Cherry capri progress

LIt's the end of the summer semester, and I have quite a lot of work to accomplish before the registrar's deadline for grades. It's terribly difficult to stay focused. Suddenly it seems urgent that I repot my plants, check the garden and fuss with the sprinkler, clean out the refrigerator, and look for kale recipes. I'm trying to get my work done and THEN sew, but this morning I took advantage of the first part of H's nap.

I intended to assemble and attach the waistband to the cherry capris. I discovered a couple more oopses resulting from transforming my block into a flat fly front pattern: I cut the tab on the underlap side too short by 1 3/8 inches, and I somehow managed to cut the back waistband 1/2 inch too shallow. The underlap is nothing un-improviseable. The waistband is a bit narrow, but we'll call that a design feature for this pair of pants. I will, however, make some changes to my pattern pieces for next time.

I planned to do a little fitting and adjusting later -- AFTER I'd finished my work for today. The last fabric I used for a pattern drafted from this same block had quite a bit of stretch, and the back could have stood to be narrower at the outside seam by almost an inch between the fullest part of the hip and the knee. I'm not sure how the leg width will look in this version as this twill is doesn't have any lycra. After basting (photos below before I put the hem in)I decided that the ease in necessary without the stretch.

Things are a little wrinkly here, but my life is a little wrinkly, so it all works out. 

As for hems, I really like what Sherry at Pattern ~ Scissors ~ Cloth has to say about side seam splits here: Add Side Seam Splits To Your Trousers Too! Last time I did this, I improvised, which was not fabulous. I planned to finish these in this way, as her method looks entirely fabulous. After doing it, I decided a one inch split is a little shallow. I'll post more pics of the finished projects as soon as I do the closure tomorrow!