Sewing: Lightning Leggings

So I made another thing. This one is 6-12 months for my 8 week old baby. This is the fastest thing I have ever sewed. I've mostly done bags with one tunic dress for my older daughter but they have all been lined to hide the seams. Some have needed fastenings, bags need straps which are fiddly and annoying. Last week's Sandcastle Bucket Hat had loads of steps and was reversible so took me an age. The beauty of the lightning leggings was that it was made from jersey fabric, my first time using it, and unlined. So I just had 5 piece to sew together. No hemming because I did the cuffed version. No elastic in the waistband. Just a few almost straight lines of stitching. 

I only have a regular sewing machine which I purchased second hand. It only came with the standard foot and the cheap ebay set I bought don't seem to like my machine and breaks needles! This means I'm limited to the range of stitches I can use. I went for the lightning shaped stretch stitch and it did an amazing job. As I said, first time sewing with stretchy fabric and I am chuffed to bits I managed to make it work. I did two rows of stitching, the first made the seam and the second was in the seam allowance to stop the edges unravelling. Most people would, it seems, use a coverstitch or overlock machine. I'm pretty sure I can't use my coverstitch because of my foot issue so the lightning stitch was the best option and worked brilliantly. I tried a regular zig zag on scrap fabric but it made the edges stretched and wavy so won't be doing that again! 

Anyway, here is the finished product. 

It's too big for my small one yet (not helped by my printing test square being bigger than it should have been, oops) and is in the wash currently. A) hoping it will shrink and B) hoping the stain that appeared on the fabric in storage will wash out. Typically, despite trying to avoid it altogether the stain has ended up on the very front.