Sewing: Green trousers
Nov. 22nd, 2023 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blythelyI'm taking a dressmaking course (week 9 of 12 at the moment) to revive my sewing skills. My mum taught me to sew as a child/teenager, and I'm only just realising how much of a proper dressmaking apprenticeship I had from her. There is a lot of muscle memory, dormant terminology, and know-how packed away in my brain that comes out every week, and I'm very grateful for it!
I love clothes, always have, and seriously, one of the joys of finally earning a decent income in my 40s is being able to be very picky and buy good clothing. I just wish high-street/designer fashion hadn't taken such a nose-dive in quality. That's been part of the reason for returning to sewing; that, and feeling like a loser taking trousers to a tailor for alterations when I know I can do it myself.
I have a just-passable machine courtesy of my MiL, and so far I've made a skirt, a pair of PJs, and some drill trousers. For these trousers I used The Assembly Line's High Waisted Trousers pattern (my GOD patterns are expensive). Fabric was a 100% cotton herringbone twill from the local Fabricland (which is 85% terrible polyester most of the time, but at £4 a metre this was a bargain. The pockets and waistband lining were from Nutex, a New Zealand fabric company that sell through Oh Sew Crafty.
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The pattern was straightforward, though I was relieved to get the fly zip in on the first go. I practiced about five buttonholes before finally getting the gumption to do the one on the actual waistband! I'm really happy with them; the fabric is a little crisper than I would ideally like (but again, £4 a metre) and I can't wait to find a nice wool crepe to make another pair in.
I love clothes, always have, and seriously, one of the joys of finally earning a decent income in my 40s is being able to be very picky and buy good clothing. I just wish high-street/designer fashion hadn't taken such a nose-dive in quality. That's been part of the reason for returning to sewing; that, and feeling like a loser taking trousers to a tailor for alterations when I know I can do it myself.
I have a just-passable machine courtesy of my MiL, and so far I've made a skirt, a pair of PJs, and some drill trousers. For these trousers I used The Assembly Line's High Waisted Trousers pattern (my GOD patterns are expensive). Fabric was a 100% cotton herringbone twill from the local Fabricland (which is 85% terrible polyester most of the time, but at £4 a metre this was a bargain. The pockets and waistband lining were from Nutex, a New Zealand fabric company that sell through Oh Sew Crafty.
(Click the pix for bigger)
The pattern was straightforward, though I was relieved to get the fly zip in on the first go. I practiced about five buttonholes before finally getting the gumption to do the one on the actual waistband! I'm really happy with them; the fabric is a little crisper than I would ideally like (but again, £4 a metre) and I can't wait to find a nice wool crepe to make another pair in.
