Pietra pants

This is a very different style for me! I was after a light weight trouser for work but also to feel half dressed up but comfy when working from home. I’m usually a peg leg/skinny leg type gal…

Oh Closet Case Pietra Pants, you are a sneaky little one! When Closet Case released their Rome Collection, my first…

Closet case pietra pants

Sewing pattern review for the Pietra Pants from Closet Case Pattern's Rome Collection. Free tutorial: grade sizes for a larger hip and add a side zipper.

When we decided to head back to Africa again this winter one of the things I knew for sure that I wanted to add to my handmade holiday wardrobe was a pair of harem style loose fitting cuffed trousers. A lightweight and breathable pair of full length bottoms with an elasticated hem to keep the mosquitos off in the evenings. Initially I went on a pattern hunt for a simple shape of harem pant. As I was on quite a tight turn around time I wanted a PDF pattern that I could download and get…

Have you noticed a theme here lately? If you guessed wide leg linen-blend pants and the Seamwork Bo, you were right. It's my summer uniform. Additional evidence of this theme here and here. This particular pair of linen-blend pants are the Pietra Pants from Closet Case Patterns, part of their new Rome collection, which is focused on beginner patterns that can be mixed and matched. I was a pattern tester for the Pietra Pants. The Pietra Pants are a high-waisted, paneled, flat-front…

Hey y’all! Heather here. Today I want to share a tutorial for adding an invisible zipper to our Pietra Pants. I love this pattern because it’s the best of both worlds, pants-wise; a clean, flat front

I've made more Pietra Pants. Two pairs! This is the view B tapered leg version of Closet Case's Pietra Pants in linen noil from Blackbird Fabrics

The first time I sewed the Closet Case Pietra pants I completely struggled to determine how to sew the waistband. The directions were initially confusing to me. In addition, I probably added my own…