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The Peg Event :: Peg Legs Release + Update – What’s New?

September 4, 2020

What a day, what a DAY! We are pumped about our newest release of the Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack and update to the beloved Peg Legs, and Peg Legs – Add-On Pack!

Before we get moving too far into this, I’d like to remind you that we’ve got a sitewide sale happening from now until Saturday, September 12. In addition to that, we’ve got an awesome giveaway happening, with 14 amazing prizes (and 14 amazing prize winners)! You can read all about The Peg Event HERE.

Let’s talk the new Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack, shall we?

The Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack is a special spin on our basic leggings pattern.

This new Colorblock Pack give you a super fun diagonal piece on the thigh for a lot of fun opportunities with different fabric combinations. The diagonal colorblock is also super flattering on the front and back. The waistband is a high waisted/high rise contoured waistband but this time we gave it a little heart/v shaped to the back side to show off those squats you’ve been working on!

The waistband also has a fun diagonal pocket or two to hold your things…because pockets are important! We truly hope everyone enjoys this fun new pack to the Peg Leg collection!

Options include: Shorts (5″ inseam), Bike (just above knee), Capri (calf), 7/8 (above ankle), and ankle lengths. You can choose from plain waistband, 1 pocket or 2 pockets.

Enjoy several videos throughout the tutorial like what fabric suggestions and a complete sew up from start to finish.

They are drafted in adult sizes and are for the full, newer size chart, extending from XXS – Plus 5X! If you haven’t sewn with us in a while, please make sure to check the size charts, as there were slight adjustments made to accommodate the new size range for adults.

Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack

**Want to learn more about how to measure yourself for this pattern? We’ve got you covered with an in-depth blog HERE. And in case you’re new to Patterns for Pirates and PDF patterns in general, we have a great blog full of new-user tips HERE to help you get started! As with all of our current releases and updates, the pdfs now include our layers feature and can be found in Letter, A4 and A0 sizes. And for even more helpful fun, we have a *free* printable that you can use to help record your measurements as you take them.

Let’s take a look at some of our tester images!

If you’re looking for a little more inspo from our fabulous testers, head over to this FACEBOOK ALBUM to look at all the goodness they are providing you!

On top of the new release covered above, we also gave an update to our original Peg Legs pattern, as well as the Peg Legs – Add-On Pattern!

What changed? Here are the details:

We adjusted our size chart and range to match with our updated range. Now Peg Legs can be made for anyone sizes XXS – Plus 5X!
- If you haven’t measured yourself in a while, take some time to do so. It’s healthy when sewing for yourself anyway, because weight and size can fluctuate so much and you want to make the perfect size for yourself. But also, our chart adjusted ever so slightly and you might fit into a different size range now.
We added a projector file for our friends who like to use their paperless technology.
There are a few more labels added to the pattern pieces, to help with common questions we’ve seen come up over the years.

Here are some links to all of our FREE leggings patterns, so you can get to sewing!

PEG LEGS | PEG LEGS – ADD-ON PACK | PEG LEGS – COLORBLOCK PACK

But wait! There’s more! We’ve got some giveaway prizes to tell you about! Sponsoring today’s portion of The Peg Event are two fabulous fabric companies!

WANDERLUST DESIGNS – www.wanderlustcustomfabric.com
INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK GROUP | PINTEREST

Wanderlust Designs Inc has been selling custom fabrics since 2015. They carry many bases including Cotton Lycra, Brushed Poly, Athletic and Swim, all of which are fantastic for Peg Legs.

One lucky winner will walk away with a $50 Gift Card to their shop! And on top of that, you can enjoy a 10% Discount thru 9/12/20 by using the code: PEGLEG10

THE STYLED MAGNOLIA – www.thestyledmagnolia.com
INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK GROUP

TSM is a one stop shop where you can find all things custom printed fabric. They offer custom printed fabric on 14 different base options with no minimum order requirements. TSM specializes in high quality custom printed Athletic bases found in many ready to wear athletic garments and offers three different methods of ordering: Retail, Preorder, & Pick-A-Print.

One lucky winner will walk away with a $100 Shop Credit to spend on their fabrics! And today only, you can take advantage of a 15% Discount by using the code: TSMLOVESPEGS

**Daily and Grand Prize winners will all be announced together on Sunday, September 13.

The Peg Event :: Sale, Release + Giveaway!

September 3, 2020

SURPRISE Pirate fans! We are filling your next ten days with as much fun as we could think up!

Make sure you visit the blog each day because from September 3 – September 12 we’ve got:

GIVEAWAYS,
a SITEWIDE SALE,
a re-RELEASE of the beloved Peg Legs Leggings Pattern,
a NEW RELEASE of a Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack,
EASY HACKS for the Peg Legs,
INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS for your Peg Leg sewing assistance,
and STYLE INSPIRATION from some amazing sewists in our community!

Because this week is all about our love of the Peg Legs pattern, let’s talk shop first. The Peg Legs Legging pattern has had a few tweaks, including an update that extends the sizing of it. We now cover the size range of XXS – Plus 5X, which means that now even more pirate booties can fall in love with Pegs. In addition to the size range adjustments, we’ve also added a brand new version of the Peg Legs, in the form of the Colorblock Pack! Get ready, because you’re going to swoon.

Go grab the new Peg Legs – Colorblock Pack Now!

Just like the Peg Legs and Peg Legs – Add Ons, this is a FREE pattern…no code necessary. What are you waiting for??

If you’re ready to hear more about the Peg Legs Update, or want to know all the details that come along with the Colorblock Pack…don’t worry. We will be covering all of the details here on the blog tomorrow!

If you’ve never sewn Peg Legs before, or just need a little refresher course, I would highly recommend heading over to our Peg Legs 101 post. It’s full of resources that will help you get to sewing your most perfect leggings ever.

You can also find some help on our website for things like: How To Measure Yourself | New User Tips | How To Use the Layers Feature in our PDF Patterns | A0 (Copy Shop Sized) Printing Help | A Free Printable Measurement Chart

Alright, let’s talk GIVEAWAY! We’ve got a total of FOURTEEN prizes that can be yours. And you can enter as many times as you want during the next ten days, in order to try for one of the prizes. So exciting!

Thanks to our amazing fabric shop sponsors, we have daily prizes to give away!

Along with all of those amazing fabric prizes, we have a GRAND PRIZE for one lucky pirate!! If you want to sew more Peg Legs and P4P clothing items, it’d help if you had some shiny new machines, wouldn’t it? Someone is going to be receiving both of these machines, shipped straight to your home! Brother 1034D Serger | Brother 2340CV Coverstitch And, to sweeten the deal, you get to pick out 20 (TWENTY!!!) Patterns for Pirates patterns that you’d like dropped into your account for free. How about them apples?

Are you ready to play? Here’s how!

A few more details:

The item sewn up and shared must be a P4P pattern that creates a piece of clothing. Think: shirt, pants, jacket, swimwear, etc. (This just means no accessories like hats, scarfs, etc.) You can use a free pattern as long as it is clothing, like the Tulip Tee or Peg Legs.
- You need to sew it up as is, with only fit changes (no hacks or modifications). Adding embellishments is great, just no major changes, pattern mashes, etc. We want to be able to tell what pattern you used without having to ask!
Share your pictures on one or all of the social media networks for more chances to win with hashtag #P4PThePegEvent — it must be EXACT to come up in our search for the winner!
Let us know what P4P pattern you sewed up and what you’re most looking forward to winning.
You can share as many sews as you can for more chances to win, but ALL items/images shared must be sewn AFTER the giveaway starts 09/03/20! Any older sews will be disqualified from winning either prizes. Last entries accepted will be 09/12/2020 at 11:59PM US Central Time.
Winner will be random lottery winner! This way, everyone has a chance from a beginner who might be sewing their first P4P to a seasoned apparel sewist!
Daily prize winners and Grand Prize winners will all be announced at patternsforpirates.com on 09/13/20.

Since you might need to grab a new pattern (or two….or three….or ten!) we have a SITEWIDE SALE running the entire length of this event! Enjoy 30% off of your total purchase from today until September 12!

This will be the last site wide sale this year so grab them up while you can!!
Sale ends at the same time as giveaway entries: 09/12/20 11:59PM at Midnight US Central Time.
There is a coupon code: PEGEVENT but it will automatically pop up at checkout and you just need to click to apply the discount!

Essential Tank Update & Youth

July 23, 2020

It’s release day! Some years ago, 4 to be exact, we released the Essential Tank. We hadn’t added the youth version to the pattern line-up and after years of requests, we thought it would be a great addition while we updated the Essential Tank to include our extended sizes.

The Essential Tank still ranks as one of the most popular and well, essential pieces that many P4P members rave about and now your littles can wear them too!

The Essential Tank received an update to include our extended sizes up to Plus 5x. The original options remained, but don’t worry there are plenty to choose from while the Youth Essential Tank is brand new! You can choose from 2 backs (racerback and straight tank straps) and a multitude of hem lengths that include: shirt, curved hem, tunic, above knee dress and maxi dress lengths. You can also finish y our neckline and armholes with traditional t-shirt bands or binding. Both patterns include all the usual digital file formats and the most recently requested projector files!

**Want to learn more about how to measure yourself for these pattern? We’ve got you covered with an in-depth blog HERE. And in case you’re new to Patterns for Pirates and PDF patterns in general, we have a great blog full of new-user tips HERE to help you get started! As with all of our current releases and updates, the pdfs now include our layers feature and can be found in Letter, A4 and A0 sizes and a projector file. And for even more helpful fun, we have a *free* printable that you can use to help record your measurements as you take them.

Let’s take a quick look at the different options!

HEM OPTIONS: SHIRT, CURVED HEM, ABOVE KNEE DRESS, MAXI (side slits for youth)

RACERBACK OR STRAIGHT STRAPS TANK

T-SHIRT BANDS OR KNIT BINDING

You can also check out our round-up blog post from the original release for more in-depth deets about the adult version HERE but couldn’t leave out a few of our amazing testers from this re-release! How gorgeous do they look?!?!

In case you were looking for some more inspiration, you can find all of our tester images in our Facebook group! Go check them out: Essential Tank Facebook Album | Essential Tank – Youth Facebook Album

Are you ready to sew your new favorite tank? Go grab the patterns now! If you already purchased the Essential Tank, just go into your downloads and download the file again. (you will see 2016 and 2020 on the copyright so you’ll know its the updated one 😉 )

ESSENTIAL TANK | ESSENTIAL TANK – YOUTH | ESSENTIAL TANK – ADULT/YOUTH BUNDLE

Last but not least, check out some of our previous hacks! OPEN BACK ESSENTIAL TANK and MATERNITY

The release sale (no code needed) will be through Wednesday, July 29th (11:59PM US Central Time Zone).

Happy Sewing, Pirates!

Boundless – Easy Hacks

May 3, 2018

As you’ve seen, the Boundless dress got an update and we released the highly requested, youth version. We couldn’t let this double event go by without showing you some easy hacks.

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Neckband

If you like the unlined option but prefer to not hem the neckline you can easily add a neckband like we have in most of our patterns.

Simply sew the dress as instructed and then grab a measuring tape to establish the neck opening. The opening will vary depending on the size and options you made (low front/back, high front/back or low front/high back)

The neckband will be 85% of the neck opening plus seam allowance. For example, if the neck opening is 34″ then the neckband needs to be 34″x0.85 + 1″ which is 30″. You will cut one neckband 2″ by 30″.

NL X 0.85 +1 = NB

*NL – neckline opening

*NB – neckband length

Sew the neckband right sides together at the short ends to create a loop. Press the neckband in half lengthwise and mark its quarters. Mark the quarters of the neck opening. Matching the neckband and opening quarter marks, pin and sew the neckband in place with 1/2″ seam allowance.

Note: adding a neckband will yield a neckline 1/2″ higher than the intended pattern look.

Before you get started take a look over our Neckbands 101 blog which also includes helpful videos.

TIP: If you would like your Boundless dress to still be reversible (front and back) place the neckband seam on the side shoulder.

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Boundless/Sweetheart mash

Looking for a quick and easy way to avoid the gathers on the Boundless? Or are you looking to create the perfect twirly dress? The Boundless mashes perfectly with skirt from the Sweetheart and can help to create either of this looks! If you have little ones, you can also use these same steps to pair the Boundless Youth with the Me Hearties.

Cutting Pieces:

You will need to cut out your Boundless bodice pieces as directed and based off of the options you choose. For mine, I used the lined version with the low neckline and 3/4 sleeves. For the skirt, you will need to have the skirt from the Sweetheart printed and then choose your length. I used the mini length.

Assembly:

Assemble your Boundless bodice as directed. You will then need to mark the quarter points on both the bodice and the skirt.

With RST, match the quarter points and attach your skirt with your serger or stretch stitch. (Note: You may wish to place elastic in the waist to help give your skirt additional support.)

Hem the skirt and sleeves and you’re all finished!

~Erinn,

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Back ties

The next hack we have for you is super easy back ties. I love this hack for the lined low back option but you can certainly apply it to the high neckline cut.

Print the pattern as instructed. Cut two trips of fabric, 3″ by 18″. You will be changing this measurements if you’re sewing a youth Boundless or if you prefer your ties narrower/wider or shorter/longer.

Fold the ties right sides together length wise and sew the edge with a 1/2 seam allowance leaving one of the ends open. Turn the ties inside out and press them. Optionally, you can top stitch.

Take the back piece of the bodice and pin the open edge of one strap 2″ down from the shoulder as shown below. Repeat with the other side. Sew them in place.

That’s it! All you have to do now is sew the bodice as per the tutorial making sure you do not catch the ties.

Get creative! Using the Cross My Heart Cami straps as inspiration you can add some really fun accents to the back or the front of the Boundless dress.

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Ruffles maxi

Add a little boho spirit to the maxi with this simple hack!

You will need a little extra yardage than the required maxi. You will cut your skirt to the “below knee length” for youth (for adult I’d suggest either knee or tea depending on how deep you’d like your bottom ruffle).

To cut your ruffle you’ll take the “maxi length” and minus the “below knee length”- add 1/2″ for seam allowance- this is your length measurement. Width will be double the width of the skirt measurement normally for that size.

Sew up your dress exactly per the tutorial until you get to the bottom hem. Instead of hemming, we will add the ruffle. Gather the top of the ruffle using your favorite gathering method. I used a rayon spandex, which tends to stretch out vertically easily- so I used the double rows of basting method to avoid adding any extra weight to the skirt bottom.

Following the popular boho look- I just overlapped the top of my ruffle to the bottom skirt hem leaving the exposed raw edge. I stitched the ruffle on top the skirt between my two basted rows with a stretch stitch. Removed the basted stitches and gave it a press. I didn’t hem bottom edge just to match the raw edge on the ruffle (but that is just personal preference). I also added some fun trim along the gathered stitch line for some extra pizzazz 😉

My daughter just LOVES this dress! I think it might top her favorite dress I’ve ever made her so far in fact! I guess she’s a little boho baby girl, she also wants to wear this hat for every photoshoot now 😉

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Crop Top

Crop tops seems to never really go out of style and we’ve seen some requests for it lately. The Boundless bodice already has a natural waist cutline so is a great base to create a simple crop top. Sew up the bodice as you would in the tutorial but instead of adding the skirt, just hem the bottom edge 1/2″. If you chose to line the bodice, you can hem the main and lining towards one another, like the lined sleeve option in the tutorial. I chose a scalloped edge lace as my outer layer, so only hemmed my lining.

For my skirt, I used the waistband measurements from our Sweetheart SAL HERE and used the natural waist skirt option of the Boundless. I did have to shorten the skirt a couple of inches to account for the added waistband but gathered and constructed per the pattern. Instead of attaching to the bodice, just attach the skirt to the waistband. Super simple right?!

We hope you all enjoy the updated Boundless Knit Dress and newly released youth Boundless as much as we do. Be sure to share your makes in the P4P Facebook Group!

The Pumpkin Spice Dolman gets an Update!

January 28, 2016

The first Patterns for Pirates women’s patterns is getting an update. We are crazy excited and you should be too!

First, we extended the sizing into Plus 1X – Plus 3X, to match with the rest of the women’s patterns in the shop. But we didn’t stop there! We wanted to continue the party and added a bottom band AND also added two more sleeve lengths. So now the PSD is officially as jam packed with options as all the others.

If you already own the Pumpkin Spice Dolman, you will not need to re-purchase to get the updates. If you bought here (PatternsforPirates.com) or on the Craftsy store, you will simply need to sign into your account and re-download the file. If your purchase was via Etsy, email PatternsForPirates@gmail.com (WITH PROOF OF PURCHASE) and you will get an updated file.

Now, let’s talk about the new options:

There is now a short sleeve option with a small banded hem! It’s adorable with contrasting fabric, or just keeping it simple. And it has a looser, playful look that is so in style right now.

Also added was a 3/4 sleeve length. It just made sense to add it in as a style choice. And it looks amazing on our testers!

A new hem alternative was added too! In addition to the curved and straight hems from the original pattern, there is now a chance to add a band to the bottom of your PSD. The bands come in two different lengths and simply create a different look for this style top. Sometimes you want a curved/straight simple hem for a more flowy-style shirt…and sometimes you want something that pulls it all back into your body. Isn’t that the beauty of sewing? You get exactly the style you want in each item you stitch for yourself!

So what are you waiting for? Go grab yourself the Pumpkin Spice Dolman pattern and get to sewing!

In case you were wanting some more sewing/styling inspiration and want to see what the testers came up with, be sure to head over to Pumpkin Spice Album in our Facebook group! There are so many pictures full of different beautiful body types and style and color. You can’t go wrong by taking a peek. Basically it’s an arsenal of inspiration!

And remember to PLEASE share with us your sewing accolades! If you’ve sewn a P4P design, we want to see it! Tag us #patternsforpirates on Instagram or post it on the Facebook group wall and let us check out your amazing work. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!