I found McCall's 8264 on sale at Joann's and thought I would give it a try.
I am making view D, the others have cargo pockets. View D doesn't have rear pockets, so I am going to add a welt pocket. I watched this video for making the pocket.
I fall between sizes, I am about a 31" waist. This means I will make the size 38, which should fit a 32" waist and slim it up at the waist. I also will be adding 4" to the inseam.
I found some black fabric at Wal-Mart in the pre-cut pieces that should work nicely for the muslin.
I am using my White Sewmaster 611 for this project. It is a straight-stitch machine, even though it has three levers on front.
The muslin turned out as I suspected. A little loose around the waist. I took them in an inch at the seat. Then I realized the rise was extremely high. They come up past my bellybutton.
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Extremely high rise
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It is not evident on the front view, but on the rear view of the model you can see the high rise
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Time for a new muslin with 2" removed from the rise. I have not shortened a rise before, so I looked in a few books to see how to do it. I ended up using KwikSew 4045 as a pattern for the shorten line. Thankfully, the pockets didn't move.
I bought some fabric from Wal-Mart for $2 which will make a nice muslin.
I decided to use my Bettina 731 for this muslin. I have had this machine a long time, but I haven't used it lately.
Now that the muslin is done, I decided to move on to the slacks using some material from my stash. I am using my White Euro flair 8910 for these.
I serged the seams with my Brother Homelock 523.
I finally finished them. I don't know where or when I will wear them.
It would be a good pattern if it didn't have the high rise.
Thanks for stopping.