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14 Jan

Let’s Make Pants THAT FIT!

January 14, 2019
Posted by katiekortman
alina design co, chi-town chinos, fitting, pants, pants pattern, Sewing

I remember the first time I made a pair of structured shorts for myself. Alina had asked me to help test her first pattern-- the Chi-town Chinos. I had never sewn something like that before. I usually strayed from anything that looked hard, and didn't do zippers very often either. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to try it out though, especially knowing I'd have Alina to help me out if I stumbled through any of the directions! (By the way her directions are STELLAR and help newbies out so much!!) I am A member of...

07 Jan

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Let’s Make Pants: Fabric choices

January 7, 2019
Posted by katiekortman
chi-town chinos, emerson pants, fabric, ginger jeans, pants, pants pattern, pattern review, persephone pants, sew fancy pants, Sewing

I want to talk today about making fabric choices when making pants. I've learned a lot over the past year (yes I've only been sewing pants for a year--but I've made 16 pairs!) about how fabric choices can affect the way a pant pattern fits. Same pattern, cut at the same size, can fit very differently based on the weight of the fabric and the amount of stretch it has. I will show you an example with the Persephone Pant pattern by Anna Allen: This was the first pair I...