I made crazy mismatched pj bottoms for them, (along with a couple of other things) using five different coordinating prints for each pair of pants. Each girl's pair of pants is a different color, one is pinks/oranges, the other is blues/greens, so it's a lot of fabric to keep track of. They look like clown pants, but I think the kookiness of it all will be appreciated by their 10-year-old fashion sense.
It's been a little difficult figuring out sizing for them from 650 miles away. My sister emailed me their measurements and I bought a pair of jeans in their size at a resale shop for reference. According to the pattern I was using, they should be a size 7/8. I cut out the pattern and it looked humongous, like actual clown pants. Pretty sure both girls could fit into one pair of pants if I made it that size. The picture on the pattern envelope looks incredibly baggy too. Fashion has changed since that pattern was designed in the 90s, everything's more fitted now.
I held up a pair of my own size adult small pj bottoms to the pattern and it was wider than my pants.
I made the decision to cut the pants out to the 5/6, cut the crotch to the 7/8, and add on some length with a cuff that can be let out as they grow. It's a little worrying to make pants sized for a 5-year-old for a couple of 10-year-olds. I hope the pants fit and that I've left enough growing room so that they can wear them longer than six months.
That's what frustrates me the most about clothing patterns, the sizing is completely different than store-bought clothing and therefore it means absolutely nothing.
