Hot Patterns’ Cupid Cami and Tap Pants

First off, thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post. I haven’t had the energy yet to reply to everyone but hopefully soon.

Today I am sharing another pj project that I made for recovery.

Hot Patterns’ Cupid Cami and Tap Pants are available for free through the Fabric.com website. I’ve had the pattern downloaded for a while and have wanted to make the tap pants. Tap pants are lovely either under dresses for thigh chafing protection and for the danger of windy weather and dresses or to wear as cool pjs for warmer weather. The cami was just a bonus. It has some cute features, too, like the ties at the shoulders.

I made 2 pairs of tap pants and 1 cami. I love the tap pants, but the cami has quite a few fit issues. For my bust size, I used the largest size. The back is pretty big, though, and the sides. It would be a better fit in a smaller size with an FBA so the majority of the volume is in the front bust.

I’m not fussed about fixing this particular one since it’s just for around the house. The top is made with a slinky poly knit in a snakeskin print. I got it and the spiral print for the tap shorts above from a Minerva crafts win a couple of years ago.

The fit in the tap pants is much better than the top. There are a couple of crotch length corrections needed but overall it’s okay.

The pink pair of tap pants is made with a soft velvet given to me by a friend. It’s so soft. It’s the same velvet I used for my bralette pattern.

For a free pattern, it is okay. I did have to correct a weird looking crotch on the front crotch curve. Like I dunno how it was supposed to sew up like that.

TL:DR Review

• Pattern: Hot Patterns’ Cupid Cami and Tap Pants
• Pros: Good size range. Free!
• Cons: Top has typical errors for drafting up larger sizes where certain areas are disproportionately increased. Bottoms have the weird crotch curve. I thought about bumping this down to a 3.5 star review, but the free aspect plus the size range really does give it a 4 star.
• Make again?: I likely won’t make the top again. I do need to tighten the back ties a bit more, but overall I think the fit on the top isn’t worth it. I also don’t really wear camis so to me it was just a fun one time thing to make. Tap pants I will make again after some minor crotch adjustments to get a better fit.
• Rating:  4/5 stars

 

 

 

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