This is a bit of an unstructured ramble (‘twas ever thus) about my upcoming sewing day with my bestie, and my project plans.
I was trying to find a photo of my Closet Core Morgans and came across this picture, taken by Andrew, of me photographing - if I recall correctly - a caterpillar. I am however wearing the Morgans!
All the links are at the end of this post, but my main aim is to finish off the two Bestie bags I have half-finished, plus take up a pair of trousers I recently thrifted. I forgot to mention this in the episode, but I also have a pile of mending I might try to work through, including sewing a chest patch onto a sweatshirt Andrew just downgraded to me. It’s not a colour I would normally wear but in an attempt to use what I’ve got, rather than over-complicating matters by needing to source Dylon at short notice, I’ve decided to sew a patch onto it and see whether I wear it in it’s current colour. I can always remove the patch and dye it in the future.
I talk in this episode about a pair of Closet Core Morgan jeans I thought I had cut out…turns out I actually finished them and completely forgot. I put such faith in my smarts that it chills me to realise I’ve blanked on a whole project, but I finished these last summer when I was living with my in-laws. It was a stressful time for many reasons, so it’s not unsurprising that I’ve forgotten about these jeans. They were put aside because the button came off, so that will be a (hopefully) quick and easy repair.
Closet Core Morgan jeans
Back in the early days of my jeans-making journey, I started with the Closet Core (Case as they were then) Gingers. These were a skinny jean (RIP) style, which meant sewing with stretch denim. Much as I love skinny jeans (I’ve only just given them up in the past few months because I’m tragically Millennial), when you’re dedicated to sewing with mostly t…
These are the Worker Trousers I talk about in this episode, you can see the zipper sag situation in some of the photos in that post. I’m keen to remake these jeans with a shorter rise, which I think might solve this issue. Or potentially combine the Workers and the Morgans. I don’t think I’ll get to this project during our sewing day, but I’m hoping this day will help me get back into the swing of sewing.
Modern Sewing Co. Worker Trousers
I’ve been trying to branch out with my trouser style choices recently. I’ve become increasingly aware that the skinny jean trend, which I’ve been proudly sporting for over a decade now, is on the wane. I’m not generally one to sew with the trends, I like to pick and mix the styles that particularly speak to me and ignore the rest, but I’ve become more a…
Here are the links:
I’ll let you know in a future post or episode how I get on!
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