Bike shorts

I wanted to make myself some bike shorts to wear for roller skating because the expensive ones I've bought have either been too thin or rode/rolled up these thicc thighs.

I had a thought to try to create a copy of some existing leggings that fit me well, and went through a whole process of doing so, creating a mockup only for them to be laughably wrong (turns out tracing stretch leggings is a little hard).

So instead I bought the Greenstyle Spark Leggings pattern and found some discounted sports lycra from Spotlight for $8 a meter (while I was trying to find some kind of decent fabric there to finally start making the Drafter's Grid dress, alas it was not to be).

The pattern came together well, they nicely have an option for an ultra curved waistband when you have a bigger waist to hip differential which meant I didn't have to grade as much (though I still think it could come in a little more if I made another version). I would also maybe grade slightly larger at the thighs/hemline as they are a little tight there. But also I used a stretch stitch on my machine I don't usually use which I had trouble with (read: a lot of unpicking), so that might also be contributing. Next time I will go back to old faithful twin needle for a nicer finish.

I also had some fun inserting one of the tags I got for Christmas into it, so it kinda looks professional.

I think they fit fairly well, and the power of gussets and them being the right size means that they don't ride up like every other bike short I have owned.