Say that five times fast!
Soooooo….I’m finally (well, almost) done with my first pair of dress pants! I feel like they took me forever to put together. At the time of starting this post I had to sew on buttons, hem the pants, serge the inside, and reposition the hooks and eyes. I thought it was a lot, but I was able to finish it all on Tuesday after work.
General fitting was a real issue. I can’t stand a pair of ill-fitting pants so that made me try my best get them to fit as great as possible, but I still ended up with a pair of ill-fitting pants. Crotch woes and all, I’m wearing them today.
I decreased the waistband after pattern fitting, after fitting the muslin, and again after I tried on the pants and after all that, it’s still a little too large. I think I added too much crotch depth and room in the rear. To top it off, as I am wearing them it seems the pants are getting stretched out. Or am I gradually shrinking? Who knows. I’m also having issues with the rear pocket lining pulling up through the pocket hole.
Other things I changed:
I straightened out some of the flare on the leg below the knee. The waistband lining was also not put in according to the pattern instructions cause I goofed somewhere.
Overall, they’ll work for work, but I still have to go back to the drawing board for refitting before the next wearing. I’m not gonna let these pants be the boss of me!
-Nizzy
Woo joo! You finished! I’m quite proud of you.
They look like they fit ok in the pic…
Thanks! They are okay, just a little saggy. I wonder if a short trip to the dryer would help them out some.
Wow, what a job well done
Thank you! I even managed to make sure the stripes were straight.