Only one more to go ...


This is a crappy late night photo that doesn't show much, but I'm thrilled with these pants and I wanted to get them up here as soon as I could. They are from V8604. I've made the skirt several times (and in several lengths) and a red version of the jacket was part of a SWAP a few years ago. The fabric is a very rough wool (blend??) that was purchased at Fine Wools Direct in Newtown some years ago now. I think I bought it because it was ridiculously cheap and it was wool, but it's sat unloved in my stash ever since. I knew I would never wear it living in the subtropics, but down here it's perfect. I knew I would need to line these pants but I didn't want to use anything silky so I lined them with the batik print cotton pants I made as a muslin. I should be warm this winter!
This is my third attempt at high-waisted pants and I think I've finally got it right. I made an ivory pair for my first ever SWAP but I wore them once. I made a chocolate brown wool pair for another project but chucked those, too. They fit well, but just didn't look right and I couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until I read something that Steph http://3hourspast.com/ wrote a few years back that I understood. Steph said that a rear zip is way more flattering and she was right. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd go back through her blog and find the post so you could see her in her very stylish back zip Katherine Hepburn style pants.
One of the things I love about these pants is that the back dips down low and sits in the small of my back. I will try and take some photos on me over the weekend, but this is what you get for now.
I have only one more garment to go: jeans. I have a reasonable fit already on a free pattern I downloaded from Burda several years ago so now is the time to make it perfect! Guess what I'm doing this weekend?

Comments

Sharon said…
Can't wait to see these on you and I am just about to post my 7th, the first pair of shorts :)
February 29, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Karin said…
It's wonderful to find a pants pattern that you are thrilled with. These look good!
February 29, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Faye Lewis said…
Talk about progress!
March 1, 2012 at 1:08 PM
prttynpnk said…
Those have a lovely shape! Can't wait to see combinations!
March 2, 2012 at 9:25 AM
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