Burda Plus WOF jean's are done- finally!

Posting this pic up as I haven't had a chance to take one of these jeans on. I know that really, seeing these on a hanger, tells you not much about how the fit/style of the pattern is in real life,or how well they are made.
 Please be assured that I WILL try to remedy that soon!

Sooo what can I say? These are MUCH looser than anticipated- honestly I can say the requirement for stretch fabric was completely unwarranted in this instance as I have taken so much off centre back and side seams.

Multiple stitching lines as I tried to take in the side seams.

And below is the centre back seam which i had to take in nearly an inch at the top:

All I can think is that the measurement I'm working off have changed since I had them taken a fair while ago after surgery to my abdomen (yeah I know lazy- this has proven to me that you need to check your measurements before you sew!). I *think* I may have gone down a little in my abdomen measurement due to post-surgery swelling subsiding and organs maybe going where they are supposed to be (I'm not going to say that too loud just in case I'm totally wrong)!

OK so next on my list -after pics of jeans on - is remeasuring my hips/waist area. Let's hope the tape measure has some good news for me ;)

Kate :)

Topstitching

My first attempt at topstitching jeans pockets - as you can see I am rather crap at it:

 

Why oh why did I attempt to do the design that Burda WOF suggested? Why couldn't I just do a straight line or something? And why did I think acid yellow would be a fab choice for topstitching thread (I doesn't look that bright in the picture but thats just my "photography skills" and bad lighting). Topstitching in contrasting colour makes it bleeding obvious when you sew a wonky line.

The fabric I chose is a stretch denim, so to make matters worse the pockets have "grown" slightly after stitching- grrrr.

Right now I can't be bothered redoing them but I imagine they will annoy me no end if I use them. Luckily I am right at the beginning of the jeans construction so I think I'll see how the actual fit shapes up before deciding to use them or not. If the garment looks like its going to be hideous "gardening/housecleaning only" clothes- or even worse a wadder- then there's no point in redoing the pockets.

On the suggestion of Sandra from my Burdastyle sewing group I use upholstery thread instead of topstitching thread- much cheaper and I think -ability to sew straight aside- it works. I just used regular Guterman thread in the bobbin, the same colour as the main fabric.

Here's to the learning curve! ;P

Kate x