How jeans are made
Check out the video. It’s pretty impressive. One of these days I will video myself doing this with my home sewing machine. How Jeans are Made by videosonlytube
Redesigning Stereotype
Category: Level IV
Flat-felled Seams
I still haven’t found a good set of instructions on how to use a felling foot. I did find some good instructions on how to make flat-felled seams. Click here for the instructions
Fashionably late?
It’s been a while since I checked in. What exactly have I been doing? I have been working on changing my Level IV class syllabus up. The next session will be a 2 Saturday class rather than 4 3-hour classes. It’s a little rough but I think that it can be done. It will require…
Name that product
So, I needed to come up with a name for the jeans. The original wide leg pants were “Sassy Britches”. The chef tested pants (with a whole lot of pockets) I make for Em are now “Smarty Pants”. I was thinking “Jeanious” but that name is apparently taken. So is “Injeanious”. The last day of…
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Dedicated to denim
More sites I discovered during my research… Wikipedia entry on Jeans Book Review ” Jeans. A Cultural History of an American Icon” Denimology Jean Pocket Project How they make Jeans honestforum.com
Superfly
I did it. 2 pairs of jeans in a weekend. Why is that so amazing? Because I actually documented a lot of it. Since I am teaching a class, I needed to think about the things that I normally just dash through and come up with an explaination. I also needed to see where the…
So I’m teaching a class.
You know that curriculum for jeans that I was working on? Well it turns out that the class starts in 3 weeks. I am currently trying to stop freaking out and start focusing. I will be teaching with someone else for a bit since it is the first time I’ve taught a sewing class. But…
Hitting the books
I am in the process of coming up with a curriculum for making jeans. I’ve been trying to fit it in between the many projects I’ve been working on. Here are some resources that have come in handy. Next month I should have reviews of the three patterns that I plan on working with. Articles…