Just Sew It

So it was back to the drawing board for me. I took the advice of a fellow PR member and decided to do a different method for adding room to my pants pattern.

I received a Threads magazine issue and lo and behold there is an article on pants fitting. It is written by Joyce Murphy and she states that you must concentrate on the “body space” in the torso area of the pants. She also said that the old ways of altering don’t work. Such as the “slash and spread method” of making room for a larger tummy. Also, she said the adding to the crotch point does not work either. They throw the grain off and add too much room to the lower front crotch area which I had trouble with in my first muslin. She writes that you should make your muslin right from the package and then alter later. You can pinch fabric to decrease or increase. If you need to add more room, do so by adding to the side seams or center seams instead. I think this sounds much better.

Well, I followed her instructions and made size 38 in the Burda pants that I want to make. They fit! Although I do feel the waistband is a little to low for my liking. I like the waistband to sit just under my belly button. As of now, it sits about 2 inches from my belly button. So I will add to the height to the pants so the waistband sits higher. My pants look much better: