It should be said that my first was a much beloved but bodged pair of tartan trousers, and the second was my GCSE textiles project - which I altered to within an inch of it's life anyway!
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My beloved tartan trousers! |
My newest idea is to make a pair of white faux leather trousers, but I didn't have anything to base them on. The jeans patterns that I have made from my old jeans are for stretch denims in a skinny and a flare style and what I really need is a straight leg, fairly high rise pattern that would be suitable for use with a suit trouser.
Enter the Simplicity 2562...
Now, it ought to be said that I will be making a mock-up for this as undoubtedly the crotch will be too short or the legs will be too narrow or something will go wrong, so I'd rather fix it up before I fluffed up the real material. Also, it then means that I can re-use my toile (aka my mock-up) as my new, custom pattern for another pair of trousers, and it can go in my new developing pattern collection. Hooray!
And my inspiration for this new venture?
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Also, I've been told that leather is très chic this season (not that I ever take any notice of whats in fashion) and since I have staved off the traditional black leather (just looks too severe on me!!) I thought white might do the trick. Or maybe cream, if the white looks a bit trashy, but we'll see!
Oh and on an even more exciting note, I've finished Greg's gilet! But you'll have to wait for the big reveal as I haven't written the blog post yet!
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