Just keep sewing sewing sewing

[callistotoni]

 I finished the pants I've been working on. I started with the Folkwear Basic Pants pattern, but by the time I was done my pattern didn't look much like the pattern. The pattern was So Off for my body, and the way they designed the pockets to have fold-down edges would not work for people like me who don't want to tuck their shirts into their pants. 

I wound up using some scrap medium weight linen. I had intended to use some nice heavy chambray, but after working on the pattern for a while I downgraded. Now they will be great to lounge around in in the summer (I wouldn't go out in public wearing them). 

Next up on my 2025 sewing list is a commercial pattern with a flowy angel-sleeve top and more tailored pants (zipper front). I have some peachy cotton lawn print (bunnies and unicorns!) that I got from Stonemountain & Daughter ~10 years ago for the top. (Actually, I have a lot of this fabric; did I buy all they had?). And I'll make the pants of the chambray. The top will come together quickly, but I'm predicting many muslins of the pants. :-/ .

A small rant: Way back when, I used to hear the phrase that denegrated someone's sewn clothes as having the "loving hands at home"-look. The opposite--the goal--was to sew such that your sewn clothes looked like they were professionally made (i.e., store bought). This phrase used to make sense to me, but now I wonder if it was rooted in the lack of respect given to any art/craft/hobby primarily pursued by women. There's more to say about this, but I've got to get to get going. 

Comments

[evil_macaroni]

It's funny ... because when I've been sewing my own stuff, I've added a few details that aren't to be found on store-bought clothes. Like the button on the front of my PJ pants so I can find the front in the dark, or the grosgrain ribbon under the buttons on my hand-knit sweater as a stabilizer. I'm glad to hear you have sewing mojo! My last project was a set of PJ pants - and I found out later that some of the fabric I had chosen was too crunchy to be any good.

[joycebre]

To me, loving hands at home means they didn't take time to fit, and my personal bugaboo, not pressing seams during construction. Fitting is hard, especially on yourself. But a wobbly unpressed seam drives me crazy, and just takes a few minutes.