Friday, July 2, 2021

It's Curtains For These Lounge Pants

I'm continuing along with my Creative Bug sewalong schedule, just running a touch behind but have caught up with these wide leg pants! 

I'm not a big pant wearer, as I have mentioned before. But I enjoyed the process of measuring and plotting out the relevant points to end up with a pattern for wide leg elastic waist summer trousers.

They don't have to be wide leg, you can decide on the width and ease but I am happy with the straight leg shape here. 

I am still NOT happy with the rise -- despite my measurements I still find this waistband too low for my preferences. I can certainly wear these, and the overall fit is really quite nice. But I am planning to add an inch to the front rise and at least another inch & a half to the back rise so that they sit more on my natural waist and don't fit too closely in the crotch area. I hope it will work! 

For now, I made my first fitting trial from a pair of old curtains. They are a crisp cotton, and make me think of hippie style beach pajamas. I was very careful to line up the diamond motifs down the front of each leg. Which left flowers in an unfortunate spot!! Good thing these are only a trial that might get wear around the house. I also added in basic side seam pockets, of course, just in case these were wearable. 

I enjoyed this whole process, and while I didn't get a perfect fit, I understand the relationship between measurements better now and will make some adjustments. Looking forward to learning more in the next lesson. 


4 comments:

  1. Your pants are really cute! Maybe you could remove the current waistband and add a wide knit waist area, as some pants are nowadays; that might give you the additional length you want.

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    1. That is a great idea! I think I may try that.

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  2. They look summery and comfortable! You could always add back pockets if you want to wear them out and about but dislike the motif placement.

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