Week 10: Hand stitch something

Sewing Themes

I have come to the conclusion that I can’t do a month at one shot, so I am just going to post as I get things done. And it won’t be in order by date, but as they fit the theme. I’m going to try to do all of them this year as a goal, but some are not really in my wheelhouse.

So…hand-stitch something:

This one is a stretch, but I am at the point where I need to put the things I need to sew within the themes. Keeping to the theme, I am using putting in the buttons to be the hand-stitching part.

We were heading to see friends and I wanted to make something for going out at night. I made these bell-bottom pull-on pants. I am trying not to wear jeans right now since the tighter waist bothers my mid-section from the surgery.

I used a straight-leg pattern I drafted, and then I inserted the bell-bottom pattern piece I drafted for a pair of yoga pants for my daughter. The pockets were a quick draft, and I really should have made the back pocket a little narrower.

I added some ribbon to the inside of the bell-bottom triangle. I saw some fun godets on Pinterest with embroidery and such, so wanted to add something fun to it. The ribbon has silver, black, red colors in it.

I wanted these to look more like “jeans”, so I added front and back pockets and a faux front button fly with these nice silver buttons.

The fabric is a black light-weight denim with plentiful stretch. Comfy enough to wear all night. I added elastic to the back band in case they stretch out and to help keep them up.

They were really fun to wear and got some compliments.

I am glad I am getting back into sewing. I find I get pretty tired at night if I just sit and watch TV, but sewing keeps me occupied and gives me a sense of accomplishment. Much better than doom scrolling the night away, which I do way too often these days.

p.s. sorry for the crappy pictures these days. I am not pull out my DSLR and Photoshop unless I absolutely have to, since getting something up is more important than waiting to mess with it and all that extra time.