Summer, I'm ready and waiting with New Trousers
Well, here in Australia it is mid winter, but I'm sewing ahead, and these are my new lightweight chambray typs pants. I use the pants from Burda 6985. I originally thought I would use this pattern to make dressy trousers with. I liked the style on the pattern, but as you know, what looks good in pictures does not always translate into such a good look when sewn: Now, as you can see, these pants look really slim through the leg on the model, but less so on me. Now, my legs are about the same width as the models legs are, so why are mine baggy and hers not??? I suspect some tweaking with the pattern to get the slim look. Of course, most people don't have stick thin legs, so I suspect on many people the fit is slim. I was also worried about the pockets, which seemed to be quite a large opening - I thought they would have a tendency to gape, and with the fabric I was planning to use for this suit: Not the look I would want!! No, this fabric is