Weekend Sewing Project: Tapering Pants

The right leg has been tapered.  The left leg is not.  Before and after in one shot.

Both legs are tapered. 

I bought 5 pairs of J. Crew Regular Fit Essential Pants about two or three years ago.  I wasn’t really happy with the fit, but they were the best options I knew of at the time.  The waist was a tad to big.  There was too much room in the seat.  And the leg opening was too wide.  Believe it or not, they were actually a step up from what I was wearing at the time.  Don’t ask, but to say the least, it wasn’t pretty. 

Recently, I’ve been buying new pants to replace the J. Crews.  I haven’t really worn them in about 7 or 8 months and was thinking of getting rid of them.  I found them in the back of my closet this weekend and thought I’d try my hand at tapering them.  What could go wrong?

I turned a pair of pants that I had tapered by my tailor inside out and examined what she did.  It looked simple enough so I gave it a go and it wasn’t that hard.  I think it looks pretty good too.  The waist and seat are still a little too large.  I have no idea how to really fix that.  Maybe another weekend when I’m feeling more adventurous.