DPC On Making Trousers

Here's how the useful folks at the Cutter and Tailor forums followed up on the topic I posted about here last: How tailors used to make...

There's a thread building up at one of my go-to-daily spots on the Net, www.cutterandtailor.com , that might interest pant makers that a...

Here's how to easily copy any existing pant or trouser so you'll have a pattern for making new pants that fit the same, and a starti...

Received this email question this morning: Hi David, I have been reading the reviews about your new pants book and every one of them has bee...

In the photo below, notice the angle formed at the top of the bands when the finished pocket is expanded. Inevitable as this is, it's ha...

Aligning finished edges that overlap is simplified if you choose to err in favor of the overlap completely covering the underlap, rather tha...

I can't think of a buttonhole on a pair of trousers that you wouldn't prefer to be a keyhole buttonhole, as opposed to a standard sh...

(Sorry 'bout yesterday: Our internet was down.) Hiding in plain sight inside this article on expanding pockets and overlapping waistband...

So, with the pocket folded and creased, as described yesterday, to extend a little beyond the side seam of the front, I position the facing ...

One big lightbulb that went off for me in my quest to become a more creative and flexible sewer was realizing that I didn't need to alwa...

FINALLY, I got my author-copies of Threads Issue 144, August/Sept 2009 ! I've been itching to post some additional, supporting material ...

This morning's email brought in some exceptional links; must share. The first batch (thanks to Janet John) are fabric sources, all in th...