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These were my first pair of jeans-style pants and they were really hard. The actual sewing isn’t that hard, but making them fit is a necessary pain. First the crotch was too short so I let that out. They were still tight through the hips so I let that out. I must have let it out too much -I ended up having to just take in the sides after I had already sewed on the waistband. Oh well, the fit is still good I think. I might narrow the legs a bit. They are really baggy as is. The pattern (McCalls) has 1” seam allowances, which is nice for fitting purposes. It called these boot cut, but they seem just really baggy to me. Oh well, overall I am pleased with the pants and the pattern.
I checked out the book Tease from the library, which has ideas for things to make from old t-shirts. I have about 5 million t-shirts so I thought this would be fun. One of the ideas was a skirt so I went for it. Its really simple, basically just cut an A-line shape out of you t-shirt. The directions say to make it crooked on the shirt so that the fabric will drape better but I didn’t have enough shirt to do that. I think it came out fine. Now I just have to wait for it to get warm enough to wear it!
