikken skulle syes på. Men det endte rimeligt godt, og der er vist god plads til en blenumse også.
Det værste var, at det næsten var lidt trist at stille symaskinen på plads igen. Måske er jeg ved at blive afhængig.......

In the back, the suspenders are crossed. I have to admit that sewing on the elastic band was somewhat a challenge. But it ended out really well, and I do think these overalls have all the space needed for a diaper-covered bottom.
The worst part was actually putting away the sewing machine again. Maybe I'm about to developing a dependence......