StyleArc Bob Pants

This is only the second StyleArc pattern I've made, which surprises me a little. I've made the Barb stretch pants a bunch of times and like wearing them a lot. It could be that my closet full of BurdaStyle magazines uses up most of my pattern juice.

A few weeks ago my friend Martha came over for some socially distanced bubbly water and showed me a couple of cuts of linen she'd picked up at Hart's on the way. She planned to use them for the Bob Woven Pant pattern.  Which she did. She reported that the pattern was easy to work with and the pants were insanely comfortable. I was sold.

She spoke truth on both those points.

I used 2 yards of black Brussels washer linen and I am very pleased with my new pants.

Black is a risky choice for me because I have a Great Pyrenees. They are great dogs, but they shed like you can't believe and their hair sticks to everything. Here she is getting de-thatched. We have that done professionally once a month.

Below is the line drawing of the Bobs from StyleArc. On their size chart they list the finished measurements of the pattern for each size instead of the measurements of the sewist. It was nice to have the finished measurements so easily available, but this was going to be a new style effort for me and I dithered a bit about how much ease I wanted when all was said and done. 

I ended up picking my size based on the smallest finished waistband that would fit over my hips, so I'd be able get the things on. That was a size 8, which has a waistband of 36.25 inches (without elastic). 

However, the size 8 winds up with a finished hip measurement of 44.5 inches, which worried me a bit, but I decided if I was into this new silhouette for a penny I was in for a pound. I did a quick pin fitting with the paper pattern and they didn't look comically humongous, so I went for it.

And I like! The linen drapes a lot nicer than the exam table paper I use for pattern tracing. The balloon shape on the legs doesn't feel over the top, and they are, indeed, insanely comfortable.

Back view and side view for you.

The line drawing on the pattern envelope shows the pants hitting a bit above the ankle. I tend to like my pants on the long side. Might be a holdover from my formative years, when we wore our pants so long they touched the ground even while we were wearing enormous platform shoes. 

I'm 5 foot 2ish, so you might want to lengthen or shorten to suit your desires, especially if you're taller than me. Not too many are shorter, it seems.

As an added bonus, the inseam pockets are very nice indeed; deep and shaped so that anything you stash in there is going to stay put. 

I'm glad I gave this new shape a try. I have a chocolate brown piece of mystery fabric up in the stash closet that I may tee up for another pair.

My pattern review is on PatternReview.com here.