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Pants that FIT!!! Finally
Amy-may Intermediate IL USA Member since 6/7/05 Posts: 1135	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 5/7/12 10:44 PM Okay, I've made 5 pairs of pants in the last 2 weeks. The first two pair I pulled the zippers back out and threw them away. Made changes to pattern and tried again. The third pair is still sitting here, but not hemmed, traced pattern and tweaked. Fourth pair, bought fabric Saturday, washed it, sewed them and WORE THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE by Sunday afternoon. Hmmm, the legs don't hang straight, re-trace pattern and realign legs. Fifth pair, started last night (went to bed at 2:30am) finished just now - and they fit! And the little pinstripes are all hanging straight, all the way down my leg. Making just one tiny tweak to the pattern. WHOO HOO! I have struggled with pants fitting for years, but I've never been happy enough with my results to cut into good fabric. And I've not felt confident that my fitting was good enough for public wear. (Which is a little silly, RTW pants don't ever fit me very well....) I Glad Wrap copied this pair from a Suit Studio pair of slacks that are my best fitting pair. I've slimmed the legs to make a more casual fit, making the legs wider is easy. I'm sure DH is tired of analyzing the wrinkles on my rearand now I must maintain my weight and shape FOREVER
lyndle   Advanced Beginner NEW ZEALAND Member since 3/19/06 Posts: 190	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/7/12 11:04 PM Yay!!! Well done!! Pictures?
threaddy   Advanced WY USA Member since 4/22/09 Posts: 2307	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/7/12 11:09 PM It is so worthwhile to get this right. You now have a base that you can use over and over. It is so satisfying. Good girl!!!! ------ "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." Theodore Rubin "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life's about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw Bernina vintage and embroidery serger 234 and BLcoverstitch
Amy-may Intermediate IL USA Member since 6/7/05 Posts: 1135	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/7/12 11:43 PM I need to trace a white pinstipe on the side with a washable marker and take pictures. I love the idea of striped capri pants, but I think the distortion of the stripe over the hips would just scream....baby got back! Have to get pics tomorrow in the daylight.
quathy   Intermediate CA USA Member since 6/3/06 Posts: 756	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/7/12 11:53 PM congratulations! ... and really? only 5 pairs? that's awesome! I keep making pants, I'm up to umpteen something by now, I'm sure, and still am not happy with the legs. I don't have an RTW that I like enough to copy, either. But hoping that soon I'm going to join you in the happy pants parade!
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 11/21/09 Posts: 2129	Login to reply to this post In reply to Amy-may << Like this post Date: 5/8/12 0:01 AM Way to go Amy-may. I have had a TNT pants pattern for about a year now. It is so nice to know that I can make pants whenever I want. ------ Ada
Amy-may Intermediate IL USA Member since 6/7/05 Posts: 1135	Login to reply to this post In reply to quathy << Like this post Date: 5/8/12 0:11 AM Oh, only 5 pairs this go around! After 3 or 4 pairs....on a semi-annual attempt, I generally give up. Every spring, I figure I can surely whip up some capri pants. But, then they don't fit quite right... I got shorts to look nice one year, but when I lengthened the leg it all fell apart. The grainlines were all wonky and the legs wouldn't hang straight. And every fall I think I can surely figure this out and I try some more. But it's always been a fail - and I just wear ill-fitting RTW jeans and give up. I figured out several things working on Jalie jeans this winter, some of which transfered to slacks. But, it's one thing to wear snug jeans that are using that lycra content. Not a good look to be using the stretch in slacks!
schmammy   Intermediate TX USA Member since 12/5/06 Posts: 466	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/8/12 10:05 AM Thank you for the inspiration to keep trying! I am knee-deep (ha ha) in pants fitting these days also. A TNT would be heaven. ------ Indecision may or may not be my problem. -Jimmy Buffet http://chihuahuaonmylap.blogspot.com/
KensingtonCrab Advanced Beginner SC USA Member since 2/13/09 Posts: 723	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/8/12 10:35 AM How do you Glad Wrap? Lay the wrap over a pair that fits well and trace? Very clever! Schammy, you mentioned on another thread the fit issues you were having. I hope you've made progress since!
Marie367   Intermediate OH USA Member since 5/28/11 Posts: 1343	Login to reply to this post In reply to Amy-may << Like this post Date: 5/8/12 10:41 AM Good for you! I went through the same thing in the fall. When I was younger I could just pick a pattern and sew it up. I had at least 5 wadders but I think I now have a pattern that will work too. I went through the same thing. What worked for me was adding alot (4" ) to the crotch extension along with a wedge in the front to compensate for my middle age middle I have going on. The last pair had the grain off just a tad too. Now you will never have to buy another pair of ill fitting RWT pants unless you want to!

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