Saturday, May 21, 2016

Fabric or pattern first?

How do you choose what to make? Do you find the fabric first or the pattern?

All my fabric has a project attached before I buy it otherwise it lingers in my stash and I have no idea what to make. 

That is unless it's really, really, REALLY special fabric!

Monday, May 16, 2016

Doomed project: Ginger jeans update



Well. I don't think I've ever had a project have so many problems. I'm tempted to give up but at the same time I have a small stubborn streak that tells me to keep going. 

First up I cut the back legs crossgrain so I recut them after painstakingly measuring the grainline from the selvedge. Then after it had taken me 2 weeks to cut all the pieces out I realised I had two right legs - I hadn't flipped the pattern piece over! 
Then after ordering more fabric I realised that the length wasn't long enough! I ended up cutting both legs on the cross grain which means it's not as stretchy. Doh!!

So far I've got the pockets sewn up, I tried to sew the coin pocket but it's too many layers for my sewing machine to sew through. 

I'm starting(!) to think this project is doomed.