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As much as I love the Emerson pattern as shorts and crop pants, it works really great as a full length pant as well. And with just a few easy hacks it's really simple to do. The best part of it is that when my daughter gets too tall for these I can just hem them into the original length of crop pants or shorts to get more wear out of them. The pants above are just a simple wide length pant, which my daughter loves. I used a zebra print crepe fabric that you can find
here![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0085/3901/3186/files/i.ashx)
. It's a fun print and the fact that the fabric has great drape really works well for the wide leg style.
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And the pants above are more of a genie style by adding elastic to the ankle. I think they turned out really fun in this
denim chambray![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0085/3901/3186/files/i.ashx)
, although I think next time I will try them in something softer for a more subtle affect.
You are going to need to cut your pant leg pattern pieces longer than the original crop pants. For my daughter I added about 8 inches which included the 1 inch for the elastic, 1/4" for turn under, and 1/4" for wiggle room. (So that's 1 1/2" for the elastic casing and 6 1/2" for length.
For both styles, after sewing up the pattern as instruction except for the hem, you are going to turn your pants inside out. Press the bottom up by 1/4"
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Now press the whole thing up by about 1 1/4". If you are making the wide leg pant them just stitch along the fold now to finish the hem. If making the genie version, leave a 2 inch opening to insert the elastic.
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If you are doing the genie pant, cut two pieces of elastic to the length desired (wrap it around your child's ankle and add some for overlap and easy). Attach a safely pin to one end and insert the elastic through the opening.
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Sew the two ends of the elastic together, stitch up the opening and you are done!
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Your pants should look something like these. Let me know if you have any questions.