I haven’t blogged much lately. I’ve been busy with other things, but I want to wish you all a happy, joyous, and prosperous new year! As for me, I have been rethinking my sewing area since I read an article in Threads magazine (March 2012) about sewing spaces. I sew in a section of my partially finished basement. The space I have is great, but could be better organized. I also think it may help me to spend less if I can actually see what I already have so I don’t end up with duplicates. I would like to get the serger thread on the wall somehow so that I can free up space for all the additional patterns I’ve bought ;). This year I really will put more effort into using the fabric stash I already have (I’m running out of room). So, I’m off to finish up some projects from December, then on to better things! (I’m not showing you the basement since I’m too embarrassed).
Author: Denise
V8756
Here’s another view of the pants. For sosme reason, I can’t get it to include this picture also. The pants have front pockets.
New pants
I finished these the other day. It’s Vogue 8756. I bought the pattern tho make the jacket, but haven’t gotten around to it. But I wanted some pants and thought this would be a good one to try. Well, I like the fit, but it took some doing to get it right. And let me just say, it’s not because of the pattern. I used a bright blue twill to make these pants. I cut out the 14, but I should have read a litt
le more carefully, because I should have used the 16 for the waist. These pants actually sit at the waistline rather than 1″ below the waist like so many patterns say now. My waist needs a 16 while the rest of me needs the 14 in this case. As a result, I had to remove the smaller darts in the back to give myself more room. Then I had to lengthen the waist band. Unfortunately, since I barely had enough fabric to make the pants, I didn’t have enough to make a whole new band, so I added a piece in the middle of the back to add about 2″. It worked out well, it just wouldn’t have been my first choice for solving the problem. Having said all that, these are the best fitting pants I’ve ever made (I haven’t made a lot of pants). The pattern itself is very easy to put together. One day, I hope to get around to making the jacket!
