One more pair of wool pants to start off my stash busting year.
Butterick 6717 hit the cutting table for one more pair of pull-on pants. This pattern makes a comfortable pair of pants with the leg wide enough to wear a knee brace without looking overly wide. This pair of pants, again, has side pockets, something I left off many of the earlier makes with this pattern for no good reason. Butterick 6717 is a tried and true (TNT) pattern, a pretty basic and easy to sew pattern.
The inner leg notch marking is off slightly but if you line up the crotch and the bottom hem, it all works out to being the same length, just ignore the notch. I didn't follow the pattern instruction in the order they are laid out. I was on board for steps 1 to 6 but I skipped to step 9 to 11 before sewing the pockets and side seams and then I went to topstitch the front facing in place.
The only change, other than the instruction order changes, was to shorten the length of the hem and then shorten the left leg length another 5/8" to address the havoc scoliosis tries to cause with my sewing projects. The hem was sewn with a machine blind hem instead of topstitching.
The fabric is a lovely British wool suiting fabric which has been in the stash for too many years. I will admit to being scared to cut into this as my collection of 100% wool suiting fabric is dwindling and it's becoming harder to find quality all-natural fibre fabrics like this now-a-days. It was pre-treated before it hit the cutting table.
Sewing IS Political
This is the first Canadian made and tariff free project in 2026. Yes, the boycott continues. Thankfully, everything used to make these pants were found in the stash. There were no new purchases nor any funds supporting the convicted felon's tariff war or to businesses that support his administration.
The British wool suiting fabric was from Mitchell Fabrics, a local Canadian fabric outlet that closed down years ago. Butterick 6717 is an American product, circa 2019 which entered the stash in 2022 and did not contribute to the convicted felon's tariff economy in either of his terms. The fabric scissors are from Merchant and Mills, an United Kingdom company and were purchased from The Workroom, a Canadian fabric outlet. The threads are from Güterman threads, a German company and were made in Greece. The threads were purchased from Fabricland, a Canadian fabric outlet.
This year, I hope to source all my supplies, fabric and patterns from the stash to the best of my ability. I can check this one off as my first stash busting project of the year.
Project details
Seams: 3.0 straight stitch
Seam finish: Serged
Fabric: 2.1 metres (150 cm wide)
Interfacing: 0.60 metres
Elastic: 0.5 metres
Pattern: Butterick 6717, no longer in print, currently only available in PDF format
Additional Tools and Supplies: Cutting table, pins, pin cushion, measuring tape, tailor's chalk, measuring gauge, Janome 4120 QDC sewing machine, walking foot, blind hem foot, Janome AirThread 2000D serger, threads, thread clippers, iron, ironing board, tweezers, fabric scissors, seam ripper, safety pin and decaf coffee.
Stand strong, elbows up and keep sewing.
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