Sew Leggings - How to Make a Leggings Pattern DIY Tutorial 

This is the best tutorial on diy leggings. You speak clearly, slow enough for viewers to follow, you define terms, you follow an organized sequence. You are well prepared and your visuals are almost perfect. Learner friendly! Thank you for doing a professional job

Now this is the best tutorial video in human history. Thank you so much

I finally understand all the lines and measurements when drafting a pattern! Thank you so much for this! Over watch atleast 10 other videos and had to pass on them because I couldn't understand!

OMG, I love this so much! The realism of our body differences alone make this worth everything! The customization of this is amazing.

I love the way you explain things in your video!❤

This is the best tutorial on leggings!! Thank you so much! You are a fantastic teacher!

Literally the best, thorough, and educational video ever. Please don’t stop making seeing videos. No one ever describes things like you do. You’re so smart 😭 we need more people like u on RU-vid

Great tutorial! I will definitely be adding this to my to-do list! Thank you for sharing!

Great video Melly, you are awesome. I'm working on the jogger pattern, so excited :) love ur patterns!

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you. So well explained. Looking forward to the next one ☆

Wow! I just finished my leggings and they fit excellent! Like never before. Using the thigh measurement made a huge difference for me. Thank you so much! You are a wonderful teacher!

Thank you for sharing this tutorial, Melly! It's super useful and clear. I love your instructions.

I love the math. I totally want to try this now. I just need to find some inexpensive 4 way stretch fabric. Thanks for being so clear.

Wonderful tutorial, especially for those of us who don’t have a partner to assist in measuring.

This is a phenomenal video! Thank you so much

Thank you very much. Learn a lot. Expecting your next tutorial

Thank you for such a detailed explanation of the whole process. 💯

Thank you Melly. This is so well explained and now I know how to find the front rise on pants.

Great video! Thanks!

I am doing an AOT cosplay and this is really helpful to do my jeggings!

Wow, what an amazing video!! Thank you so much! The reason I want to sew my own clothes in the first place is because nothing fits my body!!

The best tutorial on leggings, thank you!

Thank you very much!

excellent totorial Melly. So nice and clearly explained without unnecessarily repeating anything. subscribed based purely on my appreciation of your time efficiency in this tutorial.

Omg i love you! You are my new fav RU-vidr!

Thank you very much 😍😍

Thank you, thank you, thank you, sooo much for this

Thank you! This was a perfect tutorial, easy to follow and straight forward. If I use a fabric with less stretch, what should i keep in mind before I start?

Thanks👍

Love it

Great video!

Great video. So how can you adjust this when using woven fabric to make pants.

Good pattern

As someone with a lot more butt and thigh than waist this video is giving me LIFE.

I love that fabric you're using as test/fit fabric. I hope you make your "fit" leggings over into real leggings! What would that take? Re-sewing the seams with stretch stitching? Waistband and cuffs... tweak the fit in places you said... That's about it right?

Hey I love your videos Can u tell how to sew the black fleece legging Becuz if I sew it it'll tear more 😢❤

Hi great video! At 7:10 you draw the line for your rise. Do you use the front rise measurement or back rise? Thanks!

U also may making videos about how to keep fit (exercise & eating). Frankly, u look more fit (watched yr older videos) now, so amazing. Love and learned a lot from your videos. Thank you very much

Can you make a video to do the shirt you have in this podcsst?

Great tutorial @Melly Sews… May i know what fabric do you used ?

i think i did everything wrong haha, i think you have to do the waist double half? so half one side and half the other side but half of that again?... i'm not really making sence i think. My waist was 31 inches. so do you do 15,5 on the on side of the waist to ankle line or 7,75 on one side?

Great video. One question so far...when you take front and back rise measurements, do you use the greater number to measure down from the waist?

Thanks so much for the tutorial. Can you pls share the link to how to adjust the wrinkle at the crotch line as you mentioned? Sorry I don’t see the link that you mentioned. Thank you

How many yards of fabric did you use? I’m newer to sewing and still have a hard time eyeballing how many yards of fabric to use per project. 😅 thank you! Your video was awesome! It was exactly what I needed!

Love this video. I really want to make myself some leggings. I would never buy a pair of leggings, but would love to make some. Thank you for showing this, so far. I get it. Looking forward to the next video. I need to know the corrections and the waist band, finishing, etc. How much fabric do you think is required? Lynn

Hi Melissa. Would this tutorial work to make skinny pants/leggings from lambskin? Just not include the negative ease? Any other adjustments? They need to be tight to allow for the leather to stretch and still fit after stretching.

Can I use a 2 way stretch fabric?

Thank you. The measurement part of this alone is very helpful. My natural waist is definitely not the smallest part between my ribs and my hips. LOL. But I can see the bending point on you so it helps me to figure out where my waist is. I think my waist is 46". I was slouching while trying to look at the measuring tape so I don't know if that affected the measurement or not. LOL. I'm going to need a friend to help me with the back measurement as I can't reach behind my back with my right arm due to a shoulder injury. I know cardboard can't bend very easily, but I have tons of cardboard and not much paper. We don't keep wrapping paper around. I keep having to pause the video to take notes. LOL. French curve. I wondered what that was called. For the knee position, is that the position of the smallest part of your knee? or is it for the center of the knee? Would I subtract from the measurement if using less stretchy fabric and making looser pants? (I need to look through your other videos-- I think I saw some for other types of pants). One thing I thought of is that some people don't have evenly sized thighs, so it might be a good idea to measure both & go with the larger one. I know people with medical conditions that cause them to have one huge leg and one slightly smaller leg. If size difference is not obvious, it's best to err on the side of caution. Putting one leg inside the other rightside out of the wrong-side out leg is something that never occurred to me. Makes things a lot simpler. Watching you pull the other leg out and having it be almost full leggings was like watching a magic trick. Tada! Two legs!

If I measured both my front rise and my back rise and they are different, which one do I use for this tutorial?

This is great, but I'm missing what type of stitch you use when you want to create the finished leggings. you mention a basting stitch isn't strong enough but not what you should use... I'm a total newbie to sewing clothing, let alone stretch fabric so I have zero idea what would be appropriate on my own, but I would love to try this out for my daughter.

I would like to have seen a demonstration of how you altered the front crotch seem to eliminate the wrinkles across the upper part of the thigh

Mine do not reach my waist . I have not put the waistband on yet but I wanted them higher to begin with. I did all the measurements correctly or I thought I did and they fit every wear else . Why are they not coming up high enough and how should I adjust the pattern before I cut the good fabric?

What is the best material to use?

My daughter gave me some ponte (I think that's what it's called) and I want to make some leggings. My question relates to the stretch. It only stretches in one direction; should I put the stretch horizontally or vertically in the leggings? Thanks!

I was okay with the video until you got to the curve. So my hip measurement is 36" (half is 18"). My thigh is 20". When I subtract the smaller amount from half my hip = 2". I divide the 2" by 3 = 0.6666. Where do i mark that on the pattern?

question: why is the line from hip to waist straight ? considering our butt is round, and our front isn't really completely flat

What about sewing with stretchy velvet?

Am I missing something or what is the calculation for knee/thigh/ankle? Is it the same as the waist? Or do we do half on each side instead of one fourth! SOS

How much cloth i will need?

Please do tutorial in How to trim length of yoga pants and sew

I’m confused how do you take off a percentage?

So its half of half of waist measurement.. so a 1/4 of waist size?

Okay but how many yards did you need of fabric 😭

Great video!! Please create a open back bodysuit ♡

That take ten percent off back fired big time on me. Not sure why

This is great! However, is there a tutorial you could do creating the leggings without the seam going up through the crotch area and butt? I’d like to make these for my daughter who is a dancer, but she would freak out about a seam showing in her “butt crack”. Most of the dance leggings seem to have less seams.... how is that possible??

I am a little lost when you started saying something about 10% 5%