Pants Continued

Hope you’re not sick of my pants saga. I’m not having any more problems, thank the Lord. I’ve just been making more of them. More of the pants, I mean. I had some time to just sit yesterday, so I sat with my seam ripper and took apart that first pair I made from chocolate [...]

A Fresh Start

A new morning, a fresh look at those pants. I decided I couldn’t move on to another pair of pants (using a facing instead of a waistband and an increased crotch height) without solving the waistband issue of the pants from yesterday. Otherwise, another perfectly good pair of pants would be scrapped. The solution was [...]

That Waistband

This post has been updated and severely edited by me. If you are interested in That Waistband and you think you’ve read this post already, you’ll want to read it again, as my conclusions are completely different. If you’re reading this for the first time, then you’re probably better off. You’re all wonderful to offer [...]

A Real Mystery

Last weekend, I did finish the pants I was copying. They’re no good. I’ve got a real mystery in figuring out why. Somehow, there ended up being about 4 inches of extra girth around the middle. I took 2 inches off the back the back, at the crotch seam and in the darts, but there’s [...]

Copying My Favorite Pants

Copying my favorite pants. A project that has been on the back burner for a long while. A friend gave me a hand me down pair of pants last fall. They are GAP Loose Fit and the tag suggests they were made in the Fall 2002. I have never experienced a better fit in pants. [...]

All for $5.97

Last weekend when my parents were here, we had to hit a couple of thrift stores. My parents love to thrift shop, even more than I. We none of us found very much, but what we found was good. I left with three twin size sheets — 1 orange knit, 1 light blue knit and [...]

Brown Corduroy Jumpers & Latest Sewing

I have been sewing, I really have. These are brown corduroy jumpers I made for the girls last weekend. I also made the cream t-shirts that go underneath them. I had a hard time binding the jumpers using my coverstitch machine. The corduroy, folded as it went through the binder, was bulky. That made the [...]

Finding “The Perfect Fit”

I love to shop thrift stores. We usually stop at one or two on our day out. The first area I check is the one containing the sewing fabrics, notions and patterns. Yesterday, in a store with a large sewing section, I found this book — The Perfect Fit (also seen here). According to its [...]

Our Family at the Harvest Banquet

The girls were so lovely in their dresses yesterday. We got up extra early (the time change helped) so they could wash and dry their hair in time for me to do French braids. Mikah wanted to wear the same shirt he wore last year. Jeff’s beard is back and looks like its staying so [...]

The Girls’ Prairie Dresses… Done!

  Haniya in her dress   Haniya’s hem with the eyelet peeking out. We also put this lace at the end of each sleeve. Naomi in her dress Naomi’s hem with the lemon/lime silk ribbon. We also attached this to the end of each sleeve. My beautiful girls I am pleased with the dresses. I [...]