Pants, why do you fail me so? I spent ages drafting this pattern from my original sailor pants pattern--narrowing the leg, mainly, and I'll get into where I went wrong there--then sewed it up in a lovely plaid wool flannel (being careful to match the plaids even though the print is tiny and unobtrusive!)--and what do I get? Chaos. Side seams that won't meet, much less lap over a zipper. Lines where the fabric pulls over my (nice and round) tummy. A seat so tight the stitches pop when I sit down.
At this point, I've made a million adjustments (probably more like five) and I'm just tired of stitching and restitching the same stupid seams. I started out carefully basting but by the third time 'round I was just stitching recklessly with no thought for the future.
The problems may be many, but I don't want to just ditch these guys--too much work has gone into them. I think the plan now is to make them into lace-up pants--stitch a modesty panel behind the side seam opening, throw some facings on the seam edges, put in a couple of impromptu eyelets, and lace up the side. Yes? No? I just can't face throwing them away. I will find a way to make this work. And then I will add some ease over the hip, as I think I accidentally pared away too much when I was narrowing the leg. The more you know!
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