From the Blog…
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Add a pleat to the hem of wide leg pants
Sewing a pleat into wide leg pants (or wide-r leg pants) is easy and adds a fun design element. I’ll also share a few pants patterns that have this detail. You can do this to both purchased and handsewn pants. I did this with a pair of OOP Simplicity sewing pattern navy linen pants after seeing someone online who did a similar hack. The pattern I used is an old Simplicity x Christie Brinkley #9440 collab pattern from the 1990s. I bought it in the 1990s and made the button up shirt and the pants several times in the 1990s.…