Op Shop Refashion - Pants for my little niece

My friend and I regularly take her daughter, who is 3, op-shopping with us. She enjoys rummaging through the clothes, books and things as much as we do. Recently when we went she pulled these pants off the rack:

She likes her super heroes! It's nice flannelette material too, good for cooler weather.

The problem was that they were a size 8: length-wise they were taller than her!

Her mother suggested that if she asked her aunty very nicely, I might fix them for her. And so she did 😊 It's far easier to take things in than it is to make them bigger, so I knew that it was achievable.

There was a second pair that she picked out and asked to be fixed too. I think we may have started a new game with her!

Very soft, comfortable fabric.

Also waaaaaaay too big!

Luckily I had found a cute skirt for her in the op shop as well, so I had something to base the size off. 

I figured that with the elastic waistband and ties, the existing waistband would be the right size; it also appeared to be okay when I laid the skirt against it. She is growing so fast!
The tricky part would be the crotch of the pants. Obviously I would need to take it up, otherwise it would hang so low that she wouldn't be able to move.

 Using the skirt as a guide, I pinned it to where I thought it should be. I'll sew the new seam, then cut it down and overlock the edges to seal.

I looked up what the length of pants should be for a 3 year old and was surprised that it was 40cm. But when I thought about it and how tall she was getting, I realised that it must be correct.

So I measured the pants up and made cuts.

After that was done it was a matter of hemming the bottom of the legs and they were ready to go. 

With the Superman pants as a guide it was easy to fix the loveheart pants to match.