The Flowery Skirt

Brown shorts

Made using the Perfect Pants Pattern and fabric remnants and scraps and recycled notions.

There is still the crotch problem. Will have to alter the pattern some more. :-(

Z's pants La Mia Boutique Uomo autunno/inverno 1997-98

He is so pleased with his new pants! The best ones, he sais. :-) Light as air and keep him cool.

I made two  muslins. The first was too big. The second needed only some twitching. I think the result is pretty nice. But the thing I'm proud of is the matching of the lines at the side seams! This plaid is asymmetrical. Every piece had to be cut individually. I just wasn't able to match the vertical lines also. Maybe some other time. But I'm not a perfectionist. Fortunately. Otherwise I would have already gone mad with this pair of trousers.

 

Comfy! :-D

(Psst! I'm secretly making a linen pair. Don't tell him!)

Blue shorts

At first I thought I would use a patch to mend the back band. So I started joining the tear with stithces when a simple solution hit me. Just fused a piece of interfacing to the back side and topstitched with zigzag. Done!

 

No one will ever know. :-)

 

I couldn't decide which buttons to use for the closure so I went for snaps.

 

The shorts were made with a cotton fabric remnant without any stretch in it. Not comfortable at all. I thought that after test wearing them for some time the fabric would loosen. But it didn't considerably.

Since there was no ease in the fabric another issue became obvious. The crotch needs to be wider and deeper. Obviously the Perfect Pants Pattern needs to be altered some more! I already altered the crotch curve, but I don't remember if I lengthened the body of the pants. Can this be the solution to the problem?

MMM 21.05. and Green linen pants a.k.a. The perfect pattern

Me made - green linen pants, undies

Me refashioned -  red shirt

Priceless market find - original dirndl top

The back view is the best to show you what I mean!

Top La Mia Boutique 1/2010-2 and the Curtain pants

You all know the big love my little reuse/recycle/refashion genie holds for squeezing pattern pieces onto little fabric scraps, don't you? This little cutie top was made from the remnants of SMOTx3 . There's virtually nothing left. Nothing even to use for half a pair of panties. Assolutamente niente.

For the pants I used curtains. Yes, draperies. Old sun faded cotton red curtains I got from my ex boyfriend's mother a looong time ago. Dyed the fabric purple and sewed the pants. A slightly discolored portion of the fabric that didn't dye well is visible between the back pockets and yoke. If you look closely. :-) I'm wearing them now. They 're quite comfortable. I used this pattern.  Also I learned that the creases under the derriere form because the waistband doesn't hold the pants tight around the hips or waist so the weight of the fabric pulls down. You can use a belt as an antidote, though.

Since the sewing machines were threaded white I finished another top from scratch and one more is half done. I haven't decided on ruffles yet. :-)

Tomorrow.

Oh,yes! I forgot to remind you that there is still plenty of time to enter the Birthday Month Giveaway ! Come play along!

Ciao!

Pants Burda 1/2006-108 - WR

The pattern:

 

The fabric:

 

I used the yellow side of this old duvet cover.

The intention was making a muslin. Wearable, if possible.

The pants in progress:

Front looks good.

Length ok. I added several cm to the pattern.

 

Took in the back some.

The pants finished:

Nice front.

The back obviously needs a flat bottom alteration. Now I know that should be made right away, directly on the pattern piece, whenever I plan to make trousers.

Should I add back pockets?

Details:

 

Wearable!

Lucky girl

Indeed I am a lucky girl! Look what I got from M this time!

Wonderful fitted jacked with crazy front details:

And a nice back, also:

 

The jacket needs good ironing and, maybe, a change of buttons. :-)

These pants are too short, but will make a fabulous skirt:

Oh, I'm so thrilled! How do you find the jacket?

Jeans muslin Burda 12/98-121

Finally a new muslin!

I liked the picture but the muslin looks very different on me. Ugh, that's exactly the thing I should avoid - narrow legs. I get accented saddlebags in these. There is a lot to do to fix the pattern.

The pants were too short so I added e few centimeters. I should have done it proportionally across the whole leg. The result is the wrong placement of the knee. That should be changed, and olso the lower leg width. Maybe I should start adding width a bit above the knee to get a nicer line?

The back should be taken in a lot. Then, I don't know if to lower the front or add 1,5 cm to the back to even them before I add the waistband. What do you think? Also, the back pockets should be placed lower.

 

And, of course, there is the need for a flat bottom alteration.
I also cut another lounge pants muslin and think I'm going to sew that first.

Warm pants

The thing that amazes me the most is how every fabric behaves differently. This is the fifth or sixth time I use this pattern, and with all the alterations and fixing there are always new creases!

What to do, what to do?

 

First for this year - a pair of shorts

Since the beginning of this new year I've cut several pieces of fabric remnants which are now waiting on the UFO pile. Still following the stash busting and recycling course of this round of Wardrobe Refashion.

The first project for this year is this:

 

Wacky shorts!

 

Zipper and facing fabric recycled.

Maybe this year I will be able to keep track of all the stuff I sew...