persephone pants

December 2018

Sewing pattern by Anna Allen.

This is a really easy style to sew and a great start for beginners, who are feeling confident enough to tackle a pant. As long as your machine can manage a 8 to 10oz fabric. You could actually omit the belt loops and pockets to simplify and no one would notice!

It took me a while to sew these pants up. I downloaded the PDF, sewed up two test garments. One in an unbleached calico and another in a cheap 10oz twill. I then sat on them for a couple of months, being distracted by other newly released sewing patterns!

This is a really well drafted pattern an easy to adjust if necessary.

Most young figures under size 8, could probably can get away with the crotch shape unaltered, but for me it required tweaking. See images below for how I altered

I also straightened up the centre back seam, this is a magic alteration that helps to eliminate those dreaded drag lines, that can run from the side seam to the inseam.

What I added at the CB seam, I removed at the side seam position as a short dart, which is barley visible when worn. To help me find the side seam position, I overlaid a pair of wide leg pants over the persephone pattern.

Style Arc’s Natasha pants are my go to for wide leg pants. The crotch shape is good and actually fitted me without any alterations, which doesn’t happen that often. Style arc patterns do hit the mark for me, more than most.

Note if you have a sway back the above alteration won’t work for you. It works well for straighter figure types.

Note: The red marking pen is where I started to drop the crotch curve on the pattern.