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Are you using McCall's pattern M5537, Classic Fit Palmer Pletsch women's pants? There is more than one sewing pattern numbered 5537 from more than one company.
I assume you have the printed instructions for sewing the pants, but just did not know how to follow those instructions. If so . . . I suggest you take the instructions and your pattern pieces to a nearby sewing goods store and ask one of the employees there to advise you.
Most likely the pants are a knit or stretchy fabric and you should be using a ballpoint needle especially for knits. Try poking the needles through your fabric and pull them back out just to see if there's a burr on one of them. If not, you can use them if you can't get the ballpoint ones. If the fabric is knit and it keeps getting caught, try putting a stabilizer under the fabric to get it to sew smoothly. You can try a light tearaway from Joanne Fabrics. If you can't get to a store, try waxed paper, tissue paper, an old pattern or anything that you have that can be torn away after you stitch. You only need a strip on the bottom of the hem. If the pattern is intricate and the paper sticks after the tearaway process, you can just dampen the paper so it will fall off. Hope this solves your problem.
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