Considering Jeans.
Dear readers, I'm in the middle of making a great pair of jeans; and in doing so, I am taking my time (gasp!). Yes, it's true - I'm not rushing to get through! I said I've never make jeans because I love high end RTW jeans and have quite a few pairs. But, as they say, never say never! I'm doing it after taking J. Stern's Jeans Fit class at the ASG and loving it. What a fun project. Since I'm taking my time I'm going to do a series of posts about my trials and tribulations - and about making choices. Once you have your muslin fitting (the stage I'm at) it's all about making choices. Now, that said, I've lost 8 pounds since the muslin fitting (I'm not traveling for work and have cut out beans (lectins), wheat and sugar for the most part. So, I am proposing a few new techniques in the form of construction choices: First, deciding whether to flat fell the outseams and inseams (the yoke is called for to be felled in J. Stern's jean...