If you need more room at the calf, you just add to the inseam. I thought the rule was that below the knee you need to add/subtract evenly to both side and inseams in order to avoid twisting in the final pant leg. How does this not apply here? I will say the adjusted pattern looks good to me, but I am curious.
I used to think that you had to add or remove from both the side and inseam too... But after experimenting with this on lots of women of all shapes and sizes in my Pants Fitting Classes... I've discovered that it may be better to just add to the inseam (lots of times, if you add to the side seam from knee to hem, you're shifting the side seam wider than it is at the full hip. This isn't "bad".... but sometimes it can make the style of the leg look more flared vs. just adding ease back to the leg. The style of the pants and the shape of your body come into play too! Hope this helps! Thanks for fitting along with me
I used to think that you had to add/remove evenly between the knee and hem too... After working with 100s of women and a few men in zoom and in-person pants fitting classes, I discovered that you don't have to! Adding to just the inseam works great in many situations because it "fills in" the concave curve created from the extended crotch points. When you add to the side seam, you may be "pushing" the side seam wider than the full hip. This is not necessarily bad, but it could change the look of the leg style to appear more flared. The style of the pants pattern and the shape of the body can also affect how the fabric drapes after adding to the inseam or side seam or both! Hope this helps, thanks for fitting along with me
I wonder if this would also help in giving a head start on tapering in my pants legs. My pants fit good in waist,hips, and crotch area. I’m pear shaped so they fit good until bottom of high hips. I have to taper in from low hip on down. I’m anxiously awaiting my fabric to start making my real bootstrap pants form.
:)))) I think extremely shaped side seams created that look known as "Jodhpurs" ... I went to look for examples of them to see if they had front pleats... and I found them to be flat front... and modern Jodhpurs are basically snug stretch pants with extra "padding" along the inseam for riding! ps... My favorite Katherine Hepburn movies are The African Queen & On Golden Pond.... and fun fact: She was born right here in Hartford CT! Thanks for watching
Very helpful. I also enjoy your cool tools. Thank you.
Glad you like them! Thanks for following along with me
Great info!!
Thanks so much!! and thank you for fitting along with me
That's interesting! Thanks Jennifer!
You are so welcome! Thanks for fitting along with me
If you need more room at the calf, you just add to the inseam. I thought the rule was that below the knee you need to add/subtract evenly to both side and inseams in order to avoid twisting in the final pant leg. How does this not apply here? I will say the adjusted pattern looks good to me, but I am curious.
I used to think that you had to add or remove from both the side and inseam too... But after experimenting with this on lots of women of all shapes and sizes in my Pants Fitting Classes... I've discovered that it may be better to just add to the inseam (lots of times, if you add to the side seam from knee to hem, you're shifting the side seam wider than it is at the full hip. This isn't "bad".... but sometimes it can make the style of the leg look more flared vs. just adding ease back to the leg. The style of the pants and the shape of your body come into play too! Hope this helps! Thanks for fitting along with me
I used to think that you had to add/remove evenly between the knee and hem too... After working with 100s of women and a few men in zoom and in-person pants fitting classes, I discovered that you don't have to! Adding to just the inseam works great in many situations because it "fills in" the concave curve created from the extended crotch points. When you add to the side seam, you may be "pushing" the side seam wider than the full hip. This is not necessarily bad, but it could change the look of the leg style to appear more flared. The style of the pants pattern and the shape of the body can also affect how the fabric drapes after adding to the inseam or side seam or both! Hope this helps, thanks for fitting along with me
I wonder if this would also help in giving a head start on tapering in my pants legs. My pants fit good in waist,hips, and crotch area. I’m pear shaped so they fit good until bottom of high hips. I have to taper in from low hip on down. I’m anxiously awaiting my fabric to start making my real bootstrap pants form.
You can try to take some excess ease out this way.... But this also works really well! Thanks for watching ruclips.net/video/_4JHNRb8dbI/видео.html
When you talked about a pleat going to the top of the knee, I remembered Katherine Hepburn and her funny looking riding pants.
:)))) I think extremely shaped side seams created that look known as "Jodhpurs" ... I went to look for examples of them to see if they had front pleats... and I found them to be flat front... and modern Jodhpurs are basically snug stretch pants with extra "padding" along the inseam for riding! ps... My favorite Katherine Hepburn movies are The African Queen & On Golden Pond.... and fun fact: She was born right here in Hartford CT! Thanks for watching