How to Draft Pants that Actually Fit!

What’s the hardest part of making your own pair of pants? Fitting them! In this video, I hope to solve some of the mysteries around drafting and patterning your own pair of trousers. First, I’ll show you a low-math way to draft up a trouser pattern block using a pair of pants you already have that you like the fit of. I’ll walk you step by step how to draft the pattern out on paper. Then I’ll go in-depth how to fit your pants exactly to your body to create a nice-looking pants block that you can then use for any pants pattern you want! I’ll discuss how to widen the outer and inner leg, how to make them bigger or smaller, and how to adjust the rise. I’ll discuss modifications for sway backs and briefly discuss some other fitting issues and how to solve them. Because nobody wants to look like they’re wearing a soggy diaper! Finally, I’ll demonstrate how to take your fitted trouser block and translate it into your own design. In this specific video, I will make a basic, wide-leg pair of palazzo pants that are super comfortable and have huge pockets! But I have big plans for my finished trouser block. I’m going to be making a pair of wide-legged trousers with historical stylings in my next video. And later this year, I’m going to take this very same pants block and turn it into a pair of historically accurate, masculine late 17th-century breeches for my historically accurate Captain Hook cosplay! That’s the great thing about this pattern. It’s so versatile. Once you have a ris