Category: Pants & Shorts

Burda Style Pattern 7381 Shorts

Last year, I just took Ryan's old work pants that were showing wear and had holes around places and shortened them into shorts for the summer. That worked brilliantly and was a great way to upcycle his clothes, but this last year Ryan's pant size has changed and I don't have any old work pants to shorten. If Ryan is to have any summer shorts, I need to sew shorts from scratch. Sewing patterns for men are pretty dismal and sparse especially when it comes to pants and shorts. Luckily, very luckily, I found a pattern that sews up really quick and looks great.

Simplicity 8056 Amazing Fit Flared Pants

This post is not so much about the fantastically awesome, best-pant-pattern ever, but instead about the plights of finding fabric that will work for making pants. Here's the dilemma, I need casual pants for work and everyday wear and I want them to come in colors other than black, but I don't want the fabric to look ridiculous after an hour.

Simplicity 8056 Amazing Fit Shorts

I don't think you can really know how to make pattern adjustments to achieve the perfect fitting pant until you stumble across the perfect fitting pant. I still have yet to find the perfecting fitting pant, but I'm getting closer and until I made the Simplicity Amazing Fit 8056 shorts, I didn't realize how badly... Continue Reading →

Simplicity 2860 Amazing Fit Pants

I have made a long list of pants that all ended up in the trash bin, because I am not a fit off the rack body type. I was quickly, so over the Sew Over It Ultimate Trousers pattern. Then I tried Burda 7062 Fitted Pant and nearly wadded up the pattern in anger. I even tried Colette... Continue Reading →

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