Well they are finally finished!!! I am so excited to get them completed, I could not wait until this weekend for my friend to take a picture of me.
Pants Project Stats:
Pattern: B5222
Fabric: Dark brown wool gabardine from B.Black&Sons
Lining: Brown bemberg rayon from B.Black&Sons (60 wide)
Unique Notion: Jiffy fusible waistband interfacing with ban-rol. I love this waistband interfacing. A local fabric store carried it, before they closed. I stocked up, but my stash is getting low. I can not find it anywhere. I guess I will have to covert to just ban-rol.
Reference Book: Singer’s Pants that Fit
I started out using V7881 by Claire Schaeffer but was having a time increasing the hip, abdomen and thigh to fit. I remember I had a pants pattern by Connie Crawford B5222. Her pattern line includes women plus sizes. The great thing about this pattern is that is it petitable which is a plus for me and the sizes go up to a 6x. The pattern also has what I call a base line sway back adjustment. You basically adjust the base line to fit you. That made things much easier for me. Another adjust I had to make was for the abdomen, I added 1/2 inch. The last adjustment I made, was to widen the pants leg width. I like a fuller pants leg better than tapered a leg.
Construction:
I followed the pattern instruction’s for the most part. But, I also added a few things that were not included in the instructions. First, I added interfacing to the zipper area for better stability’s. I used tricot interfacing. Second, I added a lining. I have this thing about pants being lined. The last thing I added was a hem facing. With petitable patterns I usually add an inch to the hem because most of the time the hem is too short for my taste. For my pants, I like my hem to be long enough for 2.5 -3 inch heels. (I love my heels) This time I forgot to add an inch to the hem, so my work around was to add a hem facing.
Would I make this pattern again?
Yes, once I decided to use this pattern the fit and construction was easy. I’m using this pattern as my TNT for the time being. The only thing that I will add to my construction of this pattern next time, is a fly shield. Here are some pictures of my pants.
I’m planning to make a couple more pair in linen. That will be after my PR weekend in Chicago. Need to do some linen shopping. My next project in the mean time is V1220. I’m making this in dark navy cotton lycra sateen.
Well until next time…….keep sewing