Sew Sew Fabulous
The new year has kicked off with a bang and lots of sewing. For the first month of January I’ve already sewn 5 items and it’s been an awesome experience so far.
In the first week of January I finished sewing up the last pillows for our new couches on the patio. Read the blogpost about those here. I still need to finish the covers for the seats, but I haven’t had time yet.
I always struggle to find jeans that fit properly, usually its only the most expensive ones that look somewhat decent. This week I decided it was finally time to make myself some Jeans. The folks at Sew Altered is running a 2 month “workshop” on fitting casual pants. Katie had some good suggestions for Jeans patterns & choosing your size in this post, I was inspired. Project two for my #2018rtwfast, here we come.
I chose the Jalie 2908 Jean pattern, it’s a bootleg jean pattern and is supposed to flatter my inverted triangle figure. Bonus as I like wearing bootleg jeans 😉 The Jalie 2908 comes in a regular waist & low waist version and I cut the latter.
I ran into my 1st problem having to choose the size. According to Katie’s blogpost you should pick your size based upon your hip measurement. But mine was 1cm bigger than a 6 and 2cm smaller than a 7. After picking the brains of fellow members in the Sew Altered & Capsule wardrobe facebook groups, I decided to start with a size 6 and see how it goes.
Then I ran into my 2nd problem, [Read more…]
The talented Olga Becker from Coffee & Thread has outdone herself with this pants pattern!
I feel very privileged to have been chosen to test this pattern and my daughter loves the pants.
I used a brushed cotton fleece for the pants. They haven’t got the greatest amount of stretch, but they fit very nicely.
The pattern features two options; you can either make the pants with plain legs (like I have), or you can add the cute 3D animal faces which will be a hit with any child. My son just saw a pair that one of the other testers made with the Fox faces. He promptly declared that those are boy pants and he desperately needs a pair like that. What can a sewing mommy do? I will have to oblige.
The fun pockets made my daughters day, but you have the option to omit them to sew up a super-fast pair of pants.
This confident beginner friendly pattern is available in sizes 9-12months up to 12 years.
Olga’s user friendly PDF file includes:
*A computer generated, tiled pattern that can be printed on 8.5”x11” or A4 paper; it is layered so you can choose to print just the size you need
*A choice of two files to print at a shop (I haven’t tried to have it printed here in South Africa yet, but I’m sure its possible)
*A detailed, step-by-step tutorial
*Cut files for the animal faces for plotters such as Silhouette
*a glossary of sewing terms
Join the Coffee & Thread Patterns Facebook Group to see the awesome pictures of what other testers has done with this pattern and get inspired. If you need any assistance or have any questions regarding sewing up your pattern, this is an awesome resource.
The pattern is currently on sale for $5.00 (regular price $8.00) until next Thursday 28th April 2016, so get yours here now 😉
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