Summer swishy trousers - I’d be imagining a pair of trousers like this for work wear, to wear with cotton lawn tanks and breezy shirts in hot weather, but it took me a while to get round to working out how to make exactly what I wanted. I would have bought some but being pear-shaped I find trousers from shops never ever fit me well and nothing I saw was just right. I wondered about using the megan nielsen flint pants pattern but in the end went for Nina Lee London portobello trousers but hacked them to look like the Flint pants from the front!! Megan Nielsen has a great tutorial on her website on how to hack the flints to have a flat front instead of release tucks, so I figured the same must be possible with the portobello trousers! I simply folded the pleats on the paper pattern piece and smoothed the paper flat. I then measured the pattern pieces across the waist (taking off the seam allowances and missing out the darts on the back) and compared to my waist size, and decided I wanted a bit more room and unfolded half of one pleat to allow for this. I also lowered the waist line by an inch as I find a super high waist isn’t my jam and I added slant pockets using the pocket pieces from the Capri pants in the Gertie sews vintage casual book. Overall they worked out pretty well - having the zipper next to the pockets isn’t ideal but manageable. I think if I made them again I’d draft a curved waist band to get a better fit at the waist, but I still love them and have been wanting to wear them every day!!