Sewing Megan Nielsen's Virginia Leggings

Megan Nielsen's Virginia Legging pattern

Woop Woop! My first attempt at sewing my own activewear! I made the Virginia Legging from pattern designer Megan Nielsen. I've sewn Megan Nielsen patterns before and found that they run a little on the snug side (for me), so I erred on the side of my biggest measurements and was happy I did. I also followed the tutorial for a high waist from the Megan Nielsen blog.

I bought this fabric from Nunez Fabrics in Miami.

When I was in Miami for the boat show, I went to Nuñez Fabrics. That place is like the Mecca of spandex. I got a bunch of awesome stuff, including this fabric for the leggings. The 410 gram weight is really nice and thick, it feels sturdy and is not see-through. It's the thickest of all the fabrics I bought (I was picturing bikinis for the others), and now I wish I had bought more in this weight!

Here are front and back views of the Virginia leggings

I just can't get enough of this print!

I tried them out with my first attempt at a tee shirt, the Hemlock Tee by Grainline Studio

I still haven't figured out how to make a really smooth seam for the bottom band.

"Doing absolutely nothing in my ACTIVEWEAR ACTIVEWEAR"

And, because this is my all-time favorite video about activewear, I have to share!

By total coincidence, a few days after I finished my leggings, my local yoga studio was having a black light yoga night. The leggings were perfect! And what do you at the end of black light yoga? A photo shoot, of course.

Love this pattern, I want to make 100 pairs! On the next pair I will try adding a gusset because the crotch makes me a little nervous when doing skandasana (side lunges) and prasarita padottanasana (wide-legged forward bend) in yoga.