Pattern: Daughter Judy Worship Jeans Fabric: Navy-grey (gravy?) slight stretch pinstripe denim from Cloth House Pattern notes: Per the pattern description: “classic five-pocket rigid jeans pattern. Slim fit through the hip and thigh with a pitched straight waistband.” I made view A, the straight leg. I was looking to replicate a RTW pair of rigid […]
Heyo! I made these pants over the course of last week… I used to be such a ‘get it all done in one sesh’ sewer but now I’m getting OK with taking more time over things, just to give myself something to do each day… They’re Style Arc Kew Pants, gone in the jeans direction […]
Here’s the second pair of jeans made from my self-drafted pattern! In a classic blue denim this time, an indigo selvedge number from my go-to denim source, Ditto Fabrics. I made a few little tweaks from my pink pair, mainly to get the centre back fitting better. I angled the back yoke seam even more […]
Phew, this slow sewing business means long blog posts are also the order of the day! Here are my new pink pants which I self-drafted and poured a lot of love and detail into, so there’s plenty to write about… The style of these trousers is based on a pair of very much loved ready-to-wear […]
I’ve got a bit of a confession. I’ve got quite the stock of handmade jeans now – Gingers, Safrans, more Gingers – but they don’t tend to get worn as often as my trusty RTW pairs. The reason was always they they felt too crispy-new, too uniformly-coloured, with none of that lovely age (or slightly […]
Allo! I’ve been on the jeansmaking train again – it’s never too long between denim sessions chez Katie. This time it was external forces guiding me, because Deer and Doe sent over a pre-release of their new Safran jeans and pants sewing pattern to road-test and review. I’ve tried a lot of skinny jeans patterns […]
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