Denim Slacks

In my second attempt to draft my own trousers I used a sort of very light-weight denim fabric to make a pair of jeans-trousers.

 
This is the original sketch I made for them but they turned out to look quite different. I might make another attempt at sewing trousers that look a little more like my drawing some day but for now these trousers will do.

I used the same pattern as for my Marlene trousers and modified it so they would be more closely fitted and not as wide in the leg. I also made some minor fitting changes, having noticed that my previous pair needed some improvement. The fit worked out wonderfully and I'm really happy with them. I drafted a separate waistband which closes with three buttons in the front and added two slant pockets.

Unintentionally I also added a tiny pleat at the front because the top front turned out too big to fit into the wiastband. Although I originally wanted to make some sort of back pockets, I chickened out in the end, thinking I would only ruin my pants and just left the back as it was.

I hardly ever use back pockets anyways and with the lowered waistband there is enough going on at the back.

 

But next time I will certainly add some pockets. Promise.