Out of Curiosity . . .
I cut another pair of trial trousers today out of a much less drapey fabric - a white twill. Now I know I don't need a pair of white trousers at this time of year in New England, but if these fit, I'll finish them up and wear them next summer. I'll just be a little ahead of schedule and I've been wanting white trousers for summer anyway. If they don't work, I'll save them and the changes to use as a pattern.
I omitted the pockets which made this muslin a bit quicker to put together. I also was very careful of the grain line, which is much improved. I think that one of the problems of the right leg of the previous pair was due to grain line .
As to the other major fix, after a studying what I pinned out and the various fixes in my fitting books, I've determined that what I needed to do at the least was a sway back alteration. No surprise there, but look at the difference:
Now I still need to fix that right leg - it isn't quite right, so I'm guessing that I'm asymmetrical somewhere and it throwing that one side off kilter a bit. The left side looks pretty good. I'll think about that tomorrow.Parting Shot: New Books. A friend of mine is cleaning out some of her craft supplies and gave me some "new" books and magazines. Should be fun new reading.
7 comments:
Is one hip higher than the other? I keep seeing the right side as lower. I'd also try pinning the back crotch a little bit deeper.
I had the same thought as NancyK. I have a slightly high hip, and one indication of that is: my right leg is 1/4" longer than my left. At least my outseam measurement is. Measure your left and right outseams and see if they are different.
I didn't realize it meant a high hip until someone was fitting a dress to me, and she had her hands on the muslin on my upper hip/kidney area in the back and asked me if I knew I had a high hip.
We may be on to something here! After looking at your picture, I decided that maybe I had figured out the problem, only to see that Nancy and Betsy had already written with the same thoughts. Great minds...
Sherry in Little Rock
Looks like they will be very nice pants.
How fun, all of the new-to-you books.
These are so much better! I think the reason is indeed some asymetry. I recently had a physiotherapy assessment and discovered my left hip/leg is much stronger than my right. I had no inkling that was so and have absolutely no idea why! But I am sure the uneven development explains why my trousers hang differently on each leg rather like yours. Some people with this problem cut the two legs separately. But if the problem is as insignificant as yours I'm not sure it is worth bothering. These look good.
When I was first learning pattern drafting, the teacher commented that she sees the high hip issue frequently. It often stems from carrying little ones on the hip. If right handed, they are placed on the left hip and you change your body position to accomodate them. Like most posture problems, it doesn't take long to be the default setting!
a similar thing can happen with shoulders, if you carry a heavy handbag with shoulder straps, the shoulder it most frequently hangs from will be lower than the other shoulder.
I think you are doing well with fitting the trousers yourself. It is not the easiest thing to do!
Sandy in the UK
The trousers are looking way better. Nice work! I agree with the high hip also. It is something I have had to deal with as well and definitely was from baby on the hip syndrome!
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