K pants
Another successful Big Clothes, Small Clothes garment! I made the muslin for these last summer after looking at the Tessuti blog about them and obsessing. They weren't quite perfect and I felt unequal to the challenge of adjusting them (the problem was in the bum. It is hard to see your bum in the garment and make adjustments without twisting and causing more problems.) This year, I've gained a little weight, and when I finally decided to give it a go, the muslin fit pretty perfectly. I'd seen them made in different printed fabrics and I felt like that might hide imperfections in the fit. The volume of these pants is what drew me in, but I already feel self-conscious about having short, round legs. Our relationships with our bodies are complicated. While sewing gives us a certain amount of freedom, it also forces us to look at how our bodies don't fit pattern blocks. Anyway- I digress, but this is a thing I know we are a...