Closet Case Pietra Pants

After finishing my Pietra shorts, it didn't take long before I wanted a pair of pants as well.  I don't wear a lot of skirts and dresses in the weekend and a light weight pair of casual pants were on my wish list.  I already had the fabric in my stash that had been sourced from Lincraft at the end of last summer.  I had two pieces of linen in my stash that had been bought with pants in mind.  Little did I know that Closet Case would release their Pietra pattern in the northern hemisphere summer.  I decided to make up the blue pair first. 

I haven't compared the two patterns but I think the pants may have a slightly different draft to the shorts.  I shortened the rise just like I had with the shorts, but for some reason the back view just didn't do it for me.  I removed the invisible zip that I had carefully put into the pants and took as much width out of the back of the pants as I could without them looking ridiculous.  I had previously removed some of the width from the front as well since I had no need for these to pull on.  While I still don't love the back view of these pants, this improved them a lot.  I think for my next pair, I will alter the crotch curve a bit so that the gathers sit a little more evenly.

Now, while I appear to be quite critical here, I really do love the front of these pants so consider it worthwhile tinkering with the fit at the back.  I have a bit of a love hate relationship with linen (the wrinkles, sigh) but because it is lovely and cool to wear, I am willing to overlook the downsides with linen pants.  These have become somewhat of a staple in my weekend wardrobe so I really must get on and make up the second pair.  First though, my daughter has put in an order for another pair of Pietra shorts!