Sew Fancy Pants: Pattern Plans and Inspiration

Whew! What a week it’s been and it’s only Wednesday. We’ve been truly blown away by the response to the Fancy Pants Sewing Party over the last couple of days. Excitement is in the air and it makes me want to plan all of the pants sewing. This month, I have three pairs of pants planned with a fourth pair planned as a stretch goal.

Project 1: Persephone Pants

First up, adding something simple and practical to my pants wardrobe. I made my first two pairs of Anna Allen Persephone Pants back in August, and reach for the dusty pink pair weekly. What makes this decision, “fancy?” The high-waisted wide leg pant lends itself well to casual day wear, but looks equally stylish paired with a turtleneck and booties. I plan to use a sienna twill inspired by the Kamm pants pictured above. They’re basically an exact copy of Katie’s pants that you see in this post. No shame in my “fancy pants” game. My wardrobe is in dire need of neutrals and hopefully these will fit the bill.

Project 2: Tapered Jenny Overalls

I’ll be honest in saying that I wasn’t initially sold on the Jenny Overalls when the pattern first released. I’ve been a fan of overalls since kindergarten so I’m usually the first one to fall in love when it comes to them. My mind was quickly changed when I saw these golden corduroy ones made by Sara. I’ve selected a beautiful heavyweight olive denim from Sewing Studio for them and am just waiting for hardware to arrive before I can get started.

Project 3: High Waisted Emerson Crop Pants

The True Bias Emerson Pants have been on my radar for a while now. The one hang up I had with them was the mid rise. I just don’t love low or mid rise pants on myself. If my pants aren’t high rise, I find myself pulling them up all day long. Last fall, Kelli introduced a high rise version of the Emerson pattern and I felt like jumping for joy. Sure, I could’ve tried to alter the original pattern with a high rise, but the fact that Kelli had already done the work and done it well made me add the pattern to my library. I got the pattern back in October and have spent literally months trying to settle on the perfect fabric. Last week I found the above inspiration photo on Pinterest and finally settled on a black and white Grid Plaid Tencel from StyleMaker Fabrics. These pants will be my true “fancy” pants and I cannot wait to get them started.

(Stretch Goal) Project 4: Named Palo Jeans

You may remember that I fell head over heels for Breaking the Pattern by Named Clothing. I made the Kaste Dress from the book and already started tracing the Ruska Knot Dress. If I finish my other three pants in a timely manner, I’d love to use some of my leftover denim scraps to stitch up a pair of Palo Jeans. I’m drawn to the slightly edgy look that the color blocking gives these jeans and I think they’d be a welcome addition to my colorful wardrobe.

Well, there you have it. I want to sew about 20 pairs of pants this month, but 4 is a much more realistic goal for me at the moment. If you want to see more pants that are inspiring me at the moment, check out my Fancy Pants Pinterest board. The other ladies of Sew Fancy Pants have rounded up their inspiration as well so be sure to check out these posts written by Jennifer, Loni, and Katie.