When I first sewed up the wide-legged version of the Pietra Pants in linen in April of 2020, I swore there needed to be more in my wardrobe.

And, now I’ve come through on that promise.

It’s a winter-weight version of the lovely Pietra Pants by Closet Core patterns – this time in a wide wale corduroy from Meter Meter, which doesn’t seem to be available in this colour anymore.

I feel that the wide legged view A of the Pietra Pants is somewhat outshined by her tapered leg and shorts-version sisters.

In my opinion, that’s merely because there aren’t as many competitors out there in the tapered leg and shorts category, so the Pietra Pants shine very evidently in those categories.

Whereas, well, there are plenty of wide legged pants patterns out there.

But, as a lover of the wide-legged silhouette and being no stranger to many varieties of it (let’s see, I’ve sewn the Lander Pants, Persephone Pants, Jenny Overalls, Nagoya Pants, Mccalls 7726, Florence Pants, Rae Pants, Winslow culottes, Flint Pants, Deer and Doe culottes. Holy shit, I just had to search my own blog to find all those and I had no idea that I’d sewn so many wide legged pant!), I honestly feel that view A of the Pietra Pants is the best wide legged pant I’ve ever worn for my body. The Flint pants probably come in a close second, but the Pietra Pants has the added advantage of ELASTIC!!

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I had intended to make Persephone Pants out of this fabric when I purchased it. They were basically supposed to be a replacement for a pair I made last year which I can just squeeze into, but you know, not actually, sit, walk or function in anyway. It would be great for occasions on which I can magically transport myself into a room and then stand still while barely breathing for the entire time I’m there.

But, I’m not going to lie, it kind of breaks my heart to remake something I made only a year ago because I can’t comfortably wear it anymore. Especially, when it is a garment that I really loved and which served a useful role in my wardrobe.

So it was the desire to avoid that bummed out feeling of remaking something in duplicate which made me think that perhaps I should try to mix it up a bit on the original.

And so Persephone Pants were replaced by Pietra Pants!

My Pietra Pants

My Pietra Pants are the same size as my linen version – a size 14 at the waist, tapering to size 16 at the hip. I contemplated whether to go up a size, particularly in view of using heavier fabric.

In the end, after trying on my linen pair, I felt comfortable with the fit around the leg, so kept things as they were. The elastic waist also created sufficient flexibility that I could adjust the size a tad where I might need it most. I definitely did use a longer piece of elastic in these ones compared to the ones I made last spring but that was the only modification needed.

The Pietra Pants sewed up perfectly easily and enjoyably in corduroy. I was a tad worried that it would be excessively bulky but I don’t think that’s the case.

And the pocket is still amazing – even in a chunky fabric!

I do acknowledge that the elastic back does currently look a tad bulky but that is only because I am yet to do the crucial step of topstitching the elastic down (the only way to get pretty elastic!). That’s because I’m wearing it a few times to ensure I’ve gotten the elastic length exactly right before I topstitch it down. (I’ve actually already shortened the elastic length by more than in inch since I took these photos!)

It’s also worth mentioning that, despite the great details on it, the Pietra Pants are a really fast sew. I managed to sew these in one evening, excluding cutting.

All-in-all, this one gave me a great deal of satisfaction. I felt that I managed to actually make something more suited to my current life than the garment it was intended to “replace”. It’s still giving my wide legged corduroy 70s vibes and it has the added advantage of not needing to sew any pesky closures in corduroy.

Ughhhh, my Dagny Pinafore Dress still gives me corduroy nightmares!

Sometimes sewing is an explosion of creativity and sometimes, it’s more mundane and functional, but, somehow, still just as satisfying!

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