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my first outfit BethInAK 10-16-2007
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Posted by BethInAK on October 16, 2007, 2:45 pm
the pants that were 35" wide and ended up to short and in the trash
notwithstanding I have created my first WEARABLE clothing -

This is The Monks halloween ensemble. My model was asleep, but he did wear
this to school today, with some bitching ("I don't like these pants too
much" he said)

The pants are thin wale corduroy with cotton cuffs with pumpkins. I serged
almost the entire pants, which was scary and fun - fast but if you screw up
goodbye seam allowance. I did it anyway. I'll serge more - love not having
to finish and clip seams. The cuff construction is bizarre - i should have
finished the pants except for the hem sewed a circle of cloth the same size,
flipped them inside and then flipped up. Oh well - live and learn. Pants are
easy. I'll make more.

The pants legs and cuffs look perfectly even in real life - weird it looks
like that in the picture,
http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/21472/2873423870100686666S425x425Q85.jpg

The vest i sewed on the sewing machine and not the serger- was nervous about
the construction being more complicated and I thought it would be nice to
preserve the seam allowances. I'm pleased especially with the bias tape in
the armholes - looks great:
http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/22671/2164067700100686666S425x425Q85.jpg

And I'm VERY proud of the zipper which came out very nice:
http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/22860/2775112310100686666S425x425Q85.jpg

The vest and pants with the walmart jackolantern shirt he will wear it with:
http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/21432/2707980350100686666S425x425Q85.jpg


Posted by Kate XXXXXX on October 16, 2007, 3:13 pm
BethInAK wrote:
> the pants that were 35" wide and ended up to short and in the trash
> notwithstanding I have created my first WEARABLE clothing -
>
> This is The Monks halloween ensemble. My model was asleep, but he did
> wear this to school today, with some bitching ("I don't like these pants
> too much" he said)
>
> The pants are thin wale corduroy with cotton cuffs with pumpkins. I
> serged almost the entire pants, which was scary and fun - fast but if
> you screw up goodbye seam allowance. I did it anyway. I'll serge more -
> love not having to finish and clip seams. The cuff construction is
> bizarre - i should have finished the pants except for the hem sewed a
> circle of cloth the same size, flipped them inside and then flipped up.
> Oh well - live and learn. Pants are easy. I'll make more.
>
> The pants legs and cuffs look perfectly even in real life - weird it
> looks like that in the picture,
> http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/21472/2873423870100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> The vest i sewed on the sewing machine and not the serger- was nervous
> about the construction being more complicated and I thought it would be
> nice to preserve the seam allowances. I'm pleased especially with the
> bias tape in the armholes - looks great:
> http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/22671/2164067700100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> And I'm VERY proud of the zipper which came out very nice:
> http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/22860/2775112310100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> The vest and pants with the walmart jackolantern shirt he will wear it
> with:
> http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/21432/2707980350100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
Well done! Those look great. :)

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Posted by Doreen on October 16, 2007, 3:18 pm
BethInAK wrote:
> the pants that were 35" wide and ended up to short and in the trash
> notwithstanding I have created my first WEARABLE clothing -
>
> This is The Monks halloween ensemble. My model was asleep, but he did
> wear this to school today, with some bitching ("I don't like these pants
> too much" he said)
>
> The pants are thin wale corduroy with cotton cuffs with pumpkins. I
> serged almost the entire pants, which was scary and fun - fast but if
> you screw up goodbye seam allowance. I did it anyway. I'll serge more -
> love not having to finish and clip seams. The cuff construction is
> bizarre - i should have finished the pants except for the hem sewed a
> circle of cloth the same size, flipped them inside and then flipped up.
> Oh well - live and learn. Pants are easy. I'll make more.
>
> The pants legs and cuffs look perfectly even in real life - weird it
> looks like that in the picture,
> http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/21472/2873423870100686666S425x425Q85.jpg

Photos of clothes often come out like that. Even the angle at which you
hold the camera can skew the picture. I just about lost it trying to
photograph my new Halloween wall quilt the other day...in every shot,
the top looked wider than the bottom.

>
> The vest i sewed on the sewing machine and not the serger- was nervous
> about the construction being more complicated and I thought it would be
> nice to preserve the seam allowances. I'm pleased especially with the
> bias tape in the armholes - looks great:
> http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/22671/2164067700100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> And I'm VERY proud of the zipper which came out very nice:
> http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/22860/2775112310100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> The vest and pants with the walmart jackolantern shirt he will wear it
> with:
> http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/21432/2707980350100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>

That's adorable! Great job. I think you must be fibbing about being a
beginner. :)

Doreen in Alabama

Posted by Pogonip on October 16, 2007, 3:42 pm
BethInAK wrote:
> the pants that were 35" wide and ended up to short and in the trash
> notwithstanding I have created my first WEARABLE clothing -
>
> This is The Monks halloween ensemble. My model was asleep, but he did
> wear this to school today, with some bitching ("I don't like these pants
> too much" he said)
>
> The pants are thin wale corduroy with cotton cuffs with pumpkins. I
> serged almost the entire pants, which was scary and fun - fast but if
> you screw up goodbye seam allowance. I did it anyway. I'll serge more -
> love not having to finish and clip seams. The cuff construction is
> bizarre - i should have finished the pants except for the hem sewed a
> circle of cloth the same size, flipped them inside and then flipped up.
> Oh well - live and learn. Pants are easy. I'll make more.
>
> The pants legs and cuffs look perfectly even in real life - weird it
> looks like that in the picture,
> http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/21472/2873423870100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> The vest i sewed on the sewing machine and not the serger- was nervous
> about the construction being more complicated and I thought it would be
> nice to preserve the seam allowances. I'm pleased especially with the
> bias tape in the armholes - looks great:
> http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/22671/2164067700100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> And I'm VERY proud of the zipper which came out very nice:
> http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/22860/2775112310100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>
> The vest and pants with the walmart jackolantern shirt he will wear it
> with:
> http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/21432/2707980350100686666S425x425Q85.jpg
>

That is absolutely superb! Very professional looking, too. Chocolate
for you!!
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on October 16, 2007, 3:59 pm

> This is The Monks halloween ensemble. My model was asleep,
> but he did wear

Excellent! Be sure to make a couple more things from that
pattern while you have all the necessary fit adjustments,
this will help sharpen your hard-won skills.

Who is "The Monk"?

Beverly



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