A Brown Study

A pinch and a punch, June sewers!

I'm here to show off two sewing firsts for me - a turtleneck top and my first rigid trousers! Both these patterns are very popular in the online sewing world - the Nikko Top by True Bias, and the Dawn Jeans from Megan Nielsen Patterns. 

I've wanted to sew jeans for ages, but had the big nerves about doing it - the fly, the jeans buttons, the fitting issues - the FEAR. I thought it was time to give it a whirl though, and I'm glad I did. I feel like for the first time I really get what people mean when they say something is beautifully drafted - the Dawn Jeans felt like that. They took me a long time, and a lot of wrangling with my machine and top-stitching, but at no point did anything go heinously wrong and I put that down to the drafting and the instructions of this super pattern.

Fitting-wise, I'm not sure... I can see that there are problems here, and I'd like to have a go at fixing them next time. I think I'd already like them more in denim - this corduroy was left over from another project, but I'm not currently nuts about corduroy jeans... I have drag lines on the front, knees and under the bum. Reading through the excellent help on Closet Core Patterns' jeans fitting page, the advice to chill and not worry too much about fit already has helped - but I'm definitely going to have another go with this pattern.

Bum lines - but how much do I care about something I never see?? Not much, is the answer.

Okay fit I guess! Quickly on the Nikko, because there's little to say - I sewed a straight size 8 and love love love it. It's a lovely melange cotton jersey from Ray Stitch. A million more for next winter, I feel.

Until next time, summer sewers!