Sewing Adventures – Pre Printed Tights panels from Pitt Trading

After the utter success of making tights from the Pre Printed tights panels at Pitt Trading, when I saw a new print I jumped on them and whipped them up straight away…..it then took me forever to get photos because I keep using all my tights!

Make wise incredibly similar to how I did it last time but I made sure to use my coverstitch to hold the elastic on the top of the waistband down. I haven’t done that in some of the others and every so often it will twist a bit and become a rub point.

Now I’ve had lots of people asking how the fabric performs so here is how I’ve been wearing them and what I’ve felt. When working with athletes and sportswear companies one of the things I always strive for is that the garment is not thought about during the activity. If you are thinking oh that pulls, that feels wet, thats itchy etc etc then the garment design has failed you. It should feel like you are wearing nothing at all while aiding your performance not detracting or distracting.

I’ve been walking most mornings in heat up to about 32 degrees with high humidity. While walking you don’t feel wet or damp at all. Very occasionally (on really hot days) I could do with having a 3/4 pair for walking to allow a little more ventilation but that’s due to sheer heat not the fabric.

At the end of my morning walks I’ve often been going swimming so I change from my walking stuff to my swimmers. My sports bra and parts of my top will be saturated but my tights are only damp around the waistband, crotch and back of knees. All expected places for sweat to be gathering in an upright activity. The fact that they are damp and not wringing wet like the others certainly suggests the moisture wicking capabilities are high.

I’ve been running in them a bit and I’m experiencing very similar results to the walking except at the end of the run the tights are wetter but I’m yet to feel damp while actually moving. I’ve deliberately made mine extra high waisted to cover the swelling and scar post surgery. considering they are high enough to meet some of the bands on my sports bras I’m still not feeling too hot through the torso which surprised me a bit.

Even stretched in use they retain their bright colours and don’t grin white and stay opaque even when damp with sweat.

All in all I’m very impressed and I’ve noticed the have the cherry blossom print back in stock too!

Pattern: Pre printed onto tights panel with a modified Jalie Clara waistband

Fabric: Pre Printed panels from Pitt Trading

Alterations: none