Category Archives: Pants

Burda 6544 Trousers/Pants/Culottes

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Noile

This pattern doesn´t seem to get any love, and I´m not sure why it doesn´t. The paper bag version isn´t particularly interesting — it´s a pair of paper-bag-topped trousers, and there are lots of those around, all of them meh … Continue reading →

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Burda 6124 The Summer Tweed Version

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Noile

I liked wearing these pants a lot when I first made them, but ended up pretty much hating the super-deep clown pockets. The pattern is Burda 6124. For my second pair, I drafted in-seam pockets, and I’m a lot happier … Continue reading →

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Burda 6124 Stretch-Top Slacks

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Noile

Covid, and a long post-surgical recovery, have put me off clothes entirely. Yet, they somehow seem necessary, even in these weird days. How to wear clothes that don’t feel like clothing? That is the question! As a start, I settled … Continue reading →

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Paco Peralta Split Skirt

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Noile

Paco Peralta has a reputation for beautifully drafted designs, and, even though this skirt is, in truth, simple to make, it’s no exception. This is Vogue 1619, and, if out-of-print, well-worth snagging for all three pieces. But that skirt! It … Continue reading →

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Stretch Denim Joggers (Sort Of)

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Noile

Well, maybe less “jogger” than just “sloppy comfort wear”. Clothing for our [Covid] times! Like Vogue 8499, these, Vogue 8712, are wide-legged pants, but these taper in more at the ankle.  

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White Wide-Legged Pants

Posted on October 18, 2020 by marty

I know, it’s October, and totally the wrong season for white pants. But what’s a season, anyway, in our Covid world? I’ve made these pants — Vogue 8499 — many times in the past, and always mis-remember how hugely over-sized … Continue reading →

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Sewaholic 1302: Tofino Pants

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Noile

Sewaholic patterns are aimed at the pear-shaped woman, but that doesn’t mean that the rest of us can’t use Tasia’s innovative patterns, too. I fell in love with the Tofino Pants at first glimpse:  The side panel!  The piping!  That … Continue reading →

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Vogue 8499 – Mom Jeans Version

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Noile

A couple of years ago I cut out these pants and sewed them mostly together at the home of my in-laws.  (This version is the one on the right in the image below.)  Then I came home and, well, put … Continue reading →

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Christine Jonson BaseWear One Leggings 622

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Noile

My wardrobe plan includes three pair of leggings, all made from cjpatterns‘ BaseWear One pattern.  I cut the black pair just as the pattern was drafted; the cut is very, very skinny, and these are true leggings.   It’s tempting to … Continue reading →

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Vogue 8712: Move over, sweats, there’s a new kid in town!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Noile

After seeing Sham’s Vogue 8712 pants, I knew I had to have a pair!  They looked perfect for a week in the desert — my least favorite environment ever — and I figured that they were simple enough that I … Continue reading →

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