u/PurpleTiger6862

But it's different to the others!

Will it fix everything? Nope!

Will it help? Hopefully!

This is my first project outside of a class/workshop and I learned a lot! Including that mitering by hand is an exercise in frustration 🥲

The back is a disaster tbf. Because there's no glass or backing board to add structure, my joints kept breaking. So I ended up buying some metal brackets to add strength. I also forgot to account for the depth of the pin backs, so just glued strips of foam to the back of it. If I were to do it again, I'd make a second frame with butt joints and sandwich the fabric between the two frames to solve both problems.

But given that i just winged this whole thing, I'm quite proud!

It's almost 8pm and I've just spent the last 2 hours cleaning and organising my sewing table because i got it in my head. But I'm so happy with it!

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It's been buried under wips and became kind of a dumping ground for a while. Unfortunately i don't have a picture of before, but you could barely see the table 💀

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I finally organised some of the non-sewing junk last week and impulsively decided to do the rest tonight 😅

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I still have a stack of fabric to organise and put away. And Jiji in the background has been on my "to fix" list for literally a year. But a win is a win!

I really love the Calder pants from Cashmerette, and I've been futzing with the fit.

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First time (teal) was a bit too loose at the waist. It's a half elastic waistband, but I took in the elastic as much as i could and it was still a tiny bit too loose.

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Second go (navy), I took in the pants at the side seams. But it had the fun affect of pulling the inseam tight along my stomach.

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I'm not entirely sure if i need more room in the stomach area, or a deeper crotch curve. I think I'm just going to suck it up and make a second muslin and mess around with it :/

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I will make well fitting pants, damn it!

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Bonus Patrick photobomb

Edit: everyone roasting me for not ironing the navy shorts is 100% valid 😅 I didn't really think about it, even though i should have. I did make a muslin previously, which I don't have anymore, so i didn't go in totally raw