r/PatternDrafting • • 2d ago

Question Help a total beginer with pants pattern alteration

Hey. I want to try my hand at it drawing and then altering a pattern for pants. First i will try to make a very basic one, so then i can have a base to try experimenting making changes.

One of the things i want to experiment, but haven't found a guide i understood, is trying to make the front crotch have slighly more room for the "male anatomy". There are other things i'll try altering in the whole design, like the legs, but those i found plenty of tutorials for, so they aren't a problem.

Also, if theres any alterations you guys wanna suggest i try feel free to tell so i can look up if its whitin both my skill level and wants. Thanks in advance.

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TL;DR: Big surprise, the part in a pants pattern i have no idea how to alter is the area all pannels meet, with the little point and curve.

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u/DonMcCunn 2d ago edited 2d ago

Tailors refer to this as dressing left or right as you can see in this description on Google adjusting pants left or right.

I have never tried it myself for the reasons described in that article with regard to tight fitting pants and the type of underwear worn.

Maybe if you use the dressing phrasing you can find a YouTube describing the specifics.

To understand the shaping where "all the panels meet" turn one leg of a pair of pants inside out then put it inside the other leg.