Back view: Not bad, not bad, considering I've been wearing these for 2 days, a little wedgie and a small wrinkle is quite good compared to some of my pant attempts.
Now, how more flirtish can you get with these pants? Buttons, zipper: Sally Army; fabric: leftover from another project; Pattern : free download from BurdaStyle
I was put on to this pattern by Arnysews who quite helpfully pointed out this was $3 US on the English language site but free on the German site. Armed with nothing but my school girl German and some good guesses I managed to enrol on the site and download the pattern for free. I skipped the instructions as they were in German but I later came to regret that as the pictures would have been useful and at the very least I could have been saved trying to work out the dimensions of the self measured pieces myself.
I tried to re download the instructions to no avail - I simply couldn't guess my way back.
No matter, I have made enough Burda patterns to know how these things go. I love the little belt loops and the curved front, the back pocket is cute too.
However, those of you with with a low geek tolerance will have to be on "nerd alert." Firstly, there is that crime against big bottoms, namely "tapered front leg piece", followed by ankle flapping crimes "final leg length is too short" followed by the mother of all ironing crimes, the pressed front and back leg crease.
Me, I love a little nerd in my look so wasn't too shy to iron my creases but I do object to flapping my ankles so I only did a 2 cm (6/8") hem allowance instead of 7.5 (3 inches). If the patten did not have such a deep hem allowance I would have been in big trouble. I also removed the front leg taper by grading out from the knee a total of 1.5 cms (5/8 inch) each side to the hem, to produce a straight leg. If I didn't do that, the phrase, "house on stilts" may have been aptly applied.
I am assuming these pants were made to appeal to the young and hip, because they are also about 2 inches below waist, meaning that anyone passing by gets a good view of your underpants should you bend over, which means best nickers everyone.
So, my wardrobe colours now are set - green, purple and navy blue with grey as the neutral. I love those colour combinations so I'm pretty happy about that.
Next up I'm going to make a top with some of my merino (which is a high grade wool knit) so I'll actually have some finished outfits soon. How exciting!
The details on those pants are great and the price you paid for it all ...!!! I really need to start learning by your example.
ReplyDeleteOh, love your nerd-pants! Great colour and the fit looks really good!
ReplyDeleteYou embrace the nerd within Mary Anna, I certainly do and I believe it's one of our family's most endearing traits. The pants are fantastic and I for one applaud ironing in the front and back creases.
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That's "hooray!" in binary, just for a little nerdy fun.
You could make a belly button shirt like mine to wear with the pants -- you would truly be a flirt then!!!!
ReplyDeleteI rather like your pants - the color and style look quite nice on you!
They look great and I love the colour!
ReplyDeleteVery nice pants! You choose lovely (and not boring) pants colors.
ReplyDeleteLove the curvy tabs and pocket detail! The colour is really growing on me, it could be quite versatile - casual and dressy too!
ReplyDeleteGosh you've done a great job with these. I love the whole vest, stripy tee look.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, it's not just the trousers but you have put together a great looking outfit. I was still out in sympathy for last week, toddler taming and no personal creative outlet. It left me lost for words and very relieved to be past that particular stage.
ReplyDeleteI love the color of those pants. And they have nice details. Great sewing!
ReplyDeleteGreat pants! I love the little buttoned belt-loops, what a great touch! The fit is great, too...wonderful work.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting on my red duster. A duster is-a long, unlined coat, to be worn as outerwewar, or as part of an ensemble.
ReplyDeleteIts always the details that make the difference. The details on these are lovely.
ReplyDeleteAll those details are fantastic! Great pants.
ReplyDeleteNice outfit! I love that you put your German language skills to work for you.
ReplyDeleteTerrific details. I hope you feel very clever about your language skills, because that German site is rather confusing to someone who had 2 years of high school French by distance education. I think I will just admire your trousers from afar.
ReplyDeleteI love the details on those pants and I love the colour. These should co-ordinate with your pre-flirt wardrobe as well, shouldn't they? Looks like you are well on your way to that subscription.
ReplyDeleteThe fit is fantastic and I echo what others have said: I love the color and the details. Nerdy? Embrace it!
ReplyDeleteyour details are impeccable as always!!
ReplyDeleteand i adore the color!!
ReplyDeleteThe instructions were surely free on the English site, and would have been more useful then :-). Great pants though..
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