Arthur Pants

The barrel leg pant is IN, if you haven’t noticed, and online I’ve been seeing a number of new barrel-leg sewing patterns enter the scene. However, if you’ve been around for any length of time, you’ll know that the OG barrel leg pattern is none other than the Arthur pant by my friend Meg of Sew Liberated, which was released in a collaboration with Specks and Keeping a number of years ago. At that time I remember thinking, wow, those look like truly enormous pants. I can confirm after making them that yes, they are truly enormous, and I am here for it, having entered my “take up as much space as possible” era. Best of all, they are comfortable.

I purchased this fabric — Hedgrow Linen — from Fiddlehead Artisan Supply this summer when I was in Maine to teach at Gathering of Stitches, ack I can’t believe I haven’t posted my summer photos to the blog yet…making mental note to fix that ASAP. The fabric is a delightful: a buttery linen featuring a stitched line detail that is really beautiful.

I wear these pants nearly every day, often along with the waffle Moss Jacket that I posted last week. I had a lot of fun the other day photographing them with a couple of new handmade sweatshirts I made recently (I’ve definitely been on a sewing kick this fall!), plus a bunch of the cropped sweaters I’ve made over the years…

I’ve been advised by others who have made these that folks frequently size down. I had read this post on the Sew Liberated blog from this past summer which encourages you to make them as-is, with the argument being that the extra ease and drop crotch design is fully intended by the designer. I followed that advice….but. Now that I have made them in my measured size (16), I do think I might play around with sizing down a bit, ahem. They are just SO capacious. Here’s a look at the back:

I love the vertical seams on the front and back legs, as well as the design of the shaped pockets in the front. Lots of things to love about this pattern!!

{you can also see my post on Threadloop as well}

I’m definitely making another pair of these barrel-leg beauties. I’m a fan! Have you made these or any other barrel-leg patterns you’d recommend? Feel free to weigh in below.

happy sewing,
Rae