Button Up Fly Trousers

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I haven’t really ventured too much into making pants; they always seem complicated to make. But, there’s only so long a girl can wear skinny jeans without feeling uncomfortable, so I thought I’d give these a shot:

Pattern:

I made these pants using this pattern from BurdaStyle and as you may or may not know, BurdaStyle patterns are a little complicated to follow.

I had made a pair of pants from McCalls a couple weeks before (coming soon on the blog!), so that helped me get familiar with understanding pattern pieces and construction. If I had not made those pants, I would have really struggled to put together this pair.

I also referred to Youtube to fully understand how to construct the fly/fly facing because frankly, it was kind of a waste of time even trying to desect the instructions.

Construction:

• I cut size 36, but should have cut the 34. Based on the 36…
• Took in 0.5” on the outside and inside leg seams
• Hemmed 1”, but would have preferred it to be 1” shorter.
• Waistband was way too long! I lined it up with the front and back pant pieces, stitched them together and them trimmed the excess off.

Material:

This is a lightweight wool that I pulled from my mom’s stash. I pre-washed before cutting and good thing I did because it shrunk quite a bit. With little over 1m to use after washing, it took quite a bite of time to figure out how to fit all of the pattern pieces on this material.

Final Thoughts:

Great pants, not so great instructions. I’d only recommend this pattern to someone who already has an understanding of how to put together pants. Outside of that, I like how they turned out.

xo
Shard

photos: D. Lau.

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