anita pants 2: cutting, sewing
Finally!
I bought even more fabric, so I figured I should start going back and finishing projects before I’m buried in a mountain of stash. I had been planning on joining the MPB jeans sew-along back in May, but I missed even that (especially as they did everything in a single week). I’m using the blog posts now though, as a really handy step-by-step of what to do.
So … I fixed the muslin first. Lesson learned: if you want the waist higher, do NOT use the lengthen/shorten line across the hip. That is for people with longer or shorter butts. Instead, extend the waist/yoke up. I ended up keeping the front waist, raising the back center yoke by ~1 inch, and taking in the top of the back center seam by ~1-1.5 inches. The fitting aspect probably was the most painful part to do.
The rest has been mostly easy. I’ve cut out all the pieces and sewn in the front pockets.
Materials: “Wrangler” twill + metal zipper from Britex, cute mermaid fabric I had laying around (from Eddie’s Quilting Bee) for the pockets and waistband lining. I’d ordered some other twill online, but it was much too lightweight for pants.
July 2nd, 2011 at 10:35 am
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