Midnight blue Moji trousers

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Sometimes my sewing starts with a fabric. Other times it starts with a specific pattern. But this time it started with a wardrobe need – after 6 months of Long Covid spent almost entirely in bed, I have very few trousers that still fit me and I desperately needed more.

Since the Seamwork Moji trousers I made back in 2020 are one of the few that do still fit, I pulled that out again to make another pair rather than have to print, adjust, and tweak a whole new size or pattern.

When I I originally made this pattern I made heavy modifications to this pattern, so definitely read that post if you like this style because there’s easier shortcuts available now!

The only thing I don’t like about the previous pair is that the CB rise is still far to low and they give me “plumber butt” that I’m constantly hoiking up. So before I cut these out I added 7cm to the CB to stop the “plumber butt”, and also added 3cm length to the hem.

I used 1.5m Midnight Blue organic Italian cotton gabardine from New Craft House (£14/m) and it’s a really lovely, crisp trouser weight fabric.

I also bought matching midnight blue cuffing/ribbing, a gunmetal toggle (the other in the pair bought for my Gemma waffle top), and elastic cord (ditto), all also from New Craft House.

For the pocket linings I used leftover fabric my mom picked out for pyjama bottoms I sewed for her in 2021 (which I can’t find a blog post for?), with black cats & bats, originally from Like Sew Amazing (RIP).

These are a pretty simple pattern to sew and I’ve already made them before so the construction was very straightforward. The only change on this pair was to press & topstitch seam allowances to one side instead of flat so that the seams are stronger (I had to mend a few seams on my other pair).

I also sewed the seams around the waist, hips, and thighs with a smaller seam allowance than the 1.5cm (5/8in) included in order to give myself a bit of extra wiggle room juuuuuust in case.

I love the hidden elastic waistband and how chic the cord and toggle look here! Definitely an upgrade on the long shoelace I used in the first pair!

These should really help to get me through until I’ve recovered from Long Covid and can get back to the size I was before I got sick, fingers crossed…

The tee seen here is another new make, which you’ll see very shortly!

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    Anita Steiner

    These look lovely. I have that pattern too, I’ll have a look at your post on it, before I embark on it.

    All the best Anita

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    Pippa

    These look lovely. I need to make myself some more trousers like this, but I’m getting a backlog of plans since I don’t have a sewing space yet

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    Jodie

    These look great – and as someone who is also struggling with energy – I’m impressed that you got them done! Well done. Hope you continue to feel better. I have a Seamwork question – and hope you have time/energy to answer it. Do you like it? Feel it’s worth it? I’m a high school Fashion Studies teacher (grades 10-12, ages 15-17) and am thinking it would be useful to me and my students. Thoughts?

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