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OK, I wore out my shop bought breeches finally. I want to make a new pair. I can use the old ones as a pattern, but I know the fly is not right. Looks like a modern fly, except it uses Velcro for closure. Talking about a simple pair of long breeches. Any one got any links to any online patterns for middle class men's breeches that shows the fly. I hate to buy a pattern for one pair of breeches. I will if I have to, but I only need know about the fly. Don't want a huge codpiece thing. Just something simple. Or is there no fly at this time?
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Re: Proper Breeches
Mon, April 13, 2009 - 1:48 PMI made two sets of breeches for my husband from a McCall's pattern. I removed the elastic in the back, gathered it into a straight waistband, put velcro closures on the slit fly, then covered that with a codpiece consisting of an inverted triangle of fabric attached at the crotch by sewing and at the tops by buttons.
I don't know of a breeches pattern that is already set to go like that. Perhaps Margo Anderson has it.
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Re: Proper Breeches
Mon, April 13, 2009 - 2:30 PMI've made nine pair of breeches and slops making up a simple hybrid type of fly using the Margo Anderson Patterns and Fantasy Fashion Paned Slops and Breeches. Very easy to do and the men I sew for tell me easy to wear.
An inner fly with a outer fly/codpiece triangle. Just a couple buttons and ties hold it all together securely and easy to access for necessity needs. Positng two pic's here.
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Re: Proper Breeches
Tue, April 14, 2009 - 5:24 PMwww.reddawn.net/costume/breeches.htm
Instead of her suggestion of hooks or snaps, go with buttons made out of fabric scraps www.employees.org/~cathy/buttons.html has a quick tutorial.
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Re: Proper Breeches
Wed, April 15, 2009 - 12:48 PMModifying a pajama pant pattern has created the most simple pairs of breeches for me.
