To everyone who left me great advice, thank you! I have successfully completed my trousers and will be embarking on my first vintage pattern!
I had no problem raising the waistline a bit and lowering the waistband to fix that little hole between the zipper and the waistband. I DID have fun though (HA!) trying to figure out the blind hem sewing on my machine. I think I spent about half an hour trying to interpret the instructions in the manual and maybe another 15 minutes trying to figure out how to fold my fabric correctly so the blind hemming was actually on the right side of the fabric. I did a few practice runs on some scraps that I had leftover from the linen but took me a while to figure it all out. I tell you, I was so excited when I did! It’s the little things!
When the husband and I have some free time, I will try to get full length shots from farther away.
On another note, my fabric came in that I ordered (much sooner than I thought) and I love everything but the green colored linen I bought. The color on the website is not what it is in real life. It has turned out to be a very very bright lime green rather than the more subdued color I thought I was purchasing. I tried to take a photo f it to show a comparison, but the picture doesn’t show just how fluorescent it is. In the photo, it looked more like the photo from the website, so I can’t really blame the company. The linen just disguises it’s true self.
I will try to figure something out!
Fantastic! Now it’s time to make another pair!
Bright lime green? I have a stack of post-it notes that color. It’s a color for post-it notes, not for linen. Oh, well.
Nice work, you have mastered your first pair of pants!! Isn’t the blind-hem foot wonderful? So fast and easy.
Look forward to your full-length shots!
Yay! Brilliant job. They look outstanding. 🙂
Bright lime green linen? Well, either it’s destined for a beach cover-up, or . . .
dye it!
You could dye the yardage with just a bit of tan, darker green or black to tone down the electric color.
Your pants fit fantastically well. I am jealous.
Great job! They look fantastic. I am so happy that everyone’s suggestions were helpful.
As for the lime green linen (eek!)- I know all too well the woes of color on-screen vs. color in real life. I’ve spent countless hours at work trying to match screen colors to print outs and it drives me absolutely mad. I’d take Elle Kaye’s advice and dye it 🙂
Anyways, you are going to get great use out of those linen pants!