Friday, June 27, 2014

Long Time, No Sew

I can't believe it. It has been over a month since I sewed something. I made this pair of jeans before my last sewing post --Staycation Tees -- but it remained unblogged because the jeans actually fit and look great on me (really, I promise!) but for some reason, I haven't been able to get a good photo of me wearing them.



The fabric is a nice stretch denim.  I just LOVE it.  It feels great next to skin.
 It's Butterick 5961.  I just love it. If I knew that the jeans were going to fit this nicely, I would have put pockets on them!  The sizing was a little tricky.  I carefully measured myself and chose the size 10 on the pattern. In fact, my measurements were between size 10 and 12 shown on the pattern envelope, and I took a chance and cut size 10.  However, it turned out to be way too big. I had to keep making them smaller, and smaller until I got it right.





Every time I use this machine, I'm just so impressed with the beautiful straight stitch it makes, and I fall in love all over again!

Now, this blog is about to take a little side trip. Please look forward to my next post. Coming soon.









1 comment:

  1. Those are so very cute! Isn't it annoying when the photography doesn't match the reality? Of course, there have been some things I have made that actually looked better in pictures, so I guess it cuts both ways.

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