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   suesew | Dec 08, 2004 04:52am | #1

   You obviously need to add ease. And you only have the four seams to do it on. I'd add a half inch on all sides and try it out of stash fabric (they don't have to be full length) to see where you now have too much or still too little. If you have a great jeans pattern you've already solved one of life's little problems!

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   RobinL | Dec 08, 2004 05:17am | #2

   Thanks, Sue. Would you add the ease all over or just in the leg area? I really do want them to continue fitting in the waist-to-crotch area as they do now.

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   ElonaM | Dec 08, 2004 07:49am | #3

   Ouch, this will be difficult-to-impossible, I fear. For one thing, the draft of jeans vs trousers is tremendously different: The heart of a pants pattern, so to speak, is the crotch curve. Lay out your jeans pattern and a basic trou pattern side by side, and you will notice that the front and back crotch seams of the jeans are very slanted, compared to those of the trouser pattern. That's because in jeans those biased seams act kind of like darts to provide a close fit where you like it in jeans. Radically altering the shape of the crotch curve will provide you some interesting design challenges, my dear.

   I'd suggest trying a slim-fitting trouser pattern from either Burda or Neue Mode, unless you're experienced at drafting.

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   suesew | Dec 09, 2004 04:37am | #4

   I would actually add the ease all over because I would want it all over. By cutting it larger you are giving yourself more fitting options. And it may well take more than a little extra in the crotch area.