An Introduction

When making your own pants, and with any project, it is important to consider the specifications and constraints of your design. In regard to sewing snowboarding pants, there are many aspects that will allow in my pants fitting well and being successful along with many aspects that may contribute to my downfall.

5 Specifications

The following items are how I want my pants to look, feel, and function:

1. Flowy appearance incorporated through making the pants almost “too big” for my legs
2. Room to move freely
3. Provide comfort and warmth
4. Protect my legs from the cold, damp snow
5. Allow me to do a multitude of tricks and jumps without ripping

Since I made snowboarding pants prior to these that ripped down the rear-seam, I am prioritizing bagginess and assuring that this pair will not rip. I will know I have succeeded once I wear these pants, and I am able to ride comfortably.

Having baggy pants, as seen in Fig 1., allows one to move around more and is also aesthetically pleasing.

5 Constraints

Below are factors that will prohibit my success in sewing my own pair of snowboarding pants:

1. Experience – although I have been sewing for about 6 years now, I have only made one other pair of pants; that pair of pants failed
2. Material supply – I do not have enough material to mess up any piece of these pants. If I mess up one of the front or rear pant legs, I am out of material and the entire project is ruined
3. Time – Unfortunately, I am behind schedule. I will need to use my weekends to finish these pants.
4. My sewing machine – although I have a high quality Brother sewing machine, it has broken before. If my machine breaks, my progress will be delayed
5. Room to work – last time I made these pants it was in my room, and the material and supply took up my entire floor space. While I made it work, it was inconvenient. I may try making parts of these pants in the ITLL or Idea Forge.

Of these five constraints, I believe experience and room, to work will be toughest to deal with. Since I want every seam and stitch to be perfect, I will need to pay attention to every minute detail on these pants to assure no seams are crooked and that everything lines up. There have been times where I am sewing super-fast and, my stitch looks like Fig 1.

The red single-stitching gets closer and further apart from the end of the tan fabric. While this will hold the articles of fabric together, it does not look nice. I want to avoid this by taking my time and correctly lining up my fabric.

References

Pearlyqueen. “Crooked Stitches 1” Flickr, July 28, 2013.

Featured image:

Elverdi. “Brother CE1100PRW Computerized Sewing Machine” Ebay. 2025.