Three (almost three) Out of Four Done!

Let me explain…  This past week our household was hit with the worst “COLD” in its history.  It started with our Daughter, then Me, then Mr. Green Thumb.  It hasn’t hit our Son yet, but Heaven help us if he gets it as he is in the middle of a University term and can’t afford to be ill.

Those of us who have been through it or haven’t had it yet are extremely wary of being near anyone (Mr. Green Thumb) who has it.  So much so that the Poor Man came out of the “sick room” for an Advil once and we chased him back in there with fiery torches and pitchforks!  Stay away!  Get back!  Poor Man.  It was even suggested that we just throw all the cold medication, chicken soup, and hot tea in there and shut the door quick!

So that, Teacher, is why I don’t have my homework done!

To recap, I have done my pant’s muslin, my brown pair and my black pair, all with my Craftsy course, “Pant Fitting Techniques” with Sandra Betzina and her pattern, Vogue V2948.

In order to make all four pants different in some way I took inspiration from my Craftsy course, “One Pattern, Many Looks: Pants” with Kathy Ruddy.  This time I used the chapter on pockets and chose to insert Slash Pockets in my pants.  The fabric I used is called Blue Horizon Suiting, 100% polyester, but no stretch.  I love the feel of it and the colour.  I wish I had bought more!  (Click on a photo to start the slide show.)

Here I have my pant front, one of the four pockets I cut out (exactly the shape of my pant front) and my template for my slash pocket. I am going to cut off the bottom of the pocket lining on the yellow line and sew along the top yellow line to make the slash pocket. Don’t forget to put right sides together before sewing!

As advised in Ruddy’s course, I sewed lines of zig zags all over my pocket lining. It’s supposed to help with “tummy control”. Guess this means I can eat MORE Cheesecake!

I sewed along the top yellow line to make the slash pocket, using Wonder Tape to hold seam tape in place until it was sewed down. Then I cut off the excess fabric above the sewing line and clipped the curve.

Pocket lining turned to the inside and ironed.

I used my blind hem foot to under stitch the slash pocket.

Slash pocket finished, now I sew all the lawyers together to keep them in place during pant construction. I also sewed a vertical line in the middle of that LARGE pocket to make it a smaller, decent sized pocket – the rest is for tummy control!

That’s all Folks!

I got the princess seams in the fronts and the backs sewn and half of one Slash Pocket done before I got ill.  I completed the Slash Pockets after I felt better.  It’s a sad day when you don’t feel like sewing!  😟

In preparation for next time – hopefully there won’t be a next time – do you have any home cold remedies to share, to get us sewists back behind our sewing machines quickly?  😄

Happy Sewing and Good Health to you all!