It took a good week to sew these shorts. The night I cut them out, it was still early-ish, so I thought I'd get the interfacing cut and ironed on too while I was at it. Then I started doing some of the "prep" sewing; getting the pocket linings in place and finishing edges off things that would be sewn in later. On a bit of a roll, I ended up getting more than I thought I would done.
The next day I was back at it. Feeling good. But after getting all the pockets in, the main shorts pieces together and successfully installing the zip, I stalled. I had a niggling feeling that the waistband would be too short. I had already had that feeling when I was looking at the pattern and I had taken the time to measure all the pieces and check that the maths worked out.
The maths did work out on paper, but when it came time to actually sew the waistband on - short by three centimetres on one side, and at least two centimetres on the other.
Don't know how, given that I had checked the maths, but alas, this is what we were working with. At this point, I didn't touch the shorts for a week. When I got back to it - cut out a couple of extra bits from the main fabric and lining and added them in, the waist band worked fine (and actually, I didn't even need the extra length because the back seam on me sewed up narrow (thanks to my sway back situation)).
If I'm being honest, the shorts then sat another whole week before I got the courage to put them on. I had tried them on when sewing (after getting the zip in, and to check the where to sew the final seam at the back), but now that they were done, putting them on to finally see how they actually fit seemed like another huge effort.
Put them on I did though, and they look pretty good on. There are a few slight tweaks to the side seams I'd make (I've already added the extra length to the waist band pattern pieces), but otherwise fine.
What's not fine is actually moving in them. I don't know if it's the fabric, but something is off at the front. There isn't enough fabric somehow on the front of each leg. I am obviously not explaining it well, probably because the actual problem is still unclear to me. Something is not right.
I don't know what I'll do now honestly. Scrap these pants and start again? Maybe it's the design that's just not working for me. Shame, because they are cool shorts.
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