do you have some favorite pants sewing patterns you recommend? (esp for beginners)?
top left is my fave pants sewing pattern of all time, the fremantle pants by elbe textiles. i've made 5 pairs for myself in varying weights/fabrics and i love them dearly and will continue to make pants with this pattern forever
top right: pleat pants by readytosew. the asymmetry is unusual and not for everyone but i really really love these and find them so comfortable. when making them, the big pleat adds a bit of complexity but i'd say if you've made 1 pair of pants before you'd be able to do this for sure
bottom left: the alexandra morocco pants (free pattern) are really great too, i think these would be a good beginner pattern because there aren't any pockets to fiddle around with but i have hacked these to add inseam pockets before. these are also nice when hacked into shorts
bottom right: the all well studio pants are awesome, versatile, excellent beginner instructions and the designer has a hacking guide you can follow to modify the pants in various ways. the other patterns by this designer are also fantastic btw
i generally wear a US size 20/22 and all of these patterns come in sizes that fit me. all photos are taken from the designers websites. i like pants that hit at my high waist/a few inches above my belly button and all these hit the mark, so keep that in mind.
sewing adventure 1 and 2, using the same skirt concept. skirt 1 i learned about pleating and that i can eyeball it but it'll look nicer if i iron, and made it a goal to do a real waistband. which i did using skirt 1's fabric for skirt 2, which i cared even less to pin right and ended up with uneven gathers + too much panel overlap for pocket access. but it's cute! the errors you can't see in the photos are very clear to me & easily improved next time! and reusing fabric for the second one makes it feel like a cool secret, or that i have an insanely coordinated custom wardrobe. which is kind of what's happening