Perfect Plaid Pants

I've been working these past couple weeks on making a pair of pants for my guy model, Eric. In class I drafted a pattern and then made the muslin pants, then adjusted my drafted pattern and from that made a sloper and final patterns from the sloper. After some exercises in class I decided I wanted to lower the waistline a few inches and then not add pockets or anything too fancy. I want the focus to be on the vest, which I haven't really started besides having some patterns for it.

Just a little off, so redo.

After all of this I needed to start working with my fashion fabric, so I had to cut everything out. Easier said than done int his case. I had to line every horizontal line up on both the front and back with the notches being on the same lines. Then I had to make sure that the middle of the front and back had the same vertical line. I did a lot of double and triple checking. Then had to cut the 2 pieces out again and then the other pieces like the fly shield and extension- also lining those up with the front leg pieces they'd be sewn on to. I spent my 3 hour long class on Thursday cutting out all the pieces. then I attempted to sew the outer seams...not my best work. I had to seam rip my work and re pin it and try again. I just wanted everything to line up perfectly but no luck on my second try. My boss, Joan, suggested I use a walking foot to help keep the fabric in place with my pins. Best advice ever, they are looking great!

I spent a majority of yesterday working on them. So far I have the outer seams, and am almost done attaching the zipper and finishing that whole front crotch area. After I'm done with that I have the inseam and back crotch to sew shut, then just the waistband and hemming the bottom. I meet with Eric Monday morning so he can try the pants on and I can see how much I need to hem and I also need pictures to turn in with everything else for the pants (they're due Monday at 5pm). It's taken a lot of hard work and time but I am really loving how they're turning out. I can't wait until I make the shirt and vest and everything just comes together. The t-shirt is a grey jersey and the vest will be black with thin white vertical stripes and the back will be the same fabric as Gabby's dress. Also, I plan on trying to see if I have enough plaid left to make a dress for the day of the show for me. I can make a detachable collar out of scraps from Gabby's dress and use the same ribbon to tie it so my ensemble would match my models' and the pictures would be so great!

Look at those perfect horizontal lines!