Sewn: Fibremood Freja Trousers
There is nothing quite like a deadline to get you throwing some fabric at your sewing machine. My deadline was the holiday in Iceland ( full post here ) because I felt I needed a new pair of trousers. I had some beautiful teal Merchant & Mills linen in my stash that I had bought from Draper's Daughter. Having no time to buy a pattern, I trawled through the Fibremood magazines I had and settled upon the Freja trousers. These are smart-ish wide legged trousers with pleat fronts and pockets but with an elasticated waist. They are completely the kind of trousers I would have scoffed at in my younger years, but now I'm in my fifties will happily embrace the ease and comfort! This isn't really much of a pattern review because they were actually very straightforward to make and I encountered no problems. I added three belt loops (two in the front and one in the centre back), because I thought I might want to add a belt to disguise the elastic waist. They wear well, and alt...
