Vogue 1197 - Skinny pants

There has been some discussion about this Sandra Betzina pattern on Stitchers Guild. It's one of those pants patterns with the "skinny-er" leg and yet, not a "legging." Sorta reminded me of the Laura Petri pants from the old Dick Van Dyke show.

I decided to try it. Here is my first "go" at it. I traced the pattern using the size D waist and then tracing in between the the size C and D at the hip. After measuring my side length, I folded out 4" of total length at two different places. I used some ponte knit from the stash in a color that is not really my color.







The front didn't look right, actually, it looked wonky somehow. I went back to my tracing, and instead of tracing the tummy/hip between the C and D sizes, I had traced between the D and E sizes. I also realized that I needed more overall leg length, so I added 1" back into the pattern, and I needed more length at the back waist (basically, a tilted waist adjustment).

Here's what I did for the back waist. I slit the pattern at the back crotch to the side seam line and rotated up to add in 1", I just folded out the "dart" that formed at the side seam waist. NOTE: this pattern has no side seam. I knew from my first draft that I had enough room around the waist to fold out this amount at the waist area.




Version #2 of said pattern"



Second pair from black ponte. I've lighted the photos so that you can better see the fit. They look pretty good in the mirror. Some of the wrinkles you see in the photos are wrinkles from the fabric being folded in the stash closet. I plan to steam them and try them on again before I decide if I want to make any other adjustments.







After this Version #2 was complete, I did scoop out the back crotch about 1/4" and took a 3/8" back crotch seam rather than the 5/8" seam from the back waist to the spot where I scooped the back crotch. Sorry, I didn't get a photo of that change yet. I'll hold off on any more changes until I can determine which wrinkles are from the fabric being stashed and which are from the fit.

I notice in the photos that the legs hems look uneven. I just have them basted now, so I'll double check that before final cover hem. These will be wearable since I'll be wearing a tunic length top which as yet to be made.

And as a P.S. to my last post, here is the 2nd dress I've almost finished for Sis.