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Ponte pants? And fitting questions
kath210 Member since 5/11/09 Posts: 288	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/21/12 3:39 PM Hi everyone. I've been watching the shopping channels and see some great looking slim ponte pants with elastic waistband for sale. Seems pretty easy, though I haven't found a lot of patterns for this look. However, I am working on a pair of fleece pants simplicity 2289 that seem to be similar...any reason why I can't use ponte, though it's not mentioned on the pattern? Any tips? And does anyone know the reason for the crotch "smile", back and front? Thanks for any advice!
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 4/3/10 Posts: 1521	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 9/21/12 3:41 PM I made ponte yoga pants. They're great and I can wear them to work. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
kath210 Member since 5/11/09 Posts: 288	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb << Like this post Date: 9/21/12 3:54 PM Exactly what I'm hoping for: comfortable, yet looks unlike sweats!
Ms. McCall   Advanced Beginner CA Member since 3/2/06 Posts: 178	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/21/12 4:29 PM Peggy Sagers did a great webcast about making her yoga pants in various materials: Here I'm no fit expert, but I think that any smile in front of the pants needs to be fitted in the pattern, and can't be fixed once the fabric is cut. You should take a little dart in the front which tapers to nothing in the side. Peggy demonstrates it in the webcast ------ BrownPaperPattern.blogspot.com
Nancy K Advanced NY USA Member since 12/28/04 Posts: 7584	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb << Like this post Date: 9/21/12 6:00 PM Did you wear them for yoga? I wonder about the them being hot for exercise. ------ www.nancyksews.blogspot.com
Lena Merrin Expert/Couture AUSTRALIA Member since 2/5/09 Posts: 477	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/21/12 6:44 PM If this is the "smile" I am thinking about, then it means the seat is too shallow for you. But without a picture it is hard to tell. ------ www.thesewingspace.com
kkkkaty   Intermediate UT USA Member since 12/7/05 Posts: 2226	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/21/12 6:56 PM I quite like the Textile Studio Soho pant (a review) and think it might be nice in ponte -- Edited on 9/21/12 6:56 PM -- ------ Viking Lily 545 Viking Ruby Bernina Activa 210 Brother 1034d
avatrx   Advanced Beginner IL USA Member since 12/16/05 Posts: 344	Login to reply to this post In reply to kath210 << Like this post Date: 9/21/12 7:05 PM Peggy Sagers has the pant you're looking for. She calls it the yoga pant. she makes it with Ponteroma and it's 3 pieces. front back and waistband. The pattern is $14 but she does have sales. she has a video about 45 minutes long that shows the pant and how she makes it. among others. She's a good teacher and will answer any emails you send her. Silhouette patterns. she does a live webcast every other week wherein you can ask questions. she then saves those for people who couldn't watch and she has pages of previous webcasts. I think you'd enjoy both the pattern and Peggy. I have that yoga pant. I'm tall so I have made a couple pairs as muslins, but need to figure out the best way to get the waist where I want it. They are comfortable and depending on the fabric, you could wear them just aobut anywhere. I just saw Ponte at Vogue Fabrics in Chicago for $3.99yd. It takes about 2-1/2 yards. inexpensive - fast, and nice! good luck
avatrx   Advanced Beginner IL USA Member since 12/16/05 Posts: 344	Login to reply to this post In reply to kath210 << Like this post Date: 9/21/12 7:07 PM forgot to mention. Peggy goes into the fitting aspect on her video. the smiles' usually mean the rise isn't right. She details the 3 dimensions and how they affect the fit. I download her videos with my realplayer so I can watch them on my tablet. I don't know which version I have, but it works great for getting them onto my computer. I guess not everyone has had the luck. but at any rate - you can watch them online whenever you want.
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2441 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 9/21/12 8:30 PM I too have made and wear the Silhouette Patterns a lot. I made one with 2" elastic and discovered I much prefer 1 1/2 " elastic so I decided to use those 2" elastic ones as running pants. I wore them in the winter until about May. I'm a casual neighborhood jogger so we're not talking about sprinting or marathon training here. They worked great for that. JEF ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln

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