Joggerathon – Apostrophe – MyFit Joggers
Last but not least, lets talk about the MyFit Joggers from Apostrophe Patterns! They are a comfortable, relaxed fit pant that are made to your measurements. There are tons of options to create a fully customized pair of pull-on pants, with style options than range from trendy joggers to woven shorts to dressy flares.
I’ll be honest, it took me forever to finally sew these up! I was so nervous about all the measurements and totally mucking it up. Luckily it wasn’t as bad as I thought after I finally bit the bullet.
* The Joggerathon is going on ALL month long. If you would like to go back and see any of the previous posts on the Joggerathon, click HERE or to see the pattern line-up, click HERE.
** Don’t forget to head over to my instagram to see all the fit videos on my IGTV!
Price: $16.00
Size Range: All of them! (Literally)
Options Sewn:
- This is a little tricky to explain since I sewed pairs to about 13 different measurements specific to my body. I’ll explain more below.
Fabric
The fabric I used for these pairs are all the CLUB French Terry from Raspberry Creek Fabrics.
Recommended Fabric: Any fabric. You put in the stretch % or indicate if it’s woven
Instructions
Were the instructions easy to follow?
- There are SO MANY instructions! Like pages and pages since it goes over the instructions for ALL the different options. I honestly didn’t really look at them much but they are pretty thorough.
Pattern
- All three versions have the tapered leg style, 2″ elastic waistband and slant pockets. The two slim versions have single layer pockets where the lounge version has a double layer pocket (with a pocket bag). Main stretch % of fabric were all listed as 60%. Both slim versions have a cuff height of 3.5″ and the lounge has a cuff height of 2.5″.
- You will notice that the Slim (#2) version has a slightly wider ankle. After I sewed these up, the cuff felt a little looser than I would have liked, so I remeasured and it should actually be 7.5″ (correct measurements are super important!)
- For my lounge version (#3), I like to have some ease in the crotch, so I adjusted the crotch depth and rise so the bottom of the crotch would be a little bit lower. I also shortened the cuff to be an inch shorter.
**More details on the fit below the side-by-sides
My Measurements: Based on how I inputted them into the pattern generator
Fit: Adjusted Slim (#1)
- Hips: 36″
- Waist: 30.5″
- Waist to hip: 5″
- Thigh: 20.5
- Knee: 10.125″
- Calf: 11.375″
- Ankle 7.5″
- Inseam to knee: 14″
- Inseam to ankle: 28″
- Final Inseam: 28″
- Front crotch depth: 7″
- Back crotch depth: 9″
- Front rise: 8″
- Back rise: 12.5″
Fit: Slim (#2)
- Hips: 36″
- Waist: 30.5″
- Waist to hip: 5″
- Thigh: 20.5″
- Knee: 12.5″
- Calf: 12.75″
- Ankle: 7.75″
- Inseam to knee: 14″
- Inseam to ankle: 28″
- Final Inseam: 28″
- Front crotch depth: 7″
- Back crotch depth: 9″
- Front rise: 8″
- Back rise: 12.5″
Fit: Lounge (#3)
- Hips: 36″
- Waist: 30.5″
- Waist to hip: 5″
- Thigh: 20.5″
- Knee: 12.5″
- Calf: 12.75″
- Ankle: 7.5″
- Inseam to knee: 14″
- Inseam to ankle: 28″
- Final Inseam: 28″
- Front crotch depth: 7.5″
- Back crotch depth: 9.5″
- Front rise: 8.5″
- Back rise: 13″
First things first, I am pretty dang proud how well I did inputting my measurements! All the crotch measurements made me nervous but I’m pretty sure I NAILED IT. Only one minor mistake was with the first cuff (ankle measurement), so I call that a win.
The Fit (#2)
I’m going to start off with jogger No.2, since this is the first one of the bunch that I sewed. This one is 100% what the pattern generator spit out based on my measurements and the options I chose: Slim fit with a tapered leg.
- One of the things I didn’t realize when I started was the amount of EASE built into the pattern.
- Based solely on my opinion, the slim version is NOT a slim fit jogger pattern at all. I’d actually consider this more of a regular fit to be honest.
- These have approx. -2″ of ease at the hips, a little over 2″ at the knee and a little over 1″ at the calf. That is so much ease! Definitely not what I would consider for slim. I was imagining closer to no ease in the legs. The hips are great but from the knee down are huge. (You can notice it the most on the side view)
The Fit (#1)
Which brings me to the fit of jogger No.1. Since my definition of slim is a whole lot more slim, I took the amount of ease that was listed on the actual pattern file for the original Slim version (No.2) and subtracted those numbers to for a new Knee and Calf measurement (my measurements minus the ease listed), making the ease zero.
Oh my goodness, what I got this time around is 100% better. The perfect slim fit.
The Fit (#3)
This one is 100% what the pattern generator spit out for the Tapered Lounge versions with no major alterations to my measurements. I did change the crotch measurements so there was a little bit of ease there, based on my preference for lounge pants.
- Even though I selected “tapered” for the leg fit, these feel very straight to me.
- The cuff width does not change with the fit of the joggers (slim, regular, lounge)
- The fit of these I think is great until you get to the calf. I would have preferred these to taper more so there wasn’t so much puff at the bottom of the legs.
- The bottom of the cuff was literally as big as it could possibly be with the amount of stretch I chose. I had to stretch the cuffs to the max! Any wider of a leg and it wouldn’t have fit (correct stretch percentage is important for this one!)
WHAT DID YOU PARTICULARLY LIKE OR DISLIKE ABOUT THE PATTERN?
- For me at least, this pattern isn’t perfect as is. It requires a little bit of measurement manipulation to get your ideal fit (unless you like the fit as is, which I’m sure there will be a handful of you!). Once you know what to tweak and how, these are great!
- Probably not ideal for a brand new to sewing individual, unless you are an adventurous beginner.
- I don’t 100% love the pockets. They are too deep for my preference and I would prefer the opening to be a little smaller
- I hate that the waistband casing is bigger than my elastic! The casing ends up being 2.25″ and I can tell there is a gap and I hate it. I like my casing to be exactly the same size as my elastic so it’s nice and snug in there. I’m not exactly sure why the pattern is made to have this little bit of wiggle room. Maybe because it’s easier to thread the elastic? I still don’t like it.
WOULD YOU SEW IT AGAIN? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS?
The leopard print pair is SO good! I’m really considering ripping out the seams on the blush pink floral pair and take them in so it’s the same fit as the leopard. The lounge fit is not my favorite at all. I don’t even know what all I’d want to tweak to make it better for me, so I’ll probably stick to other patterns for my lounge joggers.
This pattern has so much potential as a base and you can literally sew a million different sizes and variations! It’s definitely worth the price.
Have you sewn up the MyFit Joggers? What are your thoughts? I’d love to know in the comments below! If you missed the Relaxed Fit Comparison yesterday, you can check that out HERE. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the last side-by-side comparison for the Relaxed Fit Joggers!
Cheers!
2 Comments
Janelle Albrecht
Wow, this pattern is really interesting! I totally see what you mean about it being trickier for a newer sewist (which I am) but I think I will pin this pattern and consider it after I have more experience. I think my ideal pair would kind of be halfway between #2 & #3 for hips/thighs/calves, and then the slightly puffed ankle & cuff of #2.
How would you define leggings vs slim fit joggers? To me, the fit on your leopard print pair look like leggings, up until you get to the slightly puffed ankle & cuff.
Ann
So far, I have used the MyFit Joggers only for shorts. I did find the Facebook group to be extremely helpful. One thing I’ve learned is to get the fit I like, increase my stretch by about 10%. So far, that has given me a much better fit.
I am now beginning a pair of woven that I’m going to try to modify into slim fit slacks by adding a side zipper. Wish me luck!