The idea was born as simple as ever: I want new black jeans, I love those flared ones the weather woman on NRK wore, I will make them myself so they fit properly.
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| The pattern |
The M&S purchasing was a bit more challenging:
- The perfect pattern for the look 👍 (I used Simplicity 8222)
- Suitable stretchy black denim fabric 👍
- Fashion decisions...Should I use rivets? (no)...Should I topstitch in a different color? (why not?)...Should I have decorative stitching somewhere? back pockets for example? (mmmnah, keep it simple) 👍
But the most challenging and crucial bit is what comes after. Below is the summary of the first week's progress.
Sunday: I've had the digital pattern for a while...I've also had the fabric for a while...the rest for a shorter while but a while none the less...not unlike me though.
Today I finally got around to printing and assembling the pattern. The pattern is for skinny jeans though and I need to modify it to flares. Not today 😇
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| Materials & Supplies |
Thursday: After a few busy evenings, finally got around to modifying the pattern from skinny to flared legs.
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| Pattern modified from skinny to flared |
Friday: Layed the pattern out on the fabric, will cut tomorrow...
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| Ready for cutting! |
Saturday: Good progress today! I cut the pattern pieces out and started sewing, did the coin pocket, front pockets, the zipper and all its relevant bits and the front crotch seam. Let's see how far I get tomorrow 😌
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| The front is done! |
Sunday: More of the good progress today! 😁 The back is assembled (yoke, pockets, center seam) and attached to the front (inner leg seam, side seams).
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| The back is also done! |
What's left now isn't much, but some of it isn't easy as I'll be dealing with a lot of fabric layers, poor Bernina! But that's for a later post.
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