Wearing the jeans

Here I am wearing the jeans. I wouldn't normally tuck tops in so this is just to show the jeans off.

London Calling: Jeans Finished

Here are the finished jeans. I am very pleased with how they came out. I have topstitched the heck out of them. The denim is quite thick and soft, so might be overkill for a July weekend but I'll still wear them.

I have existing pieces in red, cream and navy which could be worn with the jeans but I am still planning to sew some other pieces, and you never know it might turn into enough of a wardrobe to be my entry on the PR wardrobe contest.

London Calling: my next collection

Sometimes you just get an idea and then go and run with it.
My latest idea popped into my head, pretty much fully formed and named.
Its LONDON CALLING and is based around some (partly constructed) jeans which have stylised Union Jack pockets.

The idea of of these is that they are part of a capsule to wear to the Stitchers Guild weekend in London at the end of July. And having thought 'I'd like some new jeans' the concept gathered steam once I thought of the pockets based on the British flag.
The concept of the pockets took a couple of versions before they were urban rather than crafty and were frankly a pain to sew on, but the effect is pretty much what I imagined so I am pleased.

I am imagining lots of red and navy tops worn with the jeans which have red pocket linings and inner waistband.

Topstitching is a pain isn't it, I keep having the wrong colour thread on the machine for the next step.

P.S. To Melissa re the overlocker, you CAN disenage the knife, as the chap at Jaycott's did to show me something when demo'ing. You have to move the needles up to the highest position and twiddle a knob.
If I can find the section in the book I'll share.