Breeches 4

 Greetings

Having attached the waistband, I  now turned my attention to the knee openings.

Due to a confusion caused by misprints and inexact instructions on the pattern, I had not cut the leg panels with a fold-in buttonhole tab or button flaps, so I cut these as separate pieces and added them to the knee opening.

The pattern had also specified that the knee cuff should be cut as four separate pieces and seemed to indicate a standard 5 eighth seam allowance.

Due to the way I had set out the pattern pieces, I had cut one cuff  on the fold. This one worked with the standard seam allowance, giving me an inch wide finish. I had to sew the other band with the minimum seam allowance to get the same result.

Once more, this new pattern required some furkling...

This shows the internal button flap and the inside of the button-hole panel after the cuff has been sewn on. The buttonhole panel is anchored at the corners with 'as-invisible-as-I-can-make-'em' stitches. 

Here is the outer view. You will note I have allowed a long tail, as I will be adding knee buckles.

Until next time

Adieu