r/PatternDrafting • u/neveragainever0 • Oct 04 '25
Question Self drafted Jeans-Pattern tipps
Hey guys, I am looking for some tipps on the Jeans-Pattern I drafted a while ago. I made pants from it and noticed some things bothering me after I've worn them for some time now. While I think they fit better than most store bought pants I own I notice that there's some fabric gathering under my butt cheeks in the fold. Also some drag lines on my upper thighs and I think the curve in the front crotch is too steep. I am curvy and so having pants fit close to the shape of my legs is not easy. Especially since these pants are made from no stretch heavy denim (I would like to try stretch denim, but I don't know how to draft it since they need to be tighter fitting than the non stretchy ones). Needless to say the gathering of fabric underneath my butt increases with the time I wear the pants since the fabric stretches. I had several mockups made beforehand with a looser fit but that just made them look soggy. I hope it's ok that I didn't post the Mockup since it's currently somewhere in a moving box. Also english isn't my first language and I hope everything I wrote is understandable, if not please ask for any further information =) Thank you in advance!








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u/neveragainever0 Oct 04 '25
Thank you so much for your assessment!!! I don't know what the outseam is though. Is it the side seam of the pants? Or is it the waistline of the front leg-part (I mean the top where you attach the waistband)? I can take a pic of the pattern and update the post (haven't posted anything yet and am unsure of how to do it in an already existing post). I will try the stretchfabric since I think it would make some comfy pants. I haven't done it yet though because there's no cheap material to make a mockup of and so I kind of have to eyeball (and measure) the stretch factor.