#BLOGLIKECRAZY 12: I WANT IT ALL - PANTS CONSTRUCTION...

... I was able to start construction of my pants today: the two piece back, the three piece pocket bag, pocket construction and installing the zipper.

Pocket stitched, trimmed and understitched

Pocket topstitched

Pocket lining and Inset

I am not totally satisfied with the zipper topstitching so I will probably unpick and reinstall the zipper tomorrow.

#BLOGLIKECRAZY 8 - I WANT IT ALL (PANTS FITTING)...

...yesterday I received 3 really great responses to my Instagram question; What is your favorite pants pattern?  The patterns suggested were:

• Vogue 1411
• BurdaStyle 9/2010 #115,
• Vogue 9032 and 
• Simplicity 2700 

all great suggestions that I plan to give a try.  I decided Vogue 9032 would a good starting point since I'd made a muslin of it back in July.

This muslin had been folded and stored since that time and I actually had to press it before trying it on today.

 I am not totally dissatisfied with the overall fit of this muslin.  I can't remember why I side stepped this one back in July except for the fact that my water weight fluctuates back and forth and affects fit. I've had them on for about an hour now, sitting, standing and bending.  I want to really get a feel for them before I cut my fabric (I don't play with my fabric (lol).  However, I do know that my fabric will act/fit differently than this muslin and actually dictate the final project - I think I'm on the right track with these.

There are adjustments that need to be made:

1.  Bagginess in the pocket area that I don't understand, but have pinned out in this picture.  I will need to make an adjustment in the front pattern piece and the pocket facing to eliminate this problem.

2.  I cut the side back and back to inserted an extra strip of fabric to make the necessary adjustment needed to increase the back rise.

Tomorrow I'll work on transferring these changes to my actual pattern pieces, and decide on fabric to use for the project...