As you know I'm on a personal quest to sew a decent pair of pants for myself. It's been two weeks since my pants class and I thought I would start over and retrace another pants pattern. Could I remember all the steps from class? That would be my first clue if the class was well taught. The results? It was a very good class. ;)
The only changes I made to this 2nd version was to draw a smaller waist and then draw a narrower pants leg towards the bottom. My first version would have had the leg width around 20 inches. That would have definitely looked funny on my 5 ft frame. My 2nd version has the pants leg width around 16-1/2 inches.
I dusted off my scissors (paper and fabric) and cut out my pants.
The fabric I'm using is a brown twill with some lycra. At $3/yard, it turned out to be cheaper than using muslin and it was sitting in my stash. (Must make a note to buy some muslin when it goes on sale)
I need to put aside my knitting projects for a few hours this morning and sew my pants. I'm really anxious to see how much tweaking I'll need to do. Ahhhh...the joys of sewing.
4 comments:
I wish you luck with your pants. I belive that if a person can fit a pair of pants, they can fit anything! I love to knit also. I have socks on my double-points right now.
Good luck with the pants! I'm planning some pants projects later this fall for myself and can't wait to hear how it goes for you.
I am looking forward to learning how your pants work out. I have enjoyed your sewing blog for a while now, and like how you explain what is happening. good luck with the pants.
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