Today I made clown pants.
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mandie_rwThey're MEANT to be Turkish trousers for my 18thc Ottoman Turkish outfit (which I AM going to finish for the after-Francaise-dinner-party) - but let's be honest, without context they are totally clown pants.
Also without drawstrings, because I need to buy more silk ribbon. So you get to see what Lil' Sis calls the diet ad picture. "Lose twenty-seven dress sizes with our program!!" *snerk*
(And they're inside-out and not hemmed in this pic...I was pretty excited to have clown pants and felt the need to document their existence immediately.) Stupid-simple to make: take vague measurements which will inevitably turn out to be wrong, make a cutout that looks vaguely crotch-shaped at the top of both pieces, sew together and make drawstring channels.
Optional steps include flat-felling every seam because fabric is a fraying beast, and realizing trousers are too short and adding a six-inch extension at the bottom of each leg. But that will be hidden, because the trousers are so long they actually go down to the ankle, then back up to the knee underneath and tie there, like garters. So I happily machined every bit of that stupid extension! Actually I happily machined most of this...like on the Regency dress, the first half of the flat-felled seams are done on the machine, then finished by hand.
Not as much sewing done as yesterday, but I spent far too much time on ebay today (which I'll explain in another post) and planning a new dress, so that took some time!
Also without drawstrings, because I need to buy more silk ribbon. So you get to see what Lil' Sis calls the diet ad picture. "Lose twenty-seven dress sizes with our program!!" *snerk*
(And they're inside-out and not hemmed in this pic...I was pretty excited to have clown pants and felt the need to document their existence immediately.) Stupid-simple to make: take vague measurements which will inevitably turn out to be wrong, make a cutout that looks vaguely crotch-shaped at the top of both pieces, sew together and make drawstring channels.
Optional steps include flat-felling every seam because fabric is a fraying beast, and realizing trousers are too short and adding a six-inch extension at the bottom of each leg. But that will be hidden, because the trousers are so long they actually go down to the ankle, then back up to the knee underneath and tie there, like garters. So I happily machined every bit of that stupid extension! Actually I happily machined most of this...like on the Regency dress, the first half of the flat-felled seams are done on the machine, then finished by hand.
Not as much sewing done as yesterday, but I spent far too much time on ebay today (which I'll explain in another post) and planning a new dress, so that took some time!
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Date: 2012-11-18 03:08 am (UTC)but yes they look enormous! lol. and you must really not be feeling well, all this machine sewing!
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Date: 2012-11-19 04:49 am (UTC)But gosh, yes, all that machine sewing nearly killed me! I had to make up for it with some totally unnecessary hand sewing today!
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