Parsley Pants review from an almost intermediate sewist.

I did it. I made a pair of pants. Actually I made two. Both are for my youngest son. Our local public school is a uniform school. This year R grew out of size 8..... but 10's are HUGE on him. I contemplated adding cuffs to his older school pants.

Yeah. Those pants won't last long - he is hard on pants.

Parsley Pants by Made by Rae pattern. I have been scouting the web for reviews. No one had any bad things to say about it. I did mull this purchase over as $10 seems a bit high. But size 8- 10 pants for boys are hard to come buy. I really like PDF's of sewing patterns - I find that they are much easier to trace off specific sizes than commercial patterns, and the directions are always better in my experience. And it is a one piece pattern.....terrific. A trip to Joann's. Yeah.

New needles, elastic and some Sew Classic twill fabric on sale for $5.69 a yard. I purchased 2 yards as the pattern directed, but then the clerk offered me the last half yard that was on the bolt for cheap. I agreed.

2.5 yards will get you 2 pairs of size 8 pants plus all the pockets you could want. $12 in fabric = 2 pairs of pants. Sweet. Granted it is not the best fabric - there were some oddly woven spots, but I was able to miss most of them with my layout. Since my fabric was a solid color (non directional) I flipped my pattern piece upside down and wrong side up for the second piece and I was able to get the pants cut side by side on the 44" fabric. (I did wash and dry this fabric before cutting.) Likely I will sew up this pattern again in the next few months, I may try purchasing some twill fabric online for the next pants.

First pair - were straight up Parsley Pants with pouch pockets. (Well I did add the size 9 height to the waistband) Elastic all the way around the waistband. The boy helped sew the pockets together. He says he likes the pants and will wear them to school. I think they need a touch more room in the hip for easy on off action - but I am not sure how to accomplish this. Hmm.

Second pair made the next day. I drafted different pockets as the husband thought the original were kind of odd. I traced out a straight size 8 for the pants. Waist band was turned under 1/2 inch then folded over another 1.5 inches and sewn. These I made with a flat front. It took two tries. I ended up using the recipe for the elastic the pattern called for 12.25 inches....but had to attach it at the pocket sides in order for the pants to fit my little guy. I did sew the crotch inseam closer to 3/8 inch than the half inch the pattern calls for. Trying to get a bit more room in the upper portion of the pants.

Pictures to follow....you know when its not past the kid's bedtime, and there is some real light. :)