Simplicity 2700

This is my first attempt at Simplicity 2700 -- Amazing Fit pants. Unfortunately, I did not get an amazing fit, but it's certainly better than anything I've tried in retail. The lack of amazing fit, of course, was due to operator error.
The fit wasn't too bad when I tried them on at home. The only thing that I knew I wanted to do was raise the back waist at CB 1.5 inches.
After wearing them all day, however, I realized my big mistake.
I picked the wrong size for the back. I decided to use the average fit in front and curvy in back. Big mistake. I'm not sure who I was making this pants for -- certainly not to fit me. I just assumed that I had to cover some ground in the back, but as you can see from this picture
there's just too much room back there. Now a small part of this was due to measuring and not wearing the knickers I planned to wear with this pants (I hate VPL!). But, it was a very small part. I came home after wearing these all day and measured myself again -- with and without these particular knickers (they are shapewear) and the difference was relatively negligible. It certainly didn't account for inches of extra fabric gathering in the back. The problem was my measurements. I must have just randomly added two inches to my hips and waist just for fun. Speaking of waist, the biggest frustration with this trousers was the waist. I couldn't seem to get the waistband small enough. So, I'll consult the many books I have and start a second pair, a size smaller, with a raised CB and wider darts and see what happens. One good thing, I don't mind trashing these when I eventually get my fit -- the fabric I'm using is a Ralph Lauren twill from Fabric.com that I got when they put it in the $1.95 /yard clearance. Add my 25 or 30% off coupon (don't remember which) and it came to approximately $1.79 / yard.

A part of me wants to scrap this entire fitting process, but the other part (and it's much louder) says to keep trying. It's all part of the learning process and by the time I'm finished, I'll be able to whip these babies out in a couple of hours. It is frustrating though...

I'm not sure when I'm going to attempt the second pair. I keep creating UFOs like it's a goal or something. Ah well...