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Completed pants. This is such a lovely wool check, warm yet breathable.
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Last pair of pants I’ll need for a while, mostly complete apart from the hems. In the middle of sewing these I realised that I was accidentally sewing up the Second Doctors pants (Patrick Troughton’s Doctor in Doctor Who actually wore yellow check pants, just no one knew until we got the animated/colourised episodes).
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I did it! I just put in all my entries for the 2024 Royal Easter Show. I’m entering all but one category under the Spinning Arts & Craft schedule; the dark purple in the handspun category, other yarns are going up against wheel spinners in respective laceweight & regular weight categories, the garment in the…
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I learnt that if I have lots of spare time I can sew up a single pair of pants in 2 days! 😲 Grey pair is garbedine (to replace a pair that was damaged) & red plaid is pure wool weave. I’m gonna be toasty this winter!
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Look at my new pants! I really love this pattern as it’s proven to be a perfect fit for my multisized body. The pinstripe and blue check are made from a 100% wool blend, the grey is a wool blend garbedine; all fabrics are super soft and snuggly.
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Some progress shots of the second pair of pants. Steps shown are basic construction, mock flat fell seaming, positioning the zipper, and attaching the waistband.
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Completed hungry caterpillar shirt (slightly crumpled after being worn). I’m very pleased with how it turned out and I feel I learnt so much about tailoring.
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After much frustration where the wool completely rended, twice!, on one of the front panels when reversing, we finally have a waistcoat ready for top stitching. The wool tended to rend along seams, particularly where raw edges frayed endlessly. So after the original front panel, then the replacement panel rended, I just went to town…