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This is soooo useful! One of the best fitting videos so far. Keep it up. Now I understand more how to fit pants. It helps my job as a tech designer. Thank you lovely ladies. xoxo
I have watched this at least a dozen times. This is the most helpful info i have been able to find on yt that addresses my issues. I am determined to find my ideal fit and I'm this 👌🏿close to that goal 😊. Tysm!
As a guy, who sews my own casual pants, this was an eye opener. I'm going to give these alteration techniques, especially the crotch adjustments, a try. Thanks for the great video.
THANK YOU!!! I made a trouser pattern over a year ago and it never quite fit right. Your video gave me the inspiration to return to the pattern and fix the crotch depth issue. I’m about to cut out some wool and stitch them up, thanks to you and Susan. 😍😍😍
Hi from England. I have only just found this video whilst searching for videos fitting pants, really found it very useful and informative, I will save for reference. Thank you for doing these videos.
Tested on an old pillow case for crotch adjustments i extended the crotch point 1/4" and it helped a lot,even made the crotch length a bit longer so i didn't need to add any to the length of the body section.TY both for doing the vid. :)
Thank you so much for the 'live' demonstration of the fitting issues. About the foil thing: there actually exists a quite sturdy flexible ruler that can be used or this purpose too. I recently bought one of about 24 inches. I think they are for sale up to 36 inches. Because of its 3D shape it will not flip when shaping or measuring a curve on your fabric. It is also helpfull for i.e. shaping or adjusting necklines. I have no relation to any seller by the way, it's just a tip :-).
Hi Melly! New(ish) subscriber here. Love your videos and this one in particular was SO helpful. I used your tips on crotch adjustments this past week and it saved the day. Thank you for this great information. Cheers! ~Angela
I am making pants and the difference between my crotch length and the pattern is 2 inches. I removed 2 inches from the front and nothing from the back. Now the back leg length is about 2.5 inches shorter. Is this suppose to happen or did I do something wrong?
That doesn't make sense. You should go back to the paper pattern and compare the lengths on the paper pattern first, then compare those to your fabric pieces.
Those fitted shorts look a bit like cycle shorts. I have just finished making my very first pair of pants. I used panels of red and blue, in a nice soft stretch cotton. Only trouble is there needs to be more room in the back. These where made from an old oversized pair, that I pulled apart and generated a new pattern from. I think I mucked up when I tried to convert the pattern from a pair of baggy shorts to one that is close fitting (at home exercise pants). Hopefully I can learn something here and make my pants usable. TY :)
If you want shorts for biking, you would probably get a better fit using the leggings tutorial here and then shortening the legs: th-cam.com/video/GkuTfkO7Qmc/w-d-xo.html
@@Mellysews Ty. I am not sure if I am ready for 4 way stretch YET, but it will happen. I also really enjoyed this video. You both seem to be having fun which is nice to see in these kinds of videos. Often they are very serious affairs.
so i have a question. What if you have a pair of pants, that have no wrinkles anywhere so they seem perfect, but are uncomfortable when you sit. What should you do then?
It depends on what the issue is sitting. If they're pulling across the thighs, you may need to extend the front crotch point. If they're uncomfortable because they're pulling down in back, you may need to extend the back point.
well for me they just feel really tight in the crotch, like they are cutting into me. But when i stand in the mirror i don't have any pulls anywhere. Maybe it is because it is a woven and all my pants are jeans in strech denim?
Great tips! I still have a question about fitting thighs and calves. For the thighs (front thigh) I think I'd have to extend the front curve, right? What about the calves? Just add some extra to the back?
I really couldn't say based on a description. I'd suggest looking at the post I linked in the description for more information and seeing if you can figure out which issue is causing your bagginess.
Hi Melly, I ma currently trying to fit a pair of shorts. The fit is good-is for the most part but the grain line to the front keeps swinging inward toward my crotch. Any idea what sort of adjustment i would need to cure this?
I'd suggest visiting the blog post I linked in the video description for much more fitting info and side by side photos to help narrow down which alterations you might need.
Melly Sews I actually did that and watched the video as well but I’m not quite sure which adjustment is required. I don’t see the wrinkles or drag lines in the fabric. But I can see the grainline I drew on the piece skewering toward front crotch.
I have a curvy butt so I have to extend the back crotch curve out a lot. We’re talking 3 inches! Now I run into the leg width at the thighs huge! I also have to lower the front.
I am super frustrated because I don’t understand any of this! I buy pants/shorts and usually they give me a front wedge but also have WAY TOO MUCH material in the thighs. If I had a typical bubble butt, that material would be pulled out of my front to accommodate for the butt. But my butt is pretty small and I have a belly that usually is the same size as the bubble of my butt in the back unless I starve myself for two weeks straight. So visually I have two butts one in the back and one a bit higher in the front. AGH!!! The smaller the size of the pants I find, usually the better they fit my thighs but then at times the more they stick all up in my front business. I guess the only way to find out what I should do is to buy some “training pants” at goodwill for cheap and to experiment scooping in and scooping out to find out what in this world would be the correct solution. Because none of the tutorials I watch are helpful in explaining what issue I have...too much or too little material in the crotch. All it shows is straight up loose or tight in that area but I have both loose and tight at the same time which frustrates me to no end!!! None of these videos get me closer to understanding anything.
You should try clicking through to the post linked in the description - there are side by side pics comparing whether you need to extend the crotch or scoop that might help you figure out which to do.
It's possible to do many of the alterations shown in this video on ready to wear, but it depends on particular fit issues and size/fabric of the particular pair being altered.
Thank you. I had no idea how important the curve was for the crotch area. I have about the same body type as Susan & for some reason that makes me feel better. I'm wondering if the duct tape molds to make a tailor's dummy lower half would help determine the curve. I've been trying to learn how to make one, although I might just make a partial dummy for certain things. The tin foil thing should prove helpful. I wonder if putting a pipe cleaner wire inside would help or hinder the process for forming the curve.
This is soooo useful! One of the best fitting videos so far. Keep it up. Now I understand more how to fit pants. It helps my job as a tech designer. Thank you lovely ladies. xoxo
Awesome! Thank you!
What a great video...such good information. It’s so helpful to actually see pant fitting demonstrated. Thanks so much.
Thanks for watching!
I have watched this at least a dozen times. This is the most helpful info i have been able to find on yt that addresses my issues. I am determined to find my ideal fit and I'm this 👌🏿close to that goal 😊. Tysm!
Glad it was helpful!
As a guy, who sews my own casual pants, this was an eye opener. I'm going to give these alteration techniques, especially the crotch adjustments, a try. Thanks for the great video.
Yes, same rules apply to guys pants - you'll see the same kinds of wrinkles indicating where more or less room is needed in the pants.
Great trick with the foil. Explained it well. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
What a great video, this was so helpful! Thank you for doing this for us!
Glad it's helpful!
Melly, Thank you BOTH so much for posting this! I will refer back to this again! Happy Sewing!
Thanks for watching, glad it's helpful!
Great tip to use the foil to figure out how much curve you need to make in the back part of your pants. I have found this video very helpful, thanks!
Glad to help!
THANK YOU!!! I made a trouser pattern over a year ago and it never quite fit right. Your video gave me the inspiration to return to the pattern and fix the crotch depth issue. I’m about to cut out some wool and stitch them up, thanks to you and Susan. 😍😍😍
Glad it's helpful!
Hi from England. I have only just found this video whilst searching for videos fitting pants, really found it very useful and informative, I will save for reference. Thank you for doing these videos.
Glad it's helpful!
Thank you for this well explained tutorial on fixing crotch depth issues.
Hope it's helpful!
So helpful video. Thank you! Very happy that your blog post included front issues too since that's what really brought me here.
The side by side pics hopefully help too, which I couldn't do in the video.
This video was SO helpful!! Thank you for explaining this clearly and showing us the foil hack! I’m gona try that now 😁
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! This video and the blog post is so valuable! You have taught me so much.
Glad it’s helpful!
Tested on an old pillow case for crotch adjustments i extended the crotch point 1/4" and it helped a lot,even made the crotch length a bit longer so i didn't need to add any to the length of the body section.TY both for doing the vid. :)
Yes, extending the point often takes care of both issues by giving you length where your body needs it.
Thank you so much for the 'live' demonstration of the fitting issues. About the foil thing: there actually exists a quite sturdy flexible ruler that can be used or this purpose too. I recently bought one of about 24 inches. I think they are for sale up to 36 inches. Because of its 3D shape it will not flip when shaping or measuring a curve on your fabric. It is also helpfull for i.e. shaping or adjusting necklines. I have no relation to any seller by the way, it's just a tip :-).
I have a ruler like that, but it's not long enough for me to get my total rise.
Never would have thought to add more to or change the angle of the crotch, front and back. Patterns are a beginning point. Thank you ladies!
Glad to help! Fitting the crotch properly makes SUCH a difference in the final garment.
Thanks for this video. You answered a couple questions I had, as I work on refining the fit of my drafted pants.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much ...being a large person this information helps greatly 💐💐
Glad to help!
Hi Melly! New(ish) subscriber here. Love your videos and this one in particular was SO helpful. I used your tips on crotch adjustments this past week and it saved the day. Thank you for this great information. Cheers! ~Angela
Glad it's helpful!
So helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
This was great. Exactly what I was looking for. THanks!
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Perfect timing , thanks for posting this !
Thanks for watching!
Great instructions and information!. Thank you for sharing your talents. Your drawings in the link are most helpful.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thank you ladies. Quite often have 'smile' lines at the front. I will be making more trousers now! :-D
Thanks - hope they work for you!
Nice video! Thank you, to both of you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank youuuuuu!!! so many answers in this !
Glad it was helpful!
Great idea
Thank you! 😊
I learned so much watching this I subbed. I'm a guy but this made me understand fabric so much better. After this I'm checking out all your videos.
Thanks for subscribing! And all of the principles I'm covering here would apply to fitting pants for guys too.
This is super helpful - thanks so much for this video!
Thanks for watching!
I am making pants and the difference between my crotch length and the pattern is 2 inches. I removed 2 inches from the front and nothing from the back. Now the back leg length is about 2.5 inches shorter. Is this suppose to happen or did I do something wrong?
That doesn't make sense. You should go back to the paper pattern and compare the lengths on the paper pattern first, then compare those to your fabric pieces.
very useful video, how to correct your mistake.
Thanks!
omg this is so helpful! thanks!!! (also you look so much like winona ryder in this video!!)
Glad it was helpful!
Those fitted shorts look a bit like cycle shorts. I have just finished making my very first pair of pants. I used panels of red and blue, in a nice soft stretch cotton. Only trouble is there needs to be more room in the back. These where made from an old oversized pair, that I pulled apart and generated a new pattern from. I think I mucked up when I tried to convert the pattern from a pair of baggy shorts to one that is close fitting (at home exercise pants). Hopefully I can learn something here and make my pants usable. TY :)
If you want shorts for biking, you would probably get a better fit using the leggings tutorial here and then shortening the legs: th-cam.com/video/GkuTfkO7Qmc/w-d-xo.html
@@Mellysews Ty. I am not sure if I am ready for 4 way stretch YET, but it will happen. I also really enjoyed this video. You both seem to be having fun which is nice to see in these kinds of videos. Often they are very serious affairs.
🥰thank you
You’re welcome 😊
Respectful your teaching
Thanks
so i have a question. What if you have a pair of pants, that have no wrinkles anywhere so they seem perfect, but are uncomfortable when you sit. What should you do then?
It depends on what the issue is sitting. If they're pulling across the thighs, you may need to extend the front crotch point. If they're uncomfortable because they're pulling down in back, you may need to extend the back point.
well for me they just feel really tight in the crotch, like they are cutting into me. But when i stand in the mirror i don't have any pulls anywhere. Maybe it is because it is a woven and all my pants are jeans in strech denim?
Thanks, Great Video!
Glad it's helpful!
Hi🙋just found ur channel ! Thx so much for this !!!👗
Glad it's helpful!
Hi, I sewed pants that have a crease on the back of the knee. How can I fix it?
I really am not able to give correct fitting advice from an online text description of a fit problem.
@@Mellysews am from Iran, I sewed a pair of pants that I had a problem with. I want you to help me ... How can I send you the picture of the pants.
@@shadensani9887 That's not a service I provide.
Really helpful. Thank you ☆
Glad to here that, happy sewing!
This is so helpful!
Glad to help!
Great tips! I still have a question about fitting thighs and calves. For the thighs (front thigh) I think I'd have to extend the front curve, right? What about the calves? Just add some extra to the back?
Thighs and calves would generally be expanded along the side seams, not the crotch curves.
Thanks sooooo much!
You're welcome!
How do you alter pants that I am making . The muslin shows that the back below the butt is baggy, how do I fix the pattern? thanks
I really couldn't say based on a description. I'd suggest looking at the post I linked in the description for more information and seeing if you can figure out which issue is causing your bagginess.
You gurls are the best
Thanks for watching!
If you have the material cut and more room is needed how do you fix it?
It depends on which alteration is needed, but if it's one where more fabric is needed you'd need to re-cut the piece.
Hi Melly, I ma currently trying to fit a pair of shorts. The fit is good-is for the most part but the grain line to the front keeps swinging inward toward my crotch. Any idea what sort of adjustment i would need to cure this?
I'd suggest visiting the blog post I linked in the video description for much more fitting info and side by side photos to help narrow down which alterations you might need.
Melly Sews I actually did that and watched the video as well but I’m not quite sure which adjustment is required. I don’t see the wrinkles or drag lines in the fabric. But I can see the grainline I drew on the piece skewering toward front crotch.
I have a curvy butt so I have to extend the back crotch curve out a lot. We’re talking 3 inches! Now I run into the leg width at the thighs huge! I also have to lower the front.
You can take in the thigh at the side seam and inseam to more closely match your actual thigh size.
Making jeans. Thanks
You’re welcome 😊
How do you know where the crotch seam should fit on your body?
By trying on a muslin.
Could these adjustments be made to a jumpsuit? I made a Muslim of a jumpsuit and the crotch was just horrible🙄
Yes, you could fit the pants part of the jumpsuit separately this way.
I am super frustrated because I don’t understand any of this! I buy pants/shorts and usually they give me a front wedge but also have WAY TOO MUCH material in the thighs. If I had a typical bubble butt, that material would be pulled out of my front to accommodate for the butt. But my butt is pretty small and I have a belly that usually is the same size as the bubble of my butt in the back unless I starve myself for two weeks straight. So visually I have two butts one in the back and one a bit higher in the front. AGH!!! The smaller the size of the pants I find, usually the better they fit my thighs but then at times the more they stick all up in my front business. I guess the only way to find out what I should do is to buy some “training pants” at goodwill for cheap and to experiment scooping in and scooping out to find out what in this world would be the correct solution. Because none of the tutorials I watch are helpful in explaining what issue I have...too much or too little material in the crotch. All it shows is straight up loose or tight in that area but I have both loose and tight at the same time which frustrates me to no end!!! None of these videos get me closer to understanding anything.
You should try clicking through to the post linked in the description - there are side by side pics comparing whether you need to extend the crotch or scoop that might help you figure out which to do.
Is there a possibility to take some out of the crotch area on ready made pants?
It's possible to do many of the alterations shown in this video on ready to wear, but it depends on particular fit issues and size/fabric of the particular pair being altered.
Thank you! I have the larger tummy and flat bottom issue.
Thank you. I had no idea how important the curve was for the crotch area. I have about the same body type as Susan & for some reason that makes me feel better. I'm wondering if the duct tape molds to make a tailor's dummy lower half would help determine the curve. I've been trying to learn how to make one, although I might just make a partial dummy for certain things.
The tin foil thing should prove helpful. I wonder if putting a pipe cleaner wire inside would help or hinder the process for forming the curve.
I'd try the foil method first.
@@Mellysews I agree. If it keeps losing shape I'll try a pipe cleaning wire inside the foil to see if that works.
That’s a great idea for finding the crotch length
Glad it's helpful!
Susan is so lovely 😊
She is!
👍👍
🙂
Jeans too
Please
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The fitting techniques for jeans aren't different than these - same principals apply.
@@Mellysews thanku
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