POCKETS ... Grrrr

Every woman I know has a pocket frustration story. Our pockets are TOO SMALL!!!

My most memorable one was returning from a long mountain hike in California only to realize after we got back to our rental house that I had lost my NEW iPhone. I found it using "Find my iPhone" from my computer. It was right next to a tree where I had stopped to answer the call of nature, at the very end of the hike (of course). I had, stupidly, put it in my back pocket. I normally keep in in my backpack. We did go back the next morning and I am still using that phone two years later. It's the one in my too small pocket above.

I tell everyone I know to call my house phone when I am home, because I don't keep my cell phone on me. It doesn't fit securely or comfortably in any of my pockets.

This is as far down my phone will go in this front pocket.

It gets worse when I sit down. The phone nearly pops out. Actually my phone has fallen out of my pockets a few times when I did sit down with it in both front and back pockets.

Read this Article about women's pockets. It expresses the frustrations so many of us feel.

But, if you you know how to sew ... you have the power to do something!

Most of you know I am struggling with pants fitting. Something I really never had to deal with making Renaissance or Star Wars costumes. I will be teaching a pants fitting class in January in Santa Barbara and I am working out the kinks. SO, I thought to myself, self ... make these pants with a good cell phone pocket.

I want to carry my phone in my front pocket. If it's in the back pocket I will sit on it, not good. So, I pinned the pocket pattern to my hip where it will be positioned on the pants I am working on and then lifted my thigh to see if I could sit. The phone was right in the way. But, lowering it a bit fixed that problem.

A longer pocket is what is needed so it won't be right at the place where my leg and hip bend. Check out some men's pants. Their pockets are really long.

I decided to add 2" in length to my pockets. I can always trim off a little if they are too long. When in doubt, always cut bigger. It can be trimmed away if necessary.  I will report back after my pants are finished to let you know this adjustment works.

And, you know, I was surprised that my husband had no idea about this problem until we had to hike back that long trail to retrieve my lost phone. He was amazed at how shallow and useless the pockets were in all my pants when I had him take a closer look.

But, apparently most men don't realize how ridiculous the pockets are in women's clothing.

Check out this video of the "Try Guys". These three men wear women's pants for a week and learn for themselves. Ha Ha!!!!!