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| draping around the pants pattern |
I was intrigued about the how to make
bias pants in the latest threads no 166
and I had a few days spare to try.
I like to form in my mind how a project
will work but in this one I went completely blind.
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| the pouch |
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| Almost Finished |
I didn't get it quite right.
I got lost after step 2 . I got to the
canoe and I got confused about the instructions I sewed the y seams
how I thought it should go .
How should I sew C the bias seam ?
I looked at step 5 and I thought I
sewed it correctly and I cut the tubes but it didn't seem to me
to be long enough so I ripped the c
bias seam apart . When I did that I recognised the shape
as a bias tube when you make your own
bias binding.
I then decided to wrap the bias tube
around the halved paper pattern as that should be the shape I'm
looking for.. and I did with both.
This means I sewed them along the bias
seams not easy.
As a result of sewing them this way I
found the seams go the same way not as intended in the article.So it
looks odd but as its patterned fabric not so bad.
I think I should have stretched the
bias seams first before I sewed them , but this was an experiment.
Placing the crotch was interesting , I
measured for my crotch and my seat rise and its difficult as really
you can put it anywhere as its a tube and placing one leg inside the
other I felt I was just guessing for placement so the seams are weird
on the pants I made
They fit very well and are very
comfortable but not strong . Good for around the house I'll have to
make another.
The different colours of the pictures is the difference between a good camera and my mobile phone.
The real colour is the purple
I haven't finished the hems yet they're just overlocked.
I've started looking at old copies of
threads for bias tubes.
