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Download Fitting Pants Guide

Use the Pants Pattern in Fitting. This is a slacks draft with a slim cut leg.

Use the default ease: Waist ease ..75 Hip ease 2.5 Crotch ease .5

Crotch shape Round for front and back.

Do not make changes to the defaults unless advised to by Wild Ginger support.. Do not try to “guess” changes you would need to make to the pants until you have tried them on.

Use a light color muslin or cotton fabric.

Mark the hip, crotch and knee level on the pants before sewing. Use a dark Marker that is visible in a photo.

Press a front and back leg crease.

Use a zipper either front or back.

Trim or clip the crotch seam.

Use the waistband.

There is a guid sheet you can access from the fitting pants pattern screen.

Do not make any alterations to the pattern.

The fitting garment should be a close fitting wearable pant. It drafts with a slim leg. If it's too snug, don't worry. This can be changed with your hem and knee settings. The hip line must be level on the body.

If the pants are too tight in the hip, stop sewing and contact support@wildginger.com

We are not able to judge fit on a pant that is too tight. You should be able to pinch ease at hip level.

When taking pictues to send to support@wildginger.com you need a full front, back and side view. Arms must be down.











These pictures show a pair of marked fitting pants. The marks added at the waist show the planned waist drop. The Hip line must be level on the body for the pants to hang correctly.



































When the hip line dips in front, there will be bagging in the front crotch. Level the hip line. The front is adjusted at the waist using the front waist drop setting.



























When the hip line is pulled up in front, there will be bagging in the back leg. Level the hip line. Raise the front waist using the front waist drop setting. Also, check the waist circumference. It may be smaller than needed and the pants are being pulled over the tummy to a smaller circumference. Enter the pants waist circumference in Pants Defaults.

(When a chart is saved for the first time, the natural waist circumference is entered at the Pants Waist Default. The only way to change this is in Defaults. Changing the natural waist in the measurement chart does not change the the pants waist once it have become a default)

























The lower back darts are set in Defaults. Looking at this picture it appears in the side view the hip circumference is above the line marked on the pants. Looking at the back view you can see the hip circumference is lower. The hip depth should be low, in the seam area. When you sit that is where ease is needed.

The lower back dart length is based on the side view. The fuller the hip, the shorter the back darts will be.

(In this picture the hip needs to be leveled to remove the small poof in the front crotch.



















These pants are tight in the thigh below the hip. There are horizontal pulls, sometimes called "whiskers". These front hip line is also dipping slightly.













Wedgie? This is what a Wedgie looks like.

To fix this, increase the crotch length. This will increase the distance from waist to crotch level and the crotch will not pull into the body.