My favourite trouser patterns

Pants aren’t necessarily the easiest garments to make, but also not the hardest. In fact the hardest part is getting the fit right.

Stylemaker Fabrics + Carolyn Pajamas + M7907 = Ace

Earlier this year, Michelle from Stylemaker Fabrics contacted me asking if I would like to be part of a blog tour.

I drafted a jumpsuit!

Today, I finished sewing the buttons onto this jumpsuit, slapped on some make up, grabbed the camera and .

Self-drafted, Trousers, jumpsuit, Bottoms, denimCharlotte Wensley7 March 2019denim, stretch denim, jumpsuit, sewing pattern, Self-drafted, The Fabric Store, sewing fail, sleeve placket, blue jumpsuit Comments

Searching for the perfect fabric

As with so many of the clothes I make, I saw an image of some teal-coloured jumbo cord wide-legged trousers and had to have them.

Bottoms, TrousersCharlotte Wensley18 January 2019Peppermint Magazine, wide leg pants, in the folds, corduroy, fabric sourcing, trousers, Pants, inspiredby, stitches seattle Comments

Persephone Pants x 2 ... and Mental Health Awareness

You may or may not be aware (or indeed care), that a significant amount of my sewing over the past couple of years

Bottoms, Trousers, Thinking, separates, denimCharlotte Wensley12 October 2018Trousers, kamm pants, persephone pants, anna allen clothing, cone mills denim, stretch denim, denim, wide leg pants, selvedge denim, fittin, mental health Comments

Paperbag Trousers

Does anyone else hear that phrase and start singing it to the tune of 'Paperback Writer' in their head?

Bottoms, separates, TrousersCharlotte Wensley10 May 2018trousers, pants, wide leg pants, linen, the fabric store, stripes, paperbag waist, mccalls 7726 Comments

Terra Pantastic!

I love love love LOVE these trousers.

Bottoms, separates, TrousersCharlotte Wensley27 April 2018Terra Pants, Pattern Fantastique, Pants, trousers, fitting, twill, Blackbird Fabrics, pattern love Comments

Salmon Pink Baggy Pants. On the Roof!

There's this tension when writing a blog post after you've been MIA for a while;

Bottoms, Trousers, TopCharlotte Wensley25 February 2018trousers, pants, baggy pants, corduroy, vogue patterns, new york elegant fabrics, mood fabrics, bodysuit, Nettie bodysuit, blogging Comments

Slogan tees and handmade jeans and a mid-life crisis

Slogan tees. What do you think of slogan tees? I am well and truly on the fence.

Alteration, Bottoms, Jeans, Modified pattern, Trousers, denimCharlotte Wensley20 October 2017jeans, wide leg pants, New Look 6459, closet case patterns, sallie oh, denim, slogan tees, Britex, Alteration, kamm pants Comments

The Judith Jumpsuit - good for all bottoms!

I had a boyfriend when I was at university who used to find it amusing to call me 'Jumble Bum'. Nice, right?

Bottoms, Sewing Community, Trousers, Alteration, jumpsuitCharlotte Wensley4 October 2017sewing around the world, schnittchen patterns, cupro, Alteration, bottom, judith jumpsuit, jumpsuit, stoff + stil Comments

How good fit nearly broke me and other stories

Oh woe, oh woe. The last few months have been an unutterable fetid quagmire of sewing angst.

Winter culottes stylin'

Every time I look at the above photo I can't help but think of Bowie and Jagger Dancing in the Street.

Bottoms, Trousers, denimCharlotte Wensley27 March 2016culottes, teamculottes, wineandcheesewithkashi, metrotextiles, exposed zip, vogue patterns, denim, wide leg pants Comments

Leggings. Discuss.

That thing on social media of the lady declaring her hatred for leggings being worn as trousers. Yes. Yes and Yes.

Bottoms, Dress, Trousers, TopCharlotte Wensley25 February 2016leggings, espresso leggings, cake patterns, mood fabrics, silk, Inari Dress, named clothing Comments

A Silk Dominique

Ah, Dominique, je t’adore. And there endeth the extent of my hazy recollections of A Level French.

Trousers, Bottoms, jumpsuitCharlotte Wensley18 October 2015republique du chiffon, pacific trimming, jumpsuit, Combinaison Dominique, silk Comments

DIY or DIM (Did it myself) Culottes

Bottoms, Self-drafted, TrousersCharlotte Wensley25 June 2015teamculottes, culottes, cotton sateen, mood fabrics, Self-drafted, patternmaking, trousers, wide leg pants Comments

Lounging

Trousers, BottomsCharlotte Wensley6 April 2015mood fabrics, papercut patterns, lounging, trousers, Knit Comments

I made jeans! I made jeans! I made jeans!

Trousers, Jeans, Bottoms, denimCharlotte Wensley24 February 2015jeans, closet case files, workroom social, cone mills denim, trousers Comments

Sewing by numbers

Trousers, Top, BottomsCharlotte Wensley25 January 2015Harts Fabrics, Top, republique du chiffon, vogue, Separates, mood fabrics, Trousers, Grainline Studio, Scout Tee, wide leg pantsComment

Some orphan trousers

Top, Trousers, BottomsCharlotte Wensley11 November 2014sewaholic, colette patterns, belcarra, clover, mood fabrics, wardrobe orphanComment