Making fleece leggings for little ones!

Here is a short summary of how I went about creating a pattern from a pair of my daughters leggings to make a new fleece pair.

First find a pair of leggings or trousers that fit your child well. 
Place them on a sheet of tracing or baking paper (whatever you have), making sure the fabric is flat and seams are at the edges where they should be, and trace around the leg from groin to the top of the waist.  Allow for the gathering of the elastic by just going straight up near the top instead of following the line of gathering.

 Once you have done this you will have the general shape, seen as a solid line in the picture below. 
You then draw another line around this to allow for your hems. 
So basically, the dotted line is where you will cut your fabric and the solid line is where the actual sewing line will end up.
The front piece is generally narrower than the back as of course the back allows for curves! 
If you are allowing for larger cloth nappies add more of a curve to the hip area of the back piece, and also to the top of the back piece. (you'll notice the top line of the back piece where I will be cutting is not straight - this is deliberate)
It helps to put one piece on top of the other to check that both will end up the same length. 
On the picture below you can see I have allowed a good 1.5 inches past the actual leg that I traced around, this is because you can always make them shorter later, but not make them longer!!

 Fold your chosen material in half and pin your pattern piece on top, I placed mine right at the edge where the fold was so that the pattern would match up in the middle, but this isn't necessary if you don't want to.

Cut out your fabric, cutting the paper part as well, this gives you an accurate shape, and because you've doubled the fabric your two fronts and two backs will match eachother.

Once you have your four pieces it is a simple job to sew them up.  I will be making another pair soon and will then be able to include pictures of the sewing process if needed, but this part was just meant to explain the pattern making.

Hope this has helped and you enjoy making them :-)