Black Trousers

Yay. I fit some sewing into the schedule. A week later than planned but I took whole day off from my coursework last weekend and after some tedious but necessary chores, was able to spend an afternoon and evening just sewing. There were a couple of false starts though. My trouser pattern of choice would NOT fit onto the fabric I had, no matter what I did. I had two pieces of fabric to choose from but it wouldn't fit onto either piece. One piece was stretchy, soft, washable and the fabric of choice.. but extremely narrow. I'd bought extra, but evidently not extra enough. The other piece was a stretch wool remnant. Wide enough, but four inches too short to get full length legs out of. The chosen pattern had two piece legs (Marfy of course) which meant they took more fabric.

I WILL have trousers I vowed, and pulled out my jeans pattern. With a bit of fiddling I managed to fit that onto the stretchier of the two fabrics with a bit left at the end. I put the pattern piece behind the curved front pockets so I had a smooth front (no pockets) with a fly. Then I left the back pockets off, and I didn't do any topstitching. I kept the yoke at the back but by the time I'd finished lifting the back of the trousers up to get rid of wrinkles I might as well have had no yoke at all. Its got a straight waistband, with a hook and bar closure but there is a fake button on the outside to make it look like it buttons up. Thanks to RuthieK for that tip.

I amazed myself with my speed. Started cutting at 1420 hours. Took a break of about one and a half hours for dinner. Set off after dinner and finished them by 2100hrs except the hems which I did up on Monday night after mum had pinned them up to the right length to wear with heels. Wore them on Tuesday and they were super comfortable. However, it was dark by the time I got home from work so no photos are available. They are just basic black trousers so not really much to see, however, if I get chance I'll take a picture when they have been laundered and ironed again. If they wash well, I think I might have to go get some more of the fabric. Luckily I got it locally and the bolt had plenty on it. Next time I will buy a bigger piece though.