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Posted by Kate Dicey on June 23, 2006, 5:15 pm
Kitty Bouquet wrote:
>
>>OK, Method One: Take your straight leg JEANS* pattern, trace it off,
>>and find the knee level. Cut across at this level. Slit the bottom leg
>>piece into 4 or 5 even strips. Fan out on another sheet of paper, and
>>draw round the curves. top and bottom. Add seam allowances to the top
>>of the bottom section and the bottom of the leg section. You'll end up
>>with a seam at knee level, but this was pretty common.
>>
>>For the Loon variation, make the bottom section FRONT pattern piece come
>>to a point over the knee, either pointing up or down: you'll need to
>>make the upper leg match this. Sew with mock felled seams, so they look
>>like jeans seams, all the way round.
>>
>>Method Two: This is for all-in-one legs.
>>
>>Trace as before, and just DRAW the knee level in. Cut UP TO knee level
>>from the hem so you have 3 strips. Fold the outer two out, spreading
>>the hem by up to 2" at each cut. Paste down on more paper, and draw in
>>the hem... You also need to curve the leg seams at the knee so you
>>don't get a sharp angle.
>
>
> Great advice. I appreciate your ideas. I have stored your message and will
> try the jeans methods w/ the knee seam. Sounds very cool. Saw the pic of a
> boy in a hippie costume on your site. That looked to be a pair of bells he
> had on.
>
> Kitty
The lad in the brown suit was bell bottoms. The purple velvet ones were
loons. I made all the outfits for the play. I had to put bell vents in
the hems of loads of pairs of jeans! Used curtain fabric for some of
them, just as I did back in the seventies! :) The kids thought it was
hilarious that I knew all this stuff first hand.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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