My Pet Chicken Blog

Chicken leggings? You bet!

Actually, I never used to be big on leggings, but it seems like they’re everywhere now! Once I picked up a few pairs from a thrift store to layer under dresses, I got hooked—they are so comfortable! But my entire secondhand collection of leggings consists of solid colors, so I thought about branching out into some prints, but nothing really caught my eye until Bitty Bee Fabrics recently ran a chicken print that I fell in love with.  I love to do chicken DIY projects, so I hatched a plan to make DIY chicken leggings!

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DIY Chicken Leggings

Find your pattern! My go-to leggings pattern is the Peg Legs pattern from a company called Patterns for Pirates (they have a coupon code in their Facebook group to get the Peg Legs pattern for free.) I’ve used the pattern before and found the directions easy to follow.

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I folded the fabric in half before cutting so I’d end up with a left and right side.

Like my fancy pattern weights? They keep the pattern from shifting while I cut.

My daughter couldn’t see how I’d get a pair of leggings out of this piece of fabric.

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However, the chicken leggings appear just like magic in just a moment!

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These small side seams I’m sewing up are actually the front and back seams.

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So when you put these seams in the front and back like they belong, the legs appear. Presto!

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I started at one ankle and serged up one leg and down the other—they’re really starting to look like chicken leggings now!

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Many seamstresses hate hemming, and I’m one of them! I tend to make myself do it in the middle of the project or I’ll be too excited to wear them to stop and do it at the end.

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These chicken leggings will just be the cutest! I love that there are cheery little coops in the fabric pattern, too.

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The pattern I use allows for a choice between a regular waistband and a yoga waistband, and I chose to do a yoga band.

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Here I am making that last seam to attach the waist band!

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Done! Chicken leggings for this crazy chicken lady.

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Soaking up some sun!

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Have you found any cute chicken fabrics? Please share your favorites!