Pietra Pants view B in cotton linen

I’ve had a long time without any sewing but I’m finally back into it woo hoo! After making the two pairs of Closet Core Patterns Pietra shorts in the summer, I decided to make a full length version as well. This is view B, the slim and tapered leg.

Details below:

Pattern: Closet Core Patterns Pietra, View B

Size: 16. Not really sure why, as going back the blog post about the shorts, I’d concluded a 14 with a bigger bum adjustment would have been better. But I’d obviously forgotten about that so this is the 16. One thing I have learnt recently is that tapered leg trousers tend to be less tapered in bigger sizes, and this really isn’t that tapered, so a 14 might have been better for that.

Fabric: A herringbone cotton linen mix from Fabworks. It feels really soft, almost like a wool mix. None of that linen stiffness at all

Adjustments: 1 inch full seat adjustment, same as I did with the shorts. Have a back view:

This time I also got a chance to do the adjustment to shorten the rise properly, after two different fudges in the shorts. Although you probably would still call this a fudge.

I took pictures as I went along but I deleted them, silly me. So here’s a drawing to explain how it fits together

I took a wedge out of the front rise (1 inch? 2 inches? can’t remember), like the standard shortening rise instructions tell you to. The complication is that the front leg is contructed in two bits which are joined together by a straight line. Usually you would take the wedge for the rise shortening out of the whole leg, but working out how to do that with the two pieces was a bit beyond what I could be bothered with. So that meant that what I ended up doing was joining the now slightly curved inner leg with the straight line of the outer leg. Doesn’t seem to have done any harm anyway, but it’s probably not technically what you should do.

One thing I’ve since found out that what I did here to shorten the rise is actually the opposite of a full somach adjustment, and I do have quite a big stomach these days. Also quite overhangy (panniculus this is called), so what I would really need is take out fabric out of the bottom of the rise, but not the top. Maybe one day I will figure this out.

Wearability: Extremely high, I’ve worn these loads. The only thing I would maybe change is the length, it’s supposed to be cropped, but I’m a bit shorter than the pattern so it looks a bit unintentional. So maybe it should be a bit shorter or a bit longer to make it full length. Obviously it doesn’t bother me enough to actually change it though!

Eventually I would also like to make a wide legged version, its a good pattern!

That’s all for now!