i have finished sewing some new trousers. as i talked about at length in my last post, i wanted to make some pants using the matchy matchy sewing club kite pants pattern, and i am happy to report that they both turned out awesome.
the first pair is a straight-forward realisation of the pattern, except i added my own 1.7cm of seam allowance in width, so they ended up wider than intended and i had to do some pleating to fit them to the waistband. i did not plan this well, so now the front pockets are a bit too centered for my liking. but it's fine, i still love these and have been wearing them all day since i finished them. i also added a little side pocket because i like it on one of my other trousers. just a 15cm long rectangle across the side panel. i looove the shape of these pants so much. i always have this qualm with pant shapes that create this kind of upside down triangle silhouette \/ from the hip down bc i feel that pulls attention to the hips a bit too much. and i don't want that, for obvious reasons. so the more boxy shape of these pants is really good for me. and they have the perfect length for me! so much so that i didn't have to do any adjusting in that regard!
this one just took a day of sewing after cutting out the panels the previous evening.
the second pair! they're reversible! and they took one william years! ok, well. the constructive sewing itself only took a day too, but "embroidering" the grid....so many hours of drawing it and then so many more hours of sewing it....it was very tiresome. but was it worth it? yes. i like the texture it adds to the pants and idk that it would've been wise to make a double-layered garment with no connection between the fabrics whatsoever (even with the main seams). but would i do it again? eh. prolly not. not anytime soon anyway.
as you can tell, these are smaller than the first pair. that's because this time i actually stuck to the pattern and didn't add any width. though in hindsight, here i probably should have because these are approaching the edge of my comfort zone in terms of snugness. not dangeously so, but just about enough that if i were to make these again i'd definitely size up.
making them reversible involved about the exact adjustments i'd already planned for; leaving the fabric layers in the area around the front pockets disconnected and putting in the pockets normally for either layer. and since the back pockets are just patched on, that's just mirrored on the other side. i was meaning to finish off the seams by folding them over if possible, but there was just too much bulk on the outer leg seams, so there i instead covered them up with some fabric tape. call it a decorative element.
i do think i have to put in a drawstring for extra support -- i don't think i'd like having belt loops on it for sensory (and bulk) reasons but these pants are so heavy, the elastic just isn't enough to hold them up reliably.
the fabric is a linen/cotton blend and i loved working with it. linen behaves so fantastically, you don't even need an iron to press folds into place, they just stay like that by themselves with just a little pressure and the natural moisture of the skin on your fingers. it's awesome. and it has the perfect feel, weight and thickness for my tastes. i <3 natural fibers. handheart
anyway. i now have two, visually three new pairs of pants! and i get to put my previous, kind of sort of ugly and horribly misshapen pair of PJs to rest in favour of these lovely, flowy, well-constructed all-purpose-trousers. i keep wanting to spell it trowsers. that's not right.
let this be your sign to make a thing.
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| the aftermath. will be cleaning this up uhhhh tomorrow maybe. at my earliest convenience (which could mean anything) |
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