I realized all of my casual (non-work) pants are black; black S2061, black/white print S2061, black faux leather/ponte pants (RTW), black V1411...Eek! I need non-black weekend wear - STAT!
I know how to rid myself of these butt wrinkles (my full inner thighs are to blame)
and will adjust for the next pair
POCKETS! :-D
I cut a size 16 based on a 45" finished hip. I am starting to side-eye my pants with slant front pockets so I left them off of this pair (however, I think that caused some front wonky-ness).
What drew me to this pattern were the cargo pockets with inverted pleat on view C - YES please! Now that I've read through the instructions, view B is on the radar! View B's tapered leg is made by taking a pleat up the pant leg. So cool! I bet you'd need something with drape though to pull that off.
I was VERY apprehensive though that you have to finish the side seams to attach the pockets. Eek! But what if they need tweaking?! Leap of faith and all that...
I stitched and pressed the pleat and because my fabric unraveled if you looked at it, I serged the edges. Then folded in and topstitched at 3/8". When I attached them to the pants I used this as a guide and sewed 1/4" away.
I removed 1.25" in length. Burda is drafted for a taller person than I! I also straightened out the hip curve.
I measured front and back crotch length and removed 1.5 inches from the front. Good grief!!! I added 5/8" to the back. I could have done without it but I have zero patience for low or low-ish rise pants. Drives me insane to have to pull my pants up every time I stand.
Dislike: The cut on fly; I do not like this. IMO a sew-on fly gives a much cleaner finish.
Construction "zoomed" right along until I realized I forgot my belt loops - oops! I attached them with a zigzag at the end of the loop and then near the fold at the waistband. Then made sure I adhered the buttons really well.
Can we talk about my buttons?!!? I had a great large button for the front of the pants but didn't have anything in stash to match for the pockets and belt loops. I went to JoAnn on lunch and almost bought some 'meh' buttons but didn't. Later that day I went to Hancock and SCORE! These are absolutely perfect!
You can see a hint of the zig-zag stitching here for the belt loops.
I used my paisley bias tape just 'cause :-)
That stain on the lower left pic? Fraycheck. Could not get it out.
But I'll never tuck my shirt in so hopefully I forget about it :(
Love the front pleat detail, the pockets - everything!!!
Fabric is a suiting material from FabricMart. I am not 100% sure of the blend but am sure that it's a poly blend with a natural fiber (or two?). Maybe cotton, maybe rayon...
It has some drape, took a press with a little coaxing but frayed like mad.
And can we also talk about the versatility of olive pants?!? I had no clue! After doing some Google searching I learned that you can pretty much treat olive pants like you would black pants - score!!!
red chambray NL6104 shirt, black/white Burda 6911 knit top, bright green V1436 top, mint green RTW top, chambray RTW top.
It also looked great with white (duh!), cream, navy...ahhhh! So cool!
