Instead I remembered I had this strange and untouched tripod tool hidden away at the bottom of my box which (once I'd figured out how to use it) was pretty great. But by the time the fly went in and I was looking at an assembled front I knew I wanted to go the whole hog! I usually rely on my good old vario pliers to insert snaps, no sew buttons and such like but because the rivets aren't at the edge of the garment the pliers won't reach. I wasn't planning on adding rivets as it was my very first pair and I was thinking it was best to take things one step at a time. It's not particularly tidy but they're there, a just tried, tried and tried again until I managed to get them all on somehow. I took a hammer to the folded ends of the belt loops to flatten things out as much as possible. But the belt loops proved to be a step too far. It even handled the bar tacks without too much coaxing. Everything was going so well and I was amazed at how well my basic Janome machine was coping with all the layers of denim and topstitching. The only part I got really frustrated with was the belt loops. I found it a little frustrating to have to keep swapping the thread and needles over but soon got into the swing of it. What can I say, I love a bit of topstitching! I used Gutermann topstitching thread in the needle (with a topstitching needle) but kept normal Sew All thread in the bobbin and was mildly surprised at the success I initially had. It was kind of bonkers of me to pick dramatically contrasting gold topstitching thread for my first go I suppose. The main issue I have with these is the state of the insides where I didn't quite nail getting the tension right all of the time when topstitching. It can be quite hard to judge the exact colour weight and texture of a traditional denim when buying online but the bonus is there are detailed description including fabric content so you can see how the stretch will work for your pattern with no guesswork involved.ĭespite being mega proud of these there is definitely a lot of room for improvement with my jeans making and I kind of can't wait to get started all over again so I can put into practise what I have learnt from this pair. After a few weeks in rotation it is starting to develop that lovely worn quality I really like in denim. It was quite stiff to begin with but is now washing up an absolute dream. This one has a lovely deep colour which comes across as almost black in the pictures but in reality is a dark dark indigo blue. Miraculously as I ordered this so long ago the same fabric is still in stock but if dark denim isn't your bag or you're after something a little more interesting the Mood Fabrics website has a consistently pretty spectacular collection of denim on offer in all different weights, colours and even prints. Something about the description just said to me that it would be the right choice of this garment. I'm a dark denim kind of girl (although after sewing these I've become mildly obsessed with looking at denim and have been tempted by all sorts) and was for some reason drawn to this particular Marc Jacobs Stretch Cotton Denim online.
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