Fit Clinic, Episode Five!
Hello, lovely! I'm so very excited to share with you the final installment in our Fit Clinic series, all about fitting pants! (It's not that scary - I promise!)
In this episode, we cover common pants fitting problems and show you how to correct them on your patterns. Pants can be intimidating, but once you understand the basics and how a pattern block needs to be altered for YOUR body, you'll be sewing and wearing perfectly-fitting pants in no time!
I know this can be a bit intimidating, so be sure to download the attached PDF handout so you can follow the step-by-step checklist the next time you are making a muslin for your pants.
I hope you've loved this year's Fit Clinic series and it has helped you to understand fabric and fit!
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. Please don't share this video link or handout (including posting on public Pinterest boards) so we can continue creating content exclusively for you!
P.P.S. Here are some chapter time stamps to help you all navigate through the video.
1:45 Measurements
6:01 Pant Ease
8:24 Different size in waist and hip
9:53 Crotch Depth Adjustments
12:25 Even crotch length adjustments (rise is too high or too low)
15:47 Uneven crotch length adjustments (fixing “smiles” or “frowns”)
20:04 Crotch length and upper thigh adjustments
23:35 Crotch Curve Adjustments
29:25 Full seat adjustment
37:02 Full belly adjustment
43:25 Center back gaping
45:15 Outro
Comments (32)
Thank you! I'm finally in a place where this information/technique/explanation make sense to me and I'm not too intimidated to try them. This is probably the most helpful advice on pants fitting I've come across. So much jargon in the pants fitting arena made zero sense to me. This was a great tutorial.
I don't know how it's taken me so long to watch these, but wow!! These are so amazingly wonderful, thank you!!! Concise, but in depth, detailed, and very easy to follow. This actually looks super fun to do and I have new motivation now that I know why I failed so horribly on my latest muslin.
Thank you so much for this series along with your bodice sloper; i really want to learn how to do this
i love this series!!
I really love these clinics. I am just re-starting to sew again. I used to sew way back in the day with my grandmother. Now some 30 years later I am jumping in again…thanks to Gertie. These clinics really help me hone in on those old skills I don’t quiet remember. A million thanks for these.
Great clinic, I’ve always wondered how to address these issues. More importantly, I’ve always wanted to make a pair of super high waisted pants like the ones Prince often wore, and now I know how! I do feel compelled to tell you that the lines you draw in for the seat & belly adjustment run perpendicular, not parallel, to the grain line. Thank you & Merry Christmas xoxoxo
Was hoping there would be something on how to adjust the patterns for wide or large calves? For example with the Marilyn jeans or the any of the leg hugging patterns.
Hi Mary! That's a pretty easy one--you would just add as needed at the side seams of the pant, tapering to the original knee or crotch point, depending on what you need for your body. :) I talk about that in the first fit clinic, as well as briefly in this video.
These tutorials have been so good! Thank you!
This was so insightful!
Excellent tutorial, as usual. All of these are extremely useful, especially if I want to do something more fitted. Thank you so much for all you do for us!
Pants have always been so difficult for me because I have almost no curve in my waist and hip, then ALL the curves in my thighs and calves. This fit clinic has given hope.
I have been anxiously awaiting this one!
Another awesome video! Thanks for all the info! Also hope your finger is ok!
Aw thank you! I had a run-in with some cracked enamel on a sink and it was surprisingly sharp! It's all better now :)
So helpful!!! I’ve muddled though my pants Muslins, but never quite right and I love how simplified this is. Feeling more confident now to tackle the those Marilyn Jeans I’ve had on the back burner! thanks Gertie and team:)
Thank you, Gertie! I've been looking for an explanation for the full seat and full belly adjustment for a while and none of the resources I've found have explained it in this way. Now I understand where to slash and spread to create space in the center of the pant leg! I love it!! Yayyy!
Perfect timing! I'm making a muslin of trousers from Gertie sews vintage casual this weekend! I was muddling through with various you tube tutorial and books I have but hopefully this will be the one and only I need! X
Oh I am So Excited to have this Fitting Lesson! I too have avoided fitted pants due to a lack of fitting confidence. Thanks Gertie!
I haven't made any pants patterns because I can't get a correct fit and end up giving up with my muslin. I am very excited to make all of the pants this year.
From someone whose size differs wildly from waist to hip to thigh AND who has experienced smiles and frowns I am so pleased with this fit clinic. This is the best Christmas gift ever.
Oh my goodness! Thank you! I FINALLY understand pants fitting! This video made everything "click" for me!
Finally it has happened!
Nice!!! I can't wait to make some pants next year
Thank you so much! I really needed this. I've been putting off sewing pants because I wasn't sure about how to fit them properly.
This is going to be really helpful. 2023 is going to be all about making pants!
I am so excited for this one!
This is the one I have been waiting for! Thank you Gertie and team!! ❤
I haven’t watched this yet but I’m betting the pile of Lucille denim I’ve been struggling with thanks you already!!!
I have been waiting for this one as a short person pants are so difficult to fit, especially with my body type
I cannot wait to watch this!
One word... Perfect😍