Butterick B6902, view C, shorts
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chebeButterick B6902 is a woven trousers and waistcoat/vest pattern. The trousers also come in shorts length, as View C. (Which is a great way to fit trousers without using too much fabric.) They have slash pockets, a faced waistband, belt loops, and a side invisible zipper. This adventure begins with a toile.
I started with a size 24W, tried on the toile, adjusted something, tried it on again, adjusted something, and so on, for many iterations. Then the toile sat, ignored, for a few weeks. Finally I decided it was good enough and transferred the changes to the pattern.
The pocket (6) bags are the one-piece, fold-in-half type. I added +6cm width-wise to the centre of each.
To the Back (7) piece I added length, +5cm/2", below the crotch on the thigh, and trued the seams. Also I lowered the waistband edge to the actual waist marking.
Most of the changes were to the Front (5) piece. I lengthened the Front same as the Back (+5cm/2" in the thigh). I widened the legs by adding +2cm to the centre-front in-seam. I redrew the crotch line at centre-front, removing about -3cm/1.25" at the waistline, tapering to nothing. I eliminated the front pleats. And I lowered the waist edge, removing -6cm at centre-front, and tapering to the marked waist line (to match the Back).
Finally I drafted new front and back Facings from the altered Front and Back pieces, accounting for the back darts.
I cut everything from a Luxury Crepe, in platinum, 100% polyester. And yes, I did actually include the belt loops. I used a soft black fusible interfacing on the inner waistband facings, and on the belt loops. (Which made turning them fun.) I used Gütermann thread colour 36, and an invisible zipper, in black. Everything was regular straight stitch, except when hand sewing the facings down and the hems. (My hand hemming can do with some improvement, as always.)
In the end the facings were a bit big, with too much fabric just at the right-hand side seam (i.e. the one without a zip). Next time I'd remove -~1.5cm/0.5" from just the right-hand sides (making the pieces asymmetrical). The zipper went in wonderfully, didn't even need a hook-and-eye. The centre-front waistband has a bit of a v-shape, I should round that out next time. The back darts give a nice shape to the top of the back of the shorts, but the lower bit is a bit diagonal in a way that hides shape, which I'm not sure about. I haven't had a chance to wear these for an extended period yet, but they seem to fit very nicely. And this material has a lovely slink to it.
I started with a size 24W, tried on the toile, adjusted something, tried it on again, adjusted something, and so on, for many iterations. Then the toile sat, ignored, for a few weeks. Finally I decided it was good enough and transferred the changes to the pattern.
The pocket (6) bags are the one-piece, fold-in-half type. I added +6cm width-wise to the centre of each.
To the Back (7) piece I added length, +5cm/2", below the crotch on the thigh, and trued the seams. Also I lowered the waistband edge to the actual waist marking.
Most of the changes were to the Front (5) piece. I lengthened the Front same as the Back (+5cm/2" in the thigh). I widened the legs by adding +2cm to the centre-front in-seam. I redrew the crotch line at centre-front, removing about -3cm/1.25" at the waistline, tapering to nothing. I eliminated the front pleats. And I lowered the waist edge, removing -6cm at centre-front, and tapering to the marked waist line (to match the Back).
Finally I drafted new front and back Facings from the altered Front and Back pieces, accounting for the back darts.
I cut everything from a Luxury Crepe, in platinum, 100% polyester. And yes, I did actually include the belt loops. I used a soft black fusible interfacing on the inner waistband facings, and on the belt loops. (Which made turning them fun.) I used Gütermann thread colour 36, and an invisible zipper, in black. Everything was regular straight stitch, except when hand sewing the facings down and the hems. (My hand hemming can do with some improvement, as always.)
In the end the facings were a bit big, with too much fabric just at the right-hand side seam (i.e. the one without a zip). Next time I'd remove -~1.5cm/0.5" from just the right-hand sides (making the pieces asymmetrical). The zipper went in wonderfully, didn't even need a hook-and-eye. The centre-front waistband has a bit of a v-shape, I should round that out next time. The back darts give a nice shape to the top of the back of the shorts, but the lower bit is a bit diagonal in a way that hides shape, which I'm not sure about. I haven't had a chance to wear these for an extended period yet, but they seem to fit very nicely. And this material has a lovely slink to it.
B6902, view C, shorts, finished, back view
Photo by chebe
B6902, view C, shorts, finished, front view
Photo by chebe
