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Posted by Sarah Dale on June 15, 2006, 12:35 pm
Jack Schmidling wrote:
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> I have made about ten pairs of trousers and shorts and have yet to get
> the side pockets right.
>
> The bottom joint where everything comes together never does and I have
> to mush over it with a fine zig zag.
>
> It looks so simple when studying a commercial pair but putting it into
> practice is a different matter.
Jack,
Why don't you put a couple of photos of the problem on your excellent
website, so that all of us can have a look at the problem and advise you
better?
I've mostly done the in seam type of pockets with trousers, and not had
a problem with this style. You sew the four pocket bag pieces to the
outside seam of each of the four prices of leg, and then sew the out
seams of the trousers, sewing round the pocket bags. On the way you have
to remember to sew up and down into the pocket area (otherwise stuff
falls out of it when you use it!)- and keeping that at 5/8" does take a
bit of mucking around and a good eye, and marking the 'dot' well helps.
I usually sew to the dot, then turn the trousers through 90deg, and sew
a bartack on the dot to reinforce the bottom of the pocket.
I have sewn a test pair of cargo trousers (well - test shorts actually -
I wasn't about to make the whole lot when I knew I only needed to fit
waist, hips & bum) for my DB (must get round to making the real thing)
which have the jean style pocket at the front, where the pocket bag is
sewn to the top front of the front trouser pieces, and the back pocket
bag is exposed as part of the trouser front. The hardest part I found
was getting the front to lie flat along the pocket curve - which I
resolved with seam grading and top stitching.
Sarah
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> the side pockets right.
>
> The bottom joint where everything comes together never does and I have
> to mush over it with a fine zig zag.
>
> It looks so simple when studying a commercial pair but putting it into
> practice is a different matter.