I've been wanting to move my blog away from Blogspot for a while but could never be bothered to actually do it. This week was the tipping point though, and I've now fully migrated over to https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . The blogspot address will remain here but all new posts will only appear at https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . There are lots of reasons for the move but my biggest one is how hard Blogger has made it for people to subscribe to receive new posts via email. It's such a basic requirement but apparently, they think it's too much to offer. I'm basing this purely on how I myself prefer to consume this stuff. I can't be arsed with feed readers anymore and emails are easy and convenient. When I receive one, if I fancy reading it, I will click through to it and, if not, I'll just delete it. Another reason is the spat between Google (owners of Blogger) and Instagram/Facebook/Meta. I don't even know if this is still the case anymore ...
Haha! That's right, I made me some baggy trousers! And I love them. I don't even know how I came across this pattern but I'm very glad I did. The trousers are fab and I think the top looks really cute, too. The trousers have a culottes option as well. I've already traced it but still need to find some fabric for it. Excuse the wrinkles, I'd been sat at the sewing machine before we took these pictures.
I narrowed the trouser legs by about 1 inch on each side seam, so half an inch on each pattern piece. The fit is very good and super comfy. The trousers close with an invisible side zip and a hook and bar on the waistband overlap, which I forgot to photograph. Sorry about that.
The trousers came up quite long for my 1.69m self though - that's 5'6" for you, imperial sorts. I had to cut off about 4cm, I think but I can't be sure now. I know baggy trousers are supposed to be almost touching the ground when you wear them but I find that very impractical. It's always raining here and they'd get filthy in no time so I like them about an inch off the floor - in flats. Not the case here, I know. And I agree it looks weird from the back. Why did I pick these super high shoes? I'm sure I had a reason. Laziness, probably. I looked ok from the front though.
Also, you can't tell from these photos but I think I was drunk when I hemmed these. There's a 2cm difference between each leg. Seriously! It's terrible and I have no idea what I did for that to happen... I'm going to have to even out and re-do the hem.
The fabric is from yes, you guessed it, Fabworks. It's a wool and viscose blend with a little bit of stretch. The colour isn't quite right on these images. It's a deep teal, petrol blue kind of colour and IT. IS. GOOOORGEOUS! It's out of stock at the moment but maybe it'll come back?
This was my first time working with wool at the sewing table and I loved it. The trousers are so warm and cosy. I can't wait to go get some more wool and make some skirts and jackets now.
