I took a deep breath [and swore a bit] and started unpicking. Overlocked, topstitched unpicking. Yes. That.
At least the unpicking was pretty, as I have the overlocker threaded in a medley of green blue and purple, cos why not?
I made myself more grumpy by finishing off listening to a crap audiobook [‘A Discovery of Witches’, sort of Twilight meets Mills & Boon. Very tedious, I will be claiming my money back on that one.]
Eventually, trousers taken to pieces, crotch curves front and back reshaped using the Style Arc ‘Linda’ pattern, an inch or so shaved off at the back waist, and half an inch taken out down the long straight front seam, I machine basted and pinned them, tried them on, and pronounced them good. It took about half an hour to reassemble them, and another ten minutes standing on a stool so the missus could pin the hems for me.
On perusing the changes to the pattern, I think the issue is from all the size grading being done through those crotch curves, because of the style decision to eradicate side seams. Another lose for the indie brigade I’m afraid- I love the style, but that’s very amateurish isn’t it? It also explains why the ‘Moxie’ shorts also looked hideous. I really need some summer shorts, so may decide to try to salvage those…let’s see.
Back to the sewing room to level the hems, trim and hand stitch them [I hate machined hems on knit fabric], et voila!




Oohhh! Your bum looks GREAT! We do know each other well enough to make that sort of comment, don’t we? Well done!
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lol thanks! My rear view is certainly better than the front !
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What a great color. It’s a pain to fit trousers—it can be tug-of-war between the front and back. Question: did you make your green top? If so, what pattern is it? Please advise. Thanks!
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Well I didn’t think that fitting a pair of stretchy ones would be so much trouble! You live and learn… The top is a Style Arc ‘Tootsie’. I have several of these made a few years ago [which is why this is -ahem- slightly tight] It’s a fun pattern, nicely drafted, as are all Style Arc.
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Thank you for the details about the top. I didn’t like the pattern when it was made up in stripes. but I do like it when it’s made up in a solid color.
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I have it both ways, and it’s an interesting one to make up
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These look great on you now that you’ve made the adjustments. Love how you match your wheelbarrow. Ha!
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dammit I’ll have to move that now lol
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Salvaging the fabric for another go was well worth it. Colour really suits you. Great outfit.
Funny about the knee. Blog photos are so unrealistic we never stand like that in real life too busy rushing around.
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They looked good ‘in the flesh’ too 😊
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ta missus
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