I think I may have waxed a little too enthusiastic about these trouser jeans in my last post. You have to remember how dreadful normal jeans appear on me (I am trying to forget Jalie 968 - wonderful on my daughter, disastrous on me) in order to appreciate how terrific I think these trousers are in a mock jeans style.
Dawn suggested that the model showing these trousers in the magazine has no backside. This is entirely possible, she is a model after all, but I think these are definitely backside minimizing pants, a factor that is extremely pleasing to me.
As you can see, I made these trousers with a more normal jeans style front pocket (thanks Jalie 968) using a cotton print for the pocket backs, waist facing and zipper guard. The adjustments I made to the pants were minimal for me - front thigh enlargement as described in my last post, and a large backside wedge addition to the back. I did take a photo of this but Blogger does not seem to want to include it today - I will put it in the review on patternreview. I also took in the back waist - about 1 and 1/2 inches, after starting with waist sz38 and hips sz42.
8 comments:
What a success! You must be extremely pleased! These look great on you! I must make them up immediately, if not sooner! Did I add enough exclamation marks? This SWAP is coming up trumps for you in the trouser department.
Great jeans! They look very nice--perfect fit. Good for you!
Those look great! I love the back pocket details.
Great job! It's always nice when pants fit and feel goood.
They look fantastic on you!
Hurray! Success! Your jeans look terrific. I love the back pocket stitching.
Fantastical jeans! I think that jeansifying normal trouser patterns is the way for us ladies with bootie to go. Its worked quite well for me, and seeing those I may still that Burda pattern too @-)
I think they look fabulous, congrats!
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