A friend who sews commissioned me to trace a pattern off a pair of her husband's favorite twill pants. I was expecting something pretty straightforward, but the back crotch had an interesting gusset detail (no wonder he likes them as they are an unusual style and probably fit differently that regular styles!).
The front leg was easy to trace. So were all the pockets and drawstring waistband. Even the crotch gusset was pretty easy because it was small enough to lay flat on paper.
But that back leg with all the curves and angles - THAT was a completely different story! I walked away at least three times and came back to it later. Nothing I was tracing out was matching up to the measurements of the actual pants.
Eventually, I remembered I had some Glad Press 'n Seal wrap. So I stuck some to the back leg and traced the seams with a sharpie. I did it twice (since I had to piece the first plastic trace right in the area that was giving me so much grief) and stacked the plastic traces on top of one of my paper traces.
I finally got it close enough that I was comfortable passing it off for her to use. She said the mockup she made was pretty close and he was happy. Whew!
Swipe for some pics and let me know if you have any specific questions in the comments.
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I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
More on the Michael's purchase of JoAnn. "Ever-expanding" plus it went on to say they will be carrying sewing machines, notions, and thread in stores. And there was a 50% off one item coupon - let me know if any of you need that.
I'm kind of surprised I have to sign up for emails (not sure if I want to yet) considering how many companies sell email lists.
I finally finished the patchwork jeans! @SewBrooke , the elastic in the waistband suggestion worked brilliantly. I ended up taking it as close to the button/buttonholes as I could, because the waistband I originally picked had the buttons on the wrong side and I had to piece it together/the second waistband was also collapsed in from wear. I really don’t know why, I checked against all of my jeans and I did put the fly on the correct side! Anyway, it’s done, and I’ll be happy to come up with a project that takes much less time. After I clean up the leftover bits— it looks like I used 7 pairs of jeans/shorts, so I have a lot of tops and leftover leg/waistband scraps!
