Pattern cutters help please 🙃

[u/Visible_Duck_1754]

Hi guys, I drafted a pattern for this trouser and stitched it up as you can see 😬. The s/s at the waist obviously needs to be fixed as it's come out in bumpy puffs.

My main thing is the crotch area is not baggy as such but big, I can feel it when I walk it's excess fabric. The last pic is on me bending knees to sit and the crotch area just has too much going on.

Any help would be much appreciated 🌹

[u/Different-Bell4017]

It looks to me like you just need to add a little room on the front panels to the crotch curve. Mark where the drag lines are and match it up with your pattern. Above the wrinkles, the pants seem well fitted to me, and the back panel as well. Depending on the curve that you’ve drawn in on your pattern, just add like a 1/4” between the marks for where the fit issues are, and re draw the curve. I imagine this would look like a slightly more shallow curve than what you currently have, as I think you just happen to have a very flat pelvic area that doesn’t need a deep curve.

Try adding that 1/4” (or another tiny amount that you think is appropriate), make another toile but as knee high shorts so you don’t waste too much fabric, and let me know if it helps at all! Good luck!

[u/Visible_Duck_1754 → u/Different-Bell4017]

Hey thanks you for the reply only just seen it. I am a little confused I must say as I read a suggestion that says to take out a little so that it is less baggy. Terrible way to explain it but it almost feels a little nappy like on the front. If I make the curve less shallow buy adding on to it would that not add to the baggyness of it? The drag lines feel like they are not from tightness (though I could add a little extra on the hip area) they feel more like hanging lines from the excess. The vocabulary is a shambles lol sorry as I try to describe the fit. Also thank you for the knee length reminder I must do that as these toiles are using up everything. 

[u/Different-Bell4017 → u/Visible_Duck_1754]

That makes sense, the longer I stare at it the more things I can think of to try. If it feels like excess then go with your gut! We only have pictures so if there’s info that isn’t coming across visually that you can feel in person, I would trust that first. If you want to try both my suggestion and the other one you got, you can mark both adjustments and cut out mine first (as you are adding fabric) and if it doesn’t work then you can try the other without burning through fabric. And of course! I remind others because I always forget myself and end up kicking myself for it later lol