Fibremood Selah Off-White Trousers

Well, hello, Sailor! 🙂 Aren’t these fun trousers? I’ve used a Polytexstoffen fabric for these Fibremood Selah off-white trousers. The pattern, fabric and thread were given to me in exchange for social media post,s and it was lovely to be able to choose any Fibermood pattern that I wanted and one of the fabrics from the latest Fibremood fabric collection.

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The off-white cotton/lycra blend twill seemed ideal for Spring as it’s not too heavy, and a little bit of stretch is always welcome in trouser fabric. I’ve been dying to try a sailor pant style of trouser for a while, so the Selah pants pattern looked perfect for making up in the fabric.

The size I chose is 10. My thought process behind this was to go off my hip measurement because if I chose my waist size, I think the hips and leg width, in particular, would be way too wide, as I have no booty to speak of. It proved to be a wise decision, and I easily added some extra waist room.

I made my usual crotch shape change on the pattern…and again, I’m sorry, but I forgot to compare my preferred shape to the shape of this pattern before I’d already cut it away. Next time, I promise, as I know some of you are interested. Straightening the front crotch curve, scooping the back and straightening the back seam always sets me up for success for a wide trouser fit. However, a big change that I had to make was to rise. When I say these are high rise, they are high. I popped onto the Instagram hashtag page and read a few captions for the Selah trousers, and a lot of people had to lower the rise. I took over an inch out, maybe 1 1/2″. As a result, I had to make my button spacings smaller, but it looks fine and I’m pleased with the effect.

As for the sewing up…the instructions were easy enough to follow and the fabric was equally nice to sew with. There’s a nice deep waist facing and lots of interfacing around the button and buttonhole area for added reinforcement.

You get the trousers on and off via the front flap openings because the buttons are fully functional. I’ve found that if you undo all three on one side, you may only need to undo the top one on the other, so it’s not too much of a faff.

I did a brave thing using contrasting thread to topstitch around the waist and flap edges (yes, there was a bit of unpicking and the odd swear word involved ). I used the same contrast thread for the buttonholes too, and I only made one small mistake on those that I needed to unpick… so, phew!

The buttons are a nostalgic choice. A year or so back, my mum gave me her beloved special button stash that she’d collected over the years from garments that she’d sewn. I think these may have been on a coat once. I know I’ll always think of Mum when I wear these trousers. And don’t you think they look like toffee ice cream swirls? 🙂

I consider these trousers to be more of something I’ll wear on mild Spring days, and on cooler Summer days too. I can think of so many tops/sweaters that they’ll go with and many of my shoe options, including sandals and sneakers. I’m really loving my wardrobe these days 🙂

And on that positive note, thanks for stopping by for a read and I’ll see you soon.