{"id":80506,"date":"2023-02-13T11:08:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=80506"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:08:45","slug":"asmitas-peckham-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/02\/asmitas-peckham-trousers.html","title":{"rendered":"asmita’s peckham trousers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Asmita has joined to share her newly sewn Peckham Trousers<\/a>. We always love Asmita’s thoughtful approach to fitting, and her new trousers are no different. Take it away, Asmita!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

Sewing pants always brings along part excitement and part trepidation. It is the one type of garment that I wear consistently throughout the year and yet the one area in my sewing experiments that remains the most underrepresented. I make a lot of tops and dresses, but when it comes to pants, I tend to rely on the same RTW pants that I have had for years. When the Peckham trousers pattern was released, I knew that it was time that I try making something for myself that I hadn\u2019t done for almost two years. The last \u201cproper\u201d (meaning one with a zipper fly) pants that I had sewn for myself had been the Hollywood trousers. Since then, there have been a lot of elastic-waisted pants, including pajama pants but nothing of a three-scissor level. I was particularly interested in trying the Peckham trousers because the waistline is partly elasticated, and of late, it is the part of my body that I have found I could do with a little more ease built in.<\/p>\n

Sizing and modifications<\/h3>\n

To begin with, I cut out a size 10 for both the waistband and pant legs. I am a recent convert to trying out the #topdowncenterout method, and after making a pair of pants for my daughter using this, I wanted to give it a serious try for myself.
\n1. I started by reducing the length overall at the L\/S line by 1.5\u201d and then took off another \u00bd\u201d from the bottom in the muslin.
\n2. The main modification that I realized I needed was taking out about \u00be\u201d all the way on the top of the back leg, tapering it to about 5\/8\u201d where the back leg met the front leg. For the front leg, I took out about the same.
\n3. I needed a smidge more on the sides, so took in about \u00bc\u201d on both sides where the front and bag leg meet.
\n4. I did not use the pocket-facing piece as I did not make a coin pocket and found it unnecessary.
\n5. Because my fabric was on the thinner side (more on this below), I first interfaced the entire waistband pieces with woven interfacing. I also had only 1.5\u201d width elastic, so I increased the waistband width by \u00bc\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Close<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabric<\/h3>\n

While the pattern recommends a fabric with a slight stretch, I found this quite difficult to source where I live. When looking for fabric about a month ago or so, I chanced on this gorgeous pinstripe cotton. Upon further inquiry, I was told that this is denim khadi (hand-spun cotton) which was good for pants-making\u2014or so the shopkeeper told me! On the cutting table, I found it more lightweight than I had first thought. I skipped the welt pocket because I was afraid it would sag. The waistband, lined in its entirety, was also so that the band could hold the pants up properly.<\/p>\n

Results: Pros and cons<\/h3>\n