Black Cotton Dress Pants

 I wanted some pants to go with my black wool blazer and when I found this beautiful cotton in Portugal I thought it was perfect. Because I wanted them to be in the tight side, to make them in wool would not have been a good idea. This cotton has a similar shine and hang than wool, but it is softer to the skin, and it does not itch. 

I used again the pattern from the book Sewing Your Perfect Wardrobe, which has proven perfect again. I think that to find the perfect fit for a trousers pattern is difficult to find, at least for my body. It took me many many years and a lot of trial and error to find a good trouser patterns, I've been using commercial patterns, making them myself. Finally, it has been this book, which I discovered in a library in Birmingham, that has delivered it, the perfect pants pattern. 

The only modification I have mad, is to close the pockets, because I thought they were too open. In this rendition, I closed the 1 cm all along, but not they are slightly too closed, so in the next trousers, I will try other variations. 

An advantage about this pattern is that we can have three (or more) different widths in legs. These are the medium ones, but we can make them wide-legged or skinnier. 

I will surely use this pattern often, and it has made the book very valuable.