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 straight leg jeans that I love but aren’t the most comfortable for all-day wear, and had heard good things about the Worship’s mobility and ease (see thecrookedhem’s pinned story for a cool breakdown on crotch pitch and such).
It’s my first Daughter Judy pattern and I was pretty happy with the package: the PDF has size layers and assembled smoothly and I followed the instructions which are well written and illustrated. The fly instructions are particularly unlike any I have tried before – you essentially keep the front pieces separate for as long as possible, then lap and topstitch the seam below the zip right at the end – but made for a robust and neat result.
I used one my machine’s decorative stitches for some of the topstitching: not sure on this aesthetic decision now they’re done but it was fun to sew. I used leftover tana lawn for the pocket bags. The button is temporary, I’ve ordered some new jeans ones.
Fit notes: I cut size 4 which is slightly over my current measurements for safety, but then due to both that and using a slight stretch denim ended up sewing the side seams with a larger seam allowance. I also took an inch out of the leg length at the adjustment line before cutting.
I don’t think I’d actually change much if there’s a next time: there’s a risk of overfitting and losing the intended wearing ease and range of motion, especially if cut in a non-stretch as intended. I especially like the pitched waistband, which dips down in the front – although, being straight-cut, it does gap a little bit in the back: a compromise I’ll accept.
Final thoughts: I like them! There’s something in a combination of the fit and this beautiful-quality denim that makes them feel RTW in a way that my prior homemade jeans haven’t reached (though I do still wear older jeans like these and these, 5-6 years later).
I’m not sure my wardrobe needs a bunch more jeans right now as the pandemic really shifted my tolerance for hard pants, but I have some lovely cord also from Cloth House that these could be cute in, or a light-wash / ecru pair for summer perhaps.
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