Grrrrr, I am an idiot

OK. I think I have been a complete twit. Even in the rather poor photos above (which I can't work out how to lighten), I think it can be seen that my trousers have in fact come out with more wrinkles than a Shar-Pei.

I think I've managed to cut them off grain. Some of the pattern pieces had grain line arrows, but some of them said, toward the hem and at the very edge of the pattern piece "On Grain". I assumed this meant that the edge of the pattern piece was on grain all the way up the leg. Now I am not sure. I have tweaked and fiddled with these trousers all afternoon and have concluded that I should possibly have squared a grain line up from the section that was marked as on grain as it seems that the edge of the pattern piece, whilst it looks straight, actually isn't. If you look at one of the pattern pieces photographed below, you will see what I mean. The grain line I've drawn is the width of my yardstick away from the edge of the pattern piece at the hem where the marking is. And I've squared it up using a quilting ruler. If I am correct in my diagnosis, this puts my trouser legs seriously off grain and explains the wrinkles. It doesn't explain why my muslin appeared to hang correctly though. So I may still be barking up the wrong tree with this. In which case, I will be very disappointed in my next version of these trousers.

I am not entirely confident in my diagnosis of the fault, and am also questioning my grain line drawing skills right now. However, its the best explanation I can come up with, and the trousers seemed to fit otherwise. So I am going to make another pair and see whether they come out better. But I shan't be starting on them until tomorrow (at least).