The Total Avoidance Pants Project...
For about 18 months now I have avoided making a pair of more formal pants although I will churn out casual pants quite happily. I guess casual pants have been used for learning how to make and fit pants, what my body shape is, and what sort of pants might suit it. These pants were made using McCall's pattern 6711: I have made this pant as a trial version and as a pants sloper with which to assess other trouser patterns. I made these pants in exactly the same way as the trial pair, including adding extra to the back waistband in case alterations are needed around the middle - a very common problem area for some of us :) You can find the post about the trial run pants, including crotch alteration, here..... For those of you that just want the bare information, the pants are darted front and back, have pockets, and I added a front zip/false fly, and a waistband instead of a faced waist. I cut size 8 legs and graded up to 14 waist. The pants were made in a (s