Seaforth Pants // Sewing For Women
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Hello!! The Seaforth Pants {aff link} pattern by Hey June Handmade is HERE!!
When Adrianna divulged her next pattern plans, I knew immediately that no matter what was going on, my calendar was CLEARED and I was available for this test! Haha. I have been dreaming of this exact pattern for years, y'all. Literal years!!
Now I know there are plenty of wide leg, elastic waist, pants patterns available out there in both Big 4 companies as well as Indie. But the trouble was, none of them had exactly the details I was hunting for.
Not to mention, I would have to muslin all of those patterns that I've found at this point because I'm not familiar with the fit... Hence the major procrastination of me sewing any of them!
The Seaforth Pants truly has all of the details that I was looking for! The wide elastic waistband is wider than the ones I've come across. (It's 2 inches, btw) It has patch pockets. (With the COOLEST welt zipper!!) Drawstring option, AND... This is the clincher. Two absolutely perfect views!
View A (which is the only option I've had time to sew so far), is a wide leg pant with shaping at the knee.
View B, is a jogger with the perfect amount of ease in the leg and ankle. I am DYING to sew a couple pairs of that version as well!
The tan version of View A that I made, was a tester version that underwent some tweaking before the pattern was finalized. This pair is a bit wider in the leg than the striped green pair, which was made with the final pattern version.
This pair is made with rayon/linen blend from Joann's. I love this fabric for this type of pant! It is definitely substantial enough for pants, and in a light color like this, it's opaque enough that you don't have to worry about anything showing that you don't want to show!
The zipper welt pocket feature in this pattern is, like I mentioned before, SO COOL! And don't be afraid of the sewing process either, it's really very simple to do, even though it looks a little bit intimidating.
The back pockets are just the right size, and yes, they do hold a phone! A very important detail, I believe. :) I don't know about you, but I am always putting my phone in my back pocket, especially when I'm away from the house.
I'll let you in on a little secret... If you don't want or need to have a functional drawstring on your Seaforth Pants, just thread it through the openings (either eyelet or buttonhole) and tie! This saves on the amount of drawstring you need, as well as threading it around the entire waistband!
Obviously you can just leave the drawstring off entirely, but I really like the detail it adds.
Sometimes I do like having a more adjustable waistband using a functional drawstring, but with 2 inch elastic, I find that I can really get a good fit with the right elastic length, so a drawstring isn't as needed.
That being said, I have one more pair of wide-leg Seaforth Pants planned with a couple of small hacks to the pattern, and one of those will include a functional drawstring. :)
The green striped pair is also made in a rayon/linen blend, but is lighter weight and more drapey than the tan fabric. This fabric is from Alyssa May Design, and I'm smitten with this shop!! She has some really unique and very cute fabrics I haven't seen much of in other shops, so check her out. (Not affiliated or paid to say this, just sharing a shop I'm loving!)
Or don't. ;) More for me!!
I made sure to line up the stripes on the pockets so they would blend in well, and used my trusty wonder tape {LINK-Wawak} to help me out.
The zippers I used for the pockets are also from Wawak. I went through my stash fabric and basically picked all the fabrics that might work well for this pattern and ordered zips accordingly. Ha. But really, at the super great price that they are, it only made sense for me to stock up to save on shipping as well! And also, these zippers will work great in regular zip flys, so they will not go to waste, even if I don't use the 5 colors I ordered for Seaforth Pants. :)
Though the likelihood is that they WILL be used for Seaforth Pants!
For size, I made a size 6, graded to an 8 waist. My current measurements are, W:29.5, H:37.75
This is an absolutely standard adjustment for me, especially on fitted pants. Since the back of the pants have lovely darts for fitting in that area, grading up at the waist was the perfect fitting adjustment for me.
I also shortened the rise 1/2" all around to accommodate my short torso.
The first pair I made, I preemptively took out 2 inches in the leg length, but it turned out that wasn't necessary after all. To save the length I had, I drafted a hem facing and attached it with 1/4" seam allowance. They turned out the slightest bit short, but completely wearable.
For the second pair, I didn't take out any length, and they are slightly too long. They are definitely wearable, and would be great for wearing with heels! Which I probably will wear at times, because I'm definitely planning to dress this pair up for church! That is once the Covid shut-downs are over.
For my perfect length, I will take out about 3/4" in the leg for the next pair, as I plan to wear them with flats mostly.
The cami I'm wearing with the tan pair is the Ogden Cami with a few mods. Stay tuned for a more detailed post coming later this week!
The eyelet shirt is a modified Scout Tee, and you can read all the details in THIS POST.
Thanks so much for reading! You can grab the pattern using the link below, and check out all the other gorgeous tester versions on the Hey June Blog!
LINKS:
- Pants:
- Seaforth Pants {aff link}
- Tan fabric: Joann - Rayon/Linen
- Green Stripe fabric: Alyssa May Design (site down until July 1st)
- Supplies:
- Wonder Tape - Wawak
- Zippers - Wawak
- Cami:
- Ogden Cami (Will post review link HERE when live!)
- Fabric: Rayon - Fabric.com via Amazon.com (sold out)
- Cropped Woven Tee:
Shoes - Photo links below (Linked Similar)
