Smart wide leg trousers

These are high waisted trousers with facing instead of waistband. They have narrow or wide leg options. Front pleat hides pockets in very neat construction. They have waist ties with slider or D rings – for small adjustments.  ( facing is to your actual size). They also have back welt pockets.
I made one size down from my measurements with minor tweaks. It’s a nice fit. Mine are cropped length and the wide leg version. I used sliders on my toile version the some rectangular ‘D rings’ for wool version. These are better.

The instructions are excellent, although I must have slipped up somewhere with pocket facings but no one could tell.
The look and feel very smart. I used a fine black wool from Guthrie and Ghani.

Initially I was disappointed in the pattern. I bought paper version but instead of lovely tissue paper, it’s copy shop paper. Bah! This means the trouser leg is split into 2 pieces of paper and illogically top of back leg and bottom of front leg share a piece and vice versa. Why?

The welt pockets look good but aren’t deep enough for a phone  wish I’d realised.

If you’re using a directional print for the lining, make sure the top of print is by the facing piece  not the welt cut out on the pocket facing . They’re designed so the pocket lining shows inside( only you will know but it’s a nice touch).  I’ve got upside down zebras on mine  too late to alter now.

There was an error in the seam allowance printed in the booklet. 5/8” was converted to 10mm- should be 15mm.

If pattern companies are going to use copy shop paper , it’ll be better to get the pdf and print it yourself. Then you at least have the pdf version too. Shame if this is the case.

Final trousers are lovely. There’s just enough cool weather left this year for me to wear wool trousers. They feel great and I love the cropped length too.

A linen pair for summer would be lovely.