Tag: vogue pattern

New Pants

My husband is teaching in person this year at his high-school and so he needed some new pants – ontop of PPE.

  • Here is the wool blend plaid up close
  • This is the inner lining of the front pocket
  • Here’s the complete front pocket – view from the inside
  • Now this is adding the front fly
  • Back welt pocket
  • Inner lining of the back pocket
  • Fly complete and adding waistband and belt loops

I was nervous about this project because this fabric was a little “shifty” so I was concerned about it not draping well. Turns out it was not as challenging as I expected and I’m pretty happy with the final look!

They survived their first day of class today too!

Red Shorts part 2

It was time to do the fly and start the welt pockets! (With a new technique)

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New Summer Shorts

D liked the blue cotton shorts so much so we decided to make him another pair. He really likes red so this cotton from Joanns seemed like it would be great.

See below for all the details!

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It was 95 degrees in my house – time to sew some fleece pjs lol

Well, the AC was broken and while we waited for the repair man I needed something to do. I had already watched the whole second season (excluding the finale) of Big Little Lies and the Fencing World Championships stopped streaming from Budapest by 3pm ish too. It was so hot but we had to stay in the house until the repairman came. I didn’t want to do dishes but I was tired of being on the couch.

With a fan blasting at me, I decided it would be relatively easy to make a pair of PJs I had promised D since our last trip to Joanns.

I used a Vogue V8988 pattern as a base but straightened the legs and extended the waist to make room for a fold over drawstring waistband.

See below for the process and final project!

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