Ottobre Twiggy Jeans version 2
Finally I have stopped procrastinating and finished DD2's red Ottobre jeans. This is another pair using Ottobre 06-2007 #32. (The first pair I blogged about here.) I think I cut these out about 5 or 6 months ago and in the meantime DD has grown. These are a size 140 width lengthened to 146 and DD is now 144cm (she's grown 2.5 cm in the last 5 weeks!). The length is perfect, the width... let's just say thank goodness it's stretch denim. I think I've finished these just in time if I want DD to get any wear out of them. Strangely, this pair gapes at the centre back. This can be easily fixed with a small dart in the waistband (or a belt), but it is not an issue I noticed with the first pair. I'd also forgotten that I meant to skim in the legs below the knee to make them more 'skinnified'.
I used a lightweight stretch denim from Spotlight and topstitched in red. I had huge problems with the topstitching tensions about halfway through the jeans. I changed needles, rethreaded, cleaned and oiled the machine but still had problems with looping and uneven tension. I assume it was the thread as the problems started with the new reel of Molnlycke Goliath thread.
And I had to put a label on the back -
I used a lightweight stretch denim from Spotlight and topstitched in red. I had huge problems with the topstitching tensions about halfway through the jeans. I changed needles, rethreaded, cleaned and oiled the machine but still had problems with looping and uneven tension. I assume it was the thread as the problems started with the new reel of Molnlycke Goliath thread.
And I had to put a label on the back -
Comments
Soft hugs,
Rhonda in Montreal (PR)
I REALLY wish we lived closer, eh...
As for the gape in the waist, I'm guessing that because she's grown since you cut these, she's also probably grown into a bit of a more "big girl" shape and her (to put it delicately) "seat" is bigger and her waist is smaller. In other words, she's growing up into a grown up.
Please don't say I made you cry!!
(PS, I didn't know you weren't a NZ citizen and now I'm dying to know where you ARE a citizen... Oz? US? This is what happens when you can't hear people talk on the internet.)