I'm guilty of jeans and white trainers,
@Lowena but you won't see me near a fleece. I can't stand touching the stuff!
That article has reminded me that I have a flexible ruler, somewhere,
@realale. Somewhere
As I have mentioned elsewhere, I am not completely new to making jeans, albeit cords. I attempted pair of Ginger jeans, about 2 years ago, and really enjoyed putting them together. They hit several problems, though.
- I cut them out in November or December and sewed them in February. I didn't gain any weight over that Christmas - it had been stable since the previous summer - but hadn't banked on how much and how rapidly my shape would actually change at some random point post menopause.
- I often suffered with bloating, now mostly alleviated by removing gluten from my diet, which always made measuring unpredictable for me.
- I hadn't accounted sufficiently for the amount of stretch in the cord.
- I hadn't quite mastered fitting over my belly or the fact that a pattern that says it's high rise isn't necessarily particularly high rise on me.
The result is a nicely sewn garment that wouldn't fit me, even if I gobbled up all the seam allowance.
Anyhow, I've been a member of the Cashmerette club for over a year now and Jenny released
a jeans pattern, last year, which prompted me to make it a priority to have another go. The pockets are a bit odd, to account for the fact that one of the views has an elasticated channel to make the waistband flexible - not for me, after looking at the details as I need a belt to keep bottoms up due to the lack of anything to hang them on. They're also wider legged than I would normally wear but they come with copious pattern support and I think they're a good starting point for me.
I put together a basic first toile, just in calico, over the Christmas holidays. I did a straight size 8 without the big bum adjustment because I have a rather flat bum. I don't expect this to inform me of any more than whether I need to grade up to a 10 for the waist or adjust the rise, as I've never made any Cashmerette bottoms before. That's a job for next week.