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Hi Teresa, I have a papercut pattern where the instructions are formed into a booklet by being stuck together concertina style. It’s a bit irritating tbh as It all unravels when you drop it, hope this helps.

I love the Pietras! I had to adjust the rise but I practically live in the three I've sewn up and am getting ready to sew up the other two views for colder weather - this is the first pattern where I fully plan on using all the views! Definitelly worth the purchase!

I'll have to pay a visit to Rye, never knew that had a shop!

Lovely makes! For a leggings pattern. Apostrophe pattern has 2 leggings patterns that are drafted to your measurements, fabic stretch and the ease you want. And they have pockets.

Excellent video. Thank you so much as I’ve had my eye on these to make.

I recently made the seamwork shorts & I was exactly the same as you about the circles and especially with the fly construction. I also had a slight bump/ nudge and didn't like zip coverage. I thought I'm not going to use their method next time I make them as I have done many flies so will use technique I prefer. Interestingly I was watching Tilly and the buttons fly instructions video & looked similar 🤯 after the fly I decided to do waistband the way I prefer & I also had done same thing of putting interfacing on & cutting with pattern facing up. I sewed the inside waistband first then topstitching back down putting in elastic at seams and stitching in ditch then leaving safely pins on elastic continued topstitching waistband leaving a 2 inch gap where it needs to be attached & continue with front and round doing same for other side. This enabled me to check & adjust elastic length which was a good job.i did. The hardest thing I did was making pattern adjustments to pattern pieces before I started. As I have a full belly but a very short rise at the front. I also fall between 16 & 18 and the hip & thigh ease difference is very significant. It's also 2 different blocks so you can't grade between these sizes. I do like my test pair but still need to do a little tweaking. Thanks so much for your honest informative reviews as I was wondering about how these patterns differed. 🤩

Great job Theresa! I’m rooting for the Pietra’s - a bit biased perhaps as I haven’t tried the other two patterns, but I find the Pietra’s a really lovely comfortable fit on my body and they look so stylish.

I really like what you did with the neckline facing on the March Dress. Personally I was a bit disappointed when I looked into that pattern and discovered the design lines weren’t princess seams as I had thought: I love the shape and was hoping to put invisible zips into the princess seams for nursing my bubby. Naturally that’s my own personal use case. It makes way more sense to me, as it is simply an oversized neck facing, to put it to the inside and use top-stitching to create the design lines, as you have done.

Printers in the properties have a drop down where single/ double page is if you scroll down further is an option to choose booklet. Hope that helps 😂

Genius move with patching that dress!!

Theresa I’ve been bingeing your delightful videos (in reverse) for some days and I must say this one is the most delightful yet!

Love your march dress and it looks amazing in that Indian block print!! So lovely to see yourself and Izzy at pottery!!! And that walk looks spectacular, very cool to go back after so many years…. And 10k 🎉🎉🎉 outstanding! Keep doing what you’re doing lovely lady ❤

Thank you for your unbiased and thoughtful pattern reviews. I vote for leaving the faux fly out of the Palisades shorts. It interrupts the vertical lines, so perhaps it will have a more slimming, streamlined, clean look without the faux fly.

I love the series Theresa. All the information is so helpful, and appreciated.🙂

It's so validating to hear that you also struggled with the seamwork fly construction!! I tried making the seamwork Weston (?) shorts as my first pair of proper bottoms and the fly was a disaster! They looked terrible and I wrote off fly closures entirely lol

Patterns for pirates has the free peg legs pattern and it has tons of options… it has the side pocket, the gusset, and a contour waistband you might love

Loving the series, anxious for the next.✌️

I've only toiled the Palisades but I didn't think the faux fly was loose on the front, I thought it was stitched down, huh I'll have to go back and see. It seems odd that the interfacing would be visible from the inside. Love this comparison! Thank you!

Omg you had me at the thumbnail with those gorgeous citrus colors!!!

Huh. I just checked my Palisade shorts and the fly interfacing doesn’t show. But I made them so long ago I can’t say-I might have corrected that on my own. I actually don’t mind a serged and stitched hem as it’s less bulky. But to each their own!

I love all three pair of shorts!! Thanks for sharing!

I agree about the seamwork zipper being close to the edge, it does seem odd. I also really struggle with sizing with seamwork patterns, it’s always way too large despite studying the finished garment and ease.

Do we need to use a special sewing machine for that thread? What are the different between elastic and stretch thread? Thank you so much.

Hi Theresa, love the smack down. I love learning from someone else WTH,😊. I was going to tell you if you love nice finish, i learned a trick from Whitney, over on Tomkat. Go to the second hand store and find a man's silk tie, wash and dry it first, and take it apart, and use the bias cut silk to make bias tape. Mens ties are cut on the bias,, I use it on denim short hem and take the abuse. I just used it on a top, which hada bias tape neckline.

Hiya! Good morning! I fell asleep to your voice last night (up waaayyy too late) so I had to rewatch this morning. Lol! I bought the Pietra a couple of years ago but haven’t gotten around to making them. I love your review of the instructions and sewing details (for all of them). I agree about hems, I like them deep and have been known to add facings to pants and shorts when the hems weren’t deep or when I needed more inseam length.

Can you show the two with a fly ,flat and side by side? They look like one is going the wrong way, but I can’t picture them together 😂. Love these types of videos , please keep up the good work it helps me so much.

Great video! I’m now motivated to make another pair of pietras and include the seam binding detail….very cute!

I love your battle comparison videos 😁 I went into this one a little biased, and am kinda rooting for one of them. CC patterns are high up on my list, and I've generally not had a good experience with Seamwork for construction or fit. I really like the color you've made up the Pietras in, too 🥰🥰 Thank you for such a thoughtful series! I have started using my laptop for digital pattern instructions since I discovered that many contain the links, etc. [And pattern instructions keep getting longer and longer 😆] I like making notes, too, and in most cases my tool bar has active draw/text/highlight buttons on it that allow for taking notes and highlighting (or even just keeping my place) on the pattern. 😁 I agree about your Seamwork editing problem and in this case, I think that second "press..." instruction was probably supposed to be attached to the bit above it for the non-serger users. Looking forward to the final results video!

Just finished watching! Excellent video thank you so much for the detailed breakdown 🙏

Oooo you didn't like the circles hey 😂😂 Only made the Pietras but I love them. Contemplating cutting out the Glennon shorts as a last Summer make!

I appreciate your comprehensive construction review, Theresa. You put lots of thought into making these shorts patterns. How strange for the Palisades to have interfacing uncovered. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like that before. 🤔 I look forward to seeing all three pairs modeled on you! 😘

I truly appreciate these pattern comparison videos you do! You do such a thorough and unbiased job! Thank you! All your shorts look so amazing!

Oh you are killing us with waiting, but I absolutely love this series!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything in such detail, can’t wait to see the final results! I made a calico of the Pietra shorts, trying to decide about making a final with a rayon blend…

Love your pattern comparison videos. They answer a lot of questions.

They all came out so cute! I guess you could remedy the narrow hems of the Dorians by unpicking and adding a hem facing. Maybe use the same material as the pocket linings.

Kindred spirits. I love beautiful insides. Fantastic and detailed reviews. I will very much look forward to fit video.

I have made several March dresses and the only thing that is keeping me from making another is that facing construction

I can't wait to see you wearing them! They all look so good and I always appreciate the nitty gritty details, fair criticisms, and compliments you provide in this series. Feels like nerding out with a friend 😜 I def agree that the Pietras have really lovely inside details but I like that you were able to pick a pocket lining fabric with the Dorian. I'm kind of shocked that for the Palisades, the interfacing is just out there exposed to your skin! That just seems thoughtless and lazy!

They look so good. I agree with your ranking so far. Looking forward to the final video, this series is always so good. Great job!

Your reviews are always so thorough - I just love your attention to detail with these. I cannot wait to see the final reveal!

Very thorough review! You included needed details in review. Looking forward to seeing the next in the series.

Hi Theresa, thank you so much for this very informative series. So far my favorite is the Pietra pants because of its clean finish and lovely pockets, however I might want to put a side zipper in the Pietra. I tend to fluctuate between sizes so I would be concerned about stretching the waistband. I’m currently in the middle of experimenting with a few shorts patterns as well, but using the Big Four. Since I live in Chicago and so close to a JoAnn Fabrics, I tend to take advantage of their frequent $2.99 sales, but I have to admit, I can’t find a Big Four pattern similar to the Pieta. Your series is convincing me to buy the Pietra pattern, but I will reserve my final decision after you’ve completed your series. Finally, I just want to say you’re doing a great job! Thank you for sharing.

For me, the proof of the garment is in the wearing, so I'm going to reserve judgement until you're modelling them and we hear your final thoughts, but so far, they all look great! I'm with you on the interfacing visible on the inside of a garment. I don't even like it when you can see a small sliver of interfacing around the fly, so I really wouldn't enjoy the Palisades for that element. I'm not a huge fan of faux flies anyway. Unless it really seems as though the front of the trousers needs some sort of detail, I just skip them.

Those are all great makes, and you are doing such a good job with your analysis. I'm finding it interesting -- I own both the Pietra and Palisades patterns. I've gotten as far as a toile on the Pietras, but something about the crotch curve and rise was definitely off (on my figure) and I had a lot of material bunching up and pulling in front of my lower abdomen and down into the crotch. Will be very interesting to hear any of your comments on fitting notes.

Regarding the instruction about pressing to the wearers left, I would have read it as an additional mention, in case the people who aren’t using an overlocker skipped that part in the instruction and therefore missed the pressing instruction.

The Pietra pants/shorts will likely be the first proper pants I ever sew, because that's one of the patterns included in their beginner sewing course. It's pretty cool, I think, that they use a pattern that has some interesting detail. Yours look quite nice, but all of your shorts do, and I'm looking forward to seeing the next installment of this series. These pattern clashes are really interesting and informative, and I really like the way you break things down and discuss them.

They all look great Theresa!

Hi Theresa, I really enjoy these “Clash of….” Vlogs. I have learned so much! Thank you! Sending best wishes and positive vibes from Down Under. Stay safe! 💐🇦🇺🥰

I don't wear leggings. Green style Creations I believe have leggings with pockets.

This is my first time to do elastic shirring so thanks alot for the tutorial