Sure Fit Designs

Pants Kit Resources

Pants that truly fit — from your first draft to your most beautifully finished pair.

General Info

Pants Kit Videos — Ladies' Pants & Trousers Pants Fitting Class — A Quick Introduction Introduction to the Pants Kit What I Didn't Know…But Wish I Had! Videos Wearing vs. Design Ease in the Pants Pattern Pants Wearing Ease Deciphering Pants Crotch Terminology Measuring Accurately for the Pants Pattern Where's My Waist? A General Discussion Crotch Lengths — How to Create Your Front & Back Crotch Lengths Identifying Hip Shapes — How & Why the Pants Pattern Accommodates Different Shapes Pants Photo Guide for Fitting Help via Email How to Draw the Matching Notches

Fitting Refinements & Minor Tune-Ups

HELP! My Pattern Doesn't Fit! — Variables for Accurate Pattern Fit Refining Pattern Fit — Minor Tune-Ups Measuring Refinement — Front and Back Crotch Lengths Fine Tuning the Pants Front Crotch Pants Front Crotch Fit — Removing the Horizontal Fold Under the Tummy Thick Waist & Short Front Crotch Solutions Baggies Under the Butt: Upper Thigh Dart Asymmetrical Bodies: Pattern Refinements Protruding Tummy: Refining the Centre Front Seam Perfecting and Truing the Pants Pattern Prior to Cutting Fabric Crotch Lengths — Fitting the Very Short Front Crotch in Relation to a Longer Back Crotch Minor Tune-Up — The Flat Backside Drawing a Fish-Eye Dart in Pants Back for a Flat Backside How to Refine the Back Crotch Fit for a Dropped Buttocks — Droopy Butt How to Tune-Up Pant Legs that Drag Toward the Inseam How to Add a Dart to the Pants Waist Edge Dart Manipulation on the Pants Pattern Asymmetrical Hip/Waist Level — Minor Tune-Up/Alteration How to Narrow the Pant Leg Princess Seam Pant Legs for Fit & Shaping Large Buttocks/Derriere — Easy Minor Tune-Up Pants Pull Down My Backside… Why? 5 Ways to Lengthen the Pants Back Crotch Does Fabric Drag on Your Front Thigh? 2 Quick Ways to Fix Your Pants Pattern Do You Get a 'Crotch Curve Blip (or Peak)' When Sewing the Crotch Curve?

Designing with the Pants Pattern

Designing with Your Pant Pattern Designing a Wedge-Angled Pocket Adding a Zipper Fly Front Extension Pants that Mix 'n' Multiply — New Pants Styles Designing Jeans Designing Course Highlights Princess Seams in Pants Pull-On Pants with Elastic Waist — How to Design & Draw How to Make Pajama/Lounge Pants Without a Side Seam

Pull-On Pants Sew Along with Joy Bernhardt

Pull-On Pants Sew Along with Joy Bernhardt Prepping for the Pull-On Pants Sew Along Video Lesson 1 — Introduction Video Lesson 2 — Tips and Tricks Video Lesson 3 — Layout and Cutting Video Lesson 4 — Sewing Video Lesson 5 — Pants All Done! Designing with the Sure Fit Designs Pants Pattern After the Sew Along

Common Hip Shape Tutorials

Common Hip Shapes — Introduction Heart Shaped Hips Diamond Shaped Hips Straight Shaped Hips Hip Shapes Comparison

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