Misadventures in Making Pants

I had the brilliant idea to make my own pants.

The idea was to find a professional pattern and use unexpected fabrics. Multi-colored stripes, for example. Or men’s wool dress pants salvaged from the thrift store. Or for that matter anything salvaged from the thrift store.

So I found a pattern that has potential. Saturday afternoon, I felt brave. I read through the entire pattern. I cut out the pattern pieces, laid them on the fabric according to the layout diagram, and pinned everything in place. Then I pulled out my scissors to cut, but something was wrong.

I couldn’t find my size.

Turns out the numbers on the front of the package following “Size:” are important.

Not only is this pattern over my head, even purchasing this pattern is over my head. Before I could make a single cut, this pattern has gotten the best of me.