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.

Which Jeans Pattern to choose…

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 1^st 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 2^nd problem, [Read more…]