My hip measurement put me into a size 4x. My waist is bigger, but I measured the pattern paper and it seemed like the waist would fit ok. I added an inch to the crotch length front and back. I added many inches to the leg length. I sewed up this version without the pockets, because I wanted to be able to easily alter the side seams.
I made version 2 last week, as part of my entry into the Pattern Review Plus Size contest. I used a brown cotton twill from JoAnn's. I took all of the length I had added to the crotch back out. I also folded out about an inch down the center of both the front and back pattern pieces. (This meant I had to redraw one of the darts on the front piece.) I made them capri length.
I planned to add the pockets, so I basted this pair together. What I discovered was that because the waist was hitting closer to my actual waist, where I am bigger, I had removed too much ease. To make sure the capris fit at the waist, I added a gusset to each of the side front pieces, tapering to nothing at the hip. This supplied the ease I needed, and as an added bonus, looked a bit like a design feature associated with the pockets!
On both the first and second versions, I made an elasticized waistband as explained in Pants for Real People. I finished all of the exposed seams with my sewing machine's overcast stitch.
I think this version turned out much better!
For the contest I also made a pink and cream textured striped knit boat neck top, using my PMB pattern. I also made a hairband to match!
1 comment:
All your hard work is beginning to pay off Maggie. It is marvellous to have patterns that fit so you can just use them without all the fiddling and faffing that is normally involved. Well done you.
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