Project Updates:

I finished my second pair of pants today. I am getting much better at matching plaids now. The concept of pattern layout is becoming less foreign and I am getting into less scrapes (or I am cleverly covering up my mistakes). I am also learning about where to make adjustments to fit clothing better. Both pairs of pants are of the waistband-less, low-rise, hip hugger variety (to hid the fact that I am VERY short-waisted).

Both pairs of pants were made from Simplicity 9826. Its from one of their "6 made easy patterns" which are really nice and easy to follow. It makes it easy to change the style of pants once you figure out how you want the waistline to fit.

This is the first pair of pants (pattern veiw D). They are a strange cotton (almost gauze-like). They will be great for Spring and Summer. Its a little chilly to be wearing them now. The zipper is in the back. Something that I am usually against because its tricky to get the zipper to to conform to the curvature of your butt. Usually it does something funky.














The second pair of pants is a grandma-esque polyester (pattern veiw A). It was stretchy so I had to adjust them a little bit to account for that. The zipper is on the side. I didn't trust the stretchy fabric to keep the zipper where it needed to be if I placed the zipper in the back like the pattern called for. The mistake that was cleverly covered is that I didn't have enough fabric to make the pants the right length. Rather than give in, finish them off and pass them on to a shorter friend I made faux cuffs by adding on a piece of fabric to th eboddom. The plaid is a little off though but really who looks at the cuffs of a girls pants?