Wool Pants: Butterick 6717

This pair of pull-on wool pants, Butterick 6717, has pockets!  

These are the first pair I've made with this pattern that do have pockets.  There are eight pairs of pocket-less pants previously made.  I left them off the previously made pairs.  I don't know why.  Maybe it's because that pocket pattern piece looked small but they don't feel that way when I wear these pants.  

Butterick 6717 is a keeper.  I do have a hard copy of this pattern but it's no longer available for sale on the Simplicity website.  It is, however, available in PDF format here.  I made these in a size large (16-18) with no changes to the pattern other than shortening the leg length one and a half inches.  The pants have a one and a half inch blind hem.  They were easy to sew and the pants are comfortable.  

The fabric is a charcoal coloured British wool fabric that has been hiding in the stash for many years.  It was pre-treated prior to hitting the cutting table.  I do have enough fabric to sew another pair of pants.

Sewing IS Political

This is another Canadian made and tariff free project.  Everything used to make these pants were found in the stash.  The fabric came from Fabricland, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The Butterick pattern, circa 2019, was made in the U.S.A. prior to the start of the convicted felon's global tariff war and did not contribute his economy.  It was purchased as a discounted pattern from Fabricland.  The scissors used to cut this project are Merchant and Mills, a U.K. company and were purchased from The Workroom, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The sewing machine needle was replaced with a Schmetz needle, a German company and was purchased at Fabricland.  The threads used were Gütermann Threads from Germany.  The label used is from KATM, and Australian company.  

Project details

Seams:  2.8 straight stitch

Seam finish:  Serged

Fabric:  2 metres

Interfacing:  0.70 metres (fusible)

Elastic:  1 metre

Pattern:  Butterick 6717, circa 2019 (printed copy now out-of-print)

Label:  1--"2025" KATM 

Additional Tools and Supplies:  Cutting table, pins, wrist pin cushion, measuring tapes, measuring gauge, fabric scissors, tailor's chalk, Janome 4120 QDC sewing machine, walking foot, blind hem foot, screwdriver, thread clippers, threads, Jean-a-ma-jig, Janome AirThread 2000D serger, seam ripper, ironing board, iron and tea.  

Stand strong, elbows up and keep sewing.