Older readers might remember my Trouser Quest last year, to find the perfect trouser pattern. For me that pattern is New Look 6713, recommended by and borrowed from my neighbour. After fitting and altering the basic pattern, I have made this pattern three times now and the latest version is my favourite. Three quarter length and made of […]
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As we head ever closer to the Yuletide festival that cheered our ancestors through the long dark winter, the peaches and apricots are ripening in backyards across Melbourne. We have had our first flushes of heat and in the scrabble for shorts and tshirts, I realised that whilst Our Dear Boy’s cup runneth over in […]
Here is the fabric I bought for the next test of New Look 6713. It is an olive pinwale corduroy with NO stretch. On sale and with enough for patch pockets, it only cost AUD $11.00! Amazing…and for trousers that actually fit and are comfortable but then my labour is the free part of the […]
As regular readers would know, I embarked on a Trouser Quest some time ago. It was a quest to find the perfect trouser pattern, one that fitted properly, was superbly comfortable and could be made again and again and again. Well, take a look! This is from the New Look 6713 pattern that my friend […]
Finally, I traced off my friend’s perfect trouser pattern. According to the measurements on the back of the pack, I was a size 10 in the hips, a 12 at the waist and 6 in the rise. So that is just what I traced off onto my lightweight interfacing and onto some cotton to make […]
I have not forgotten my Quest for the Perfect Trousers. I have been thinking and talking and reading. Apparently there are lots of ways to draft a trouser block. Who knew? Which method to choose? I have an old drafting book from the early nineties called Creative Cutting by Diana Hawkins which promises easy ways […]
I agree with children’s author Sally Rippen when she says that the new year really begins in February. The kids are back at school, kinder and playgroup start. Life is transformed from the languid daze of summer to the predictable routine of pick ups and drop offs, play times, bath times, dinner times. Once I […]
I am done! Hems are sewn. The belt has a buckle. All the fastenings are attached. And I love my new trousers. Here they are. Disclaimer: Although this is a vintage style pattern, I make no claims for authentic construction. The trousers have a plastic zip and the seams have been overlocked. Shocking, I know! […]
This is the first post. Let us begin as if you and I have always been here. I will tell you about a fine pair of trousers I am making. This is the first thing I have sewn for myself since my children were born, so I have a fair amount of hope and desire […]
