The stripe down the side is made from tan satin ribbon, wrong side up. After sewing the side seams of each pants leg together, I centered the ribbon wrong side up over the seam, and sewed along each edge. I left a few extra inches at the top edge, to continue the stripe up the waist band. Once the stripes were added, everything else was pretty much basic pants assembly. I did have to make an adjustment for fit—instead of using a size smaller like I usually do with patterns, I cut them out according to my actual size. At one point, I tried them on before the waist band was added and realized I had just pulled them on with no problem, and with the zipper still up. Fixing that was just a matter of adjusting the darts and back seam.

Later, after wearing the pants, I tapered the inner legs seams so that there would be less bulk being tucked into the boots.