I finally got fed up with slacks that don't fit. I pulled out the Wild Ginger pattern that I had printed in the summer and made a sloper. That added to my frustration. I emailed them saying the top waist band area didn't look right. They replied it's because of my measurements, the top would not be straight across. While cutting and sewing I kept thinking this will turn out even though it looked very wrong. When finished, the front was a big U and the back was an upside down U. The back looked like the pads football players wear to protect their neck. I put that aside and went with plan B.
A few years ago as a Mother's Day gift, I went to a day long seminar by Peggy Sagers. During the seminar, she made a custom slack sloper for me. I've made a few slacks and have been happy with the fit, but got tired of the zipper in the back. Plan B was to tackle a front fly zipper this weekend. I'm very happy to say I did it!!! It was much easier than inserting a regular zipper.
My question is the front fly zipper I put in, following Peggy's directions, has the opening to the left. All of my ready to wear pants have the zipper opening to the right. Is this like men and women's shirts, open one way for men and the opposite for women?
Suzanne