Completed!!! Sewaholic Thurlow Trousers!!!

Sunday, December 02, 2012

My Thurlows are done and I think a Craftsy pants fitting class is in order!  These pants are awesome and I definitely want to make another pair once I get said class under my belt.  If you all remember I had some really wrinkly issues.  I got the wrinkles worked out well enough to suit me.  I know some of you said you had the same problems and would be following along to see how I fixed mine so I will do my best to explain my methodical madness.

If you follow me on Instagram you would have seen I posted the first picture asking for advice.  Jamie from Such a Strange Girl said an old fitting book she has states this is caused by thin legs and to fix you take an inch from the back inseams starting at the crotch and tapering out to the knee.  I pretty much did just that.  First I laid my pant leg out and pinched a fold of fabric measuring 1/2 inch (total inch) on the back leg only and pinned over to the existing seam.

Where's Vito?..spot that little paw?!

Instead of tapering out to the knee I took it all the way to the end because I had wrinkles forming  below the knees as well.  Notice in my picture how I had my seams already finished with a zig zag stitch. Yeah! I had to rip all that out. What a bitch!  Once I got the leg wrinkles worked out to my liking I tackled the hungry butt issue.  I let the back crotch out about 1/4 inch and I continued all the way up tapering out at the waist.  This made a HUGE difference!  In hindsight I should of altered my pattern by lengthening the back crotch to a size four and tapering back down to a zero.   But as always I'm too in a hurry to be bothered with a muslin so I had to work with what I had. ugh!  I also fixed a saggy front crotch by taking it in by 3/8 inch.  Again my pattern alteration for the next go around will be to shorten the front crotch depth.  So it was better, not perfect by no means but good as I was able to get it.  I mean it took me all day to get here.  I tried my hardest to get it perfect.  My perfectionism = (pinning + trying on + getting stuck in the ass by pins + basting + ripping out) X 50!!  Fit this equation somewhere between leg wrinkles and hungry butt.

One thing I really find unique about this pattern is how the back seam is the very last seam you sew.  The waistband gets attached then you sew up the back seam.  This is done so you can easily come back and let out your seam if needed.  Like if you eat too many Totino's pizza's and your ass starts growing.  (I seem to be living off those recently)  I hope I never have to make that adjustment but if I do it'll be easy peasy. 


These are super long, 34 inches to be exact.  I cut off two inches and did a 1 inch seam.  They are a tad long with my Chuck's but I wanted the option of being able to wear a small heel with them if I ever want to dress up and look like a girl instead of the small boy I look like in these pictures.
  
Flogging Molly is my jam!
Even though I prewashed the fabric (stretch denim, btw) I washed them again before wearing and only put them in the dryer until they were about 50% dry.  They did shrink up a little around my butt, BUT once I stretched them out it was okay.

  
I'm pretty happy with these pants and I can see me revisiting this pattern again and again.  The style is classic and they are super comfy!  The welt pockets are pretty awesome too.  

Vito's ready for a walk

Hard to believe it's December and I'm standing outside in a t-shirt in front of a heaping pile of wood my hubby's dying to burn up in his wood stove.  Hey I'm not complaining though!
Peace out! I'm ready for The Walking Dead.  Boo Hoo for a mid season finale! WTF!


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31 comments

  1. Haha yeah! What is up with that mid season finale? Lame.
    I love how your pants turned out. But I was going to suggest you reminded me of Peter Pan in that pic, rather than just a small boy, haha. :) very cute.

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    1. LOL! Must be the green shirt. But yes I'm seeing Peter Pan now.

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  2. These came out great. I'm planning to make a denim pair too. I hope they're as cute as yours

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    1. Thanks! I'm sure your's will turn out great!

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  3. You did it!! Definately an improvement they look fantastic!! Worth the research and time.

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  4. Wow it's perfect. My jeans are also 34 in inseam.. Lol

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    1. I only wish I was that tall that I didn't have to hem them up any! lol

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  5. Woot, I'm glad that book helped! It was a thrift store find, already worth the $2 it cost me. Ha!! They look really good. I'm pretty impressed! I love this whole outfit. I live in jeans, chucks and band tees.

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    1. Gotta love those thrift store finds! I would love to be able to wear this outfit to work. I think offices should allow it. I think it would boost my productivity and efficiency! lol

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  6. They turned out so awesome!! I want a pair. And yeah, a big 'double-you tea-eff' to the Walking Dead!!

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    1. Thanks! Yep I hate cliffhangars and if Daryl goes theres gonna be a riot!

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  7. They turned out great!! Glad you got them to work!

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  8. Wow, that's an amazing transformationn!! I'm just about to start some pant muslins and your post is very inspirational! Well done, I'll try not to be scared of the pants :)

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    1. Yes I was scared of pants too but there's really nothing to be scared about.

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  9. Oh wow the pants look fab. I need to check out Thorlows I really do!

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    1. It's a great pattern! I really love these pants!

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  10. These are so cute on you! Love 'em!

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  11. They looks super awesome! How neat are those back pockets?! xx

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  12. Wow, they are amazing :D So stylish and flattering! Majorly impressed over here :)

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  13. Oh, I had the same problem with this pattern but hadn't gotten around to figuring out how to fix them yet. Hope to try your method soon and get mine more wearable!

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  14. Wow, they are now tailor-made for you, so to speak, nice job! I just found your blog and have been enjoying going through it.

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