remember when i made dad thick fleece pants exactly like this several christmases ago? well, he didn't like them. didn't like that there was no cinching in the legs. (REALLY, dad????) mom usurped that pair and made me take in the pant leg width a ton (they were super wide because i used size medium of a standard sewing pattern). ain't nobody in my family that wears mediums. we're small folks, hehe. in fact, those were the fleece pants i sported for the month i was at home post acl-reconstruction surgery. they were amazing, although huge. my full leg brace could fit in the pant leg!
i still had a ton of that super thick fleece and since the rents like to keep the house at frigid temps, i decided to use the rest of the fleece to make dad another pair of sweats, in the style of the other 2 pairs that i already made for him. with cinched legs...
for some reason, whenever i hang pants on my front door, they look so short! hehe. this fleece is super thick. stitching the waistband was a nightmare. i broke a pair of my twin needles =(
here's one of the cinched legs. i sew pretty straight, don't i? i'll take cinched legs over cinched sleeves any day! so much easier!
u·surp
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verb
take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force.
"Richard usurped the throne"
synonyms: seize, take over, take possession of, take, commandeer, wrest, assume, expropriate More
take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally: supplant.
"the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts"
synonyms: oust, overthrow, remove, topple, unseat, depose, dethrone; More
archaic
encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights).
"the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state"
I'm just saying, I'm not sure that really works there. - Alex
DeleteI would have maybe gone with "comandeered"
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