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Dubbed my “girl-next-door jeans”, these jeans were inspired by 1940s styles using Wearing History’s Smooth Sailing pattern as a base. I made a number of changes, all of which are detailed in my blog posts here and here .
Pattern: Wearing History Smooth Sailing Trousers , heavily “sliced and diced” to emulate the details and lines of late 40s jeans. (I’ve made these trousers previously and loved them.)
Fabric: 100% cotton denim; medium weight (purchased originally for a sofa slip cover).
Alterations: Added a front hip pocket, back yoke, patch pockets, tapered the legs.
Techniques: Flat fell seams, mock flat fell, topstitching, adding hip seam pockets , adding belt loops, side placket zipper.
Make Again? Considering I rarely (if ever!) find jeans that fit me perfectly, yes! I can’t say sewing jeans is my absolute favorite sort of sewing, but I don’t loathe it either. For the fit and customization, it’s definitely worth the effort (plus I have a perfected pattern now, so that saves time!).
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jeans, denim
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Jan 19, 2012, 06.42 PMby kleinfee
Jan 15, 2012, 09.36 AMby tirrs
very nice jeans!
Jan 14, 2012, 01.23 PMby peaches2218
These are so cute on you, Casey!
Jan 14, 2012, 09.45 AMby mez53
yours jeans look fantastic. I’m in the process of making jeans and I hope they will come out as good as yours
Jan 14, 2012, 04.09 AMby rljulie
Wow! Never have I been tempted to sew jeans…but these are adorable. Jeans this cute would be worth quite a bit of effort. Nicely done!
Jan 13, 2012, 10.29 PMby nookie
super cute, particularly with the red top.