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.
#patternmaking
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
YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSS....... Folkwear Croatian Shirt Faillll...
I thought, "This shirt has no fitting whatsoever. Surely I don't need to muslin this, just use my measurements... " HA.
I'm sending you to the link b/c I think you should know about patternreview.com if you don't. But yikes.
https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/208009
Oh, I got the fabric from a deadstock place in Singapore (which ickily shipped from China) and I'm 75% pleased with that. The fabric is super comfy and soft, and it showed up quickly... but there were a couple of holes. Bubbo, fwiw.
So this is my plan for all those fabric covered triangles. Make eleventy million little triangles into a million slightly bigger triangles. Then make those into a bunch of hexagons and put them all together into a giant hexagon.
The last photo is my "map" once I've made all the triangles. Colored outlines are just so I can see the hexagons because I'll get better joins at the points if I assemble like this instead of long straight runs of rows of triangles. Plus it will be easier to hold smaller sections as I hand-stitch.
I think I only have about 150 papers left to cover with fabric, but I need to start laying what I have out to see if I need any specific colors (maybe some lighter highlights).
Any guesses what my inspiration is? I'll put the answer/photo in the comments.
#epp
