Wonderful pants! I used $6.00 a yard fabric from a Sari shop in Berkeley; awesome green silk with gold embroidered roses. The instructions need to be read thoroughly as they don’t particularly like mainstream sewers. The instructions show you how to do something in a new way. Fitting: The pants fit like a charm as you create the waist band size. This feature of tightness around the bottom of the leg is part of the design and keeps the pants taught at that point. The only thing to be very aware of is the circumference of the calve muscle on your leg. The pant does not have elastic at your calf; in fact if you make it according to the pattern you will be squashing your muscle. I have very average legs and my height is 5’6″. I did add interfacing at the hem and it needed to be let out for ease. These pants are sooo much fun to dance and play in.
Victoria Meyn –
Wonderful pants! I used $6.00 a yard fabric from a Sari shop in Berkeley; awesome green silk with gold embroidered roses. The instructions need to be read thoroughly as they don’t particularly like mainstream sewers. The instructions show you how to do something in a new way. Fitting: The pants fit like a charm as you create the waist band size. This feature of tightness around the bottom of the leg is part of the design and keeps the pants taught at that point. The only thing to be very aware of is the circumference of the calve muscle on your leg. The pant does not have elastic at your calf; in fact if you make it according to the pattern you will be squashing your muscle. I have very average legs and my height is 5’6″. I did add interfacing at the hem and it needed to be let out for ease. These pants are sooo much fun to dance and play in.