Comments on Lisa's Carolina | Handmade: Sewing for my husband - a pair of comfy pants

You have such a sweet husband Sarah Liz! Yes, con...

2014-11-17T07:23:20.554-05:00

You have such a sweet husband Sarah Liz! Yes, continue to please him by making all those beautiful things for yourself so we others around the globe will continue to be inspired and motivated!!! A chain reaction in a nice way, no?! :) I do think I am ready for a basic patternmaking book now. Great idea! Hmmm, Christmas is near, think that will go on the list!

All commercial patterns seem to have big, baggy, l...

2014-11-15T00:30:43.546-05:00

All commercial patterns seem to have big, baggy, legs, I really don't know why. Congrats on the pocket - you must get a book on basic patternmaking so that you can see how all these sorts of things work. I'm afraid I do not put myself under pressure making things for DH - he just says I do enough for him in any case, and he would rather I spend the time I have for sewing on making things for me. One day I will, but for now I will please him by sewing all the things I have needed for a long time first :). I can understand how you feel about Tom's comments :)

You've got that right Erin!! As I spent an in...

2014-11-13T07:49:40.026-05:00

You've got that right Erin!! As I spent an inordinate amount of time on these 'simple' pants, knowing a 'T-N-T' pattern would be the outcome was great motivation to keep at it! Tapered pants look so much better than the wide-straight leg - your son will look handsome as he moves along in his education. Usually I put a snippet of a pretty piece of ribbon to mark the back of my daughter's clothes, but last year I bought some pretty pink tags that say "Made with Mom's Love'. You can see one here in a purse I made for my oldest: http://pieceworktreasures.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-purse-and-bag-for-jenn.html

It was interesting the 'pressure' I put my...

2014-11-13T07:36:34.874-05:00

It was interesting the 'pressure' I put myself under with these 'simple' pants because I wanted them to turn out superiorly well for my husband - if that makes sense. Even now I find myself asking him if he 'really' likes them or if he's just wearing them because he loves me. He keeps saying he 'really' likes them....! :)

Such a lovely custom-made present for your hubby, ...

2014-11-12T21:22:42.462-05:00

Such a lovely custom-made present for your hubby, and the good thing is that you now have the tried and tested pattern to sew another one anytime! I need to remember to put a handmade tag onto clothes I sew for my daughter because sometimes it's difficult to tell front from back :) Thanks for the link to pants alteration, it's going to come in handy as my son wants me to "taper" his school uniform pants. He's starting upper secondary in January and instead of shorts, the boys get to wear long pants and the trend is to have the pants tapered, but the ready made uniform pants are old fashioned straight legs :)

I love the way you jump into a project (inseam poc...

2014-11-12T10:54:20.491-05:00

I love the way you jump into a project (inseam pockets you've never done before and don't have a pattern showing you how?!) and work at it until it comes out so perfectly! I could m-a-y-b-e figure out and do what you did but I'm sure it would require a lot of talking to myself and using my seam ripper frequently to start with (along with a few not-so-good worlds) and then perhaps a glass of wine to finish it off. ;o}

P.S. What an ambitious list of "To-Dos" you have!