Making Capri Pants

Besides work in classes, I haven't actually made pants for a woman before, only for menswear. There's not a ton of difference, just some stuff switched like fly placement. It all depends on the style.

For one of the Do-Wop girls I was in charge of making a pair of aqua blue capri pants. I snagged a decent pattern (size wise) from Joann's and edited the pattern, without removing the larger sizes, so it would be closer to the actress's measurements. I cut my fabric, my interfacing, and went to work. Instead of just sewing the pants how I thought they should go together- I followed the pattern's instructions.

Everything was going well until the waistband...I went to start pinning it and realized it was too short. I looked at the pattern piece I had pinned to the right size and found out I had pinned it wrong and had folded the edges over to the smaller size accidentally. Luckily it wasn't too bad of a mistake. I cut a small rectangle, the size I was missing plus a little for seam allowance. Then I stitched it onto my waistband, added interfacing, and put the waistband in place. I'm very interested to see the pants in the fitting. I didn't put closures (just a hook & eye) or hem the bottom because I'm waiting to see the fit. To me they look slightly large, however it has been a while since I've seen the actress so they may actually be fine. 

Honestly, I'm just slightly surprised I didn't have nay issues with the zipper. Not that I typically have issues, but the zipper was too long, my machine sometimes doesn't like the thickness of zippers plus fabrics, and the fly was done in a slightly different way than I'm used to sewing. All in all they're a great pair of capris. The color is amazing and vibrant, and it will go very well with the white blouse and multi colored scarf. Fingers crossed the fitting goes smoothly!