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Wow, wonderful job! I'm so impressed with your outcome, Lucky Mom!
5/26/04 10:52 AM
Very nice looking jeans and the fit is excellent. Thank you for a very thorough review.
5/26/04 10:54 AM
Great looking jeans! Nice job with the fitting too!
5/26/04 11:09 AM
The jeans look great! Love the dark denim. Just a note - both you and your mom should try boot-cut or flares at some point, you've got the figure for them!
5/26/04 11:23 AM
Great jeans! I haven't had the courage to try jeans yet. Maybe after I build some more skills. You did a really nice job on these. The topstitching looks wonderful.
5/26/04 11:58 AM
Nice work. I think I need this pattern. LOL I'd love to see the boot-cut version too.
5/26/04 11:59 AM
Great review! I have this pattern and I want to make it soon. I bought a Schmetz double needle that is specifically marked for denim topstitching. Maybe that would help? -Ann
5/26/04 12:22 PM
wow great looking jeans! I have this pattern but haven't tried it yet_ I am also only 5'1" so apprecite the tips on adjusting the fit :o) great review, thank you! They look very nice, your Mom is lucky!
5/26/04 12:58 PM
These look really great! How terrific that you and your mom can have perfectly fitting jeans even though you're petite. Re: topstitching: did you try using jeans thread on top and regular thread on the bottom? You'd have to fiddle with the upper thread tension, I think (I would never mess with bobbin thread tension on my own), but maybe that would work.
5/26/04 2:58 PM
The jeans look great! I might have to try this pattern myself. BTW, you can get rivets from The Green Pepper. I don't see the rivets on their website, but they are available in Antique Nickel or Antique Brass. They come in a package of 40 for $4.00. HTH.
5/26/04 3:22 PM
Thank you all for you kind comments. We are very excited about these! I have to do a fit test for myself, but there won't be too much to adjust. I am a little more petite and a bit taller than my mom, but similar. As is, her jeans fit me better than anything in my closet. I will have to look for the twin needle for denim. Not only would that help with the eveness, it would make the construction go much faster! I did do a couple of bartacks with regular thread in the bobbin and it didn't snarl as bad but I had some trouble with it pulling the bottom thread up to the top. Clearly a tension issue. I will have to play with it more. Thanks for the heads up on the rivets. I have requested a catalog. Can't wait til it gets here. :)
5/26/04 3:36 PM
My hat is off to you! Thanks for a great review and all the construction and fitting details. Great-looking jeans!
5/26/04 5:07 PM
Those look very good. Jeans are not something that is on my immediate sewing horizon! This seems like a good pattern, though, and I like the height of them.
5/26/04 7:34 PM
Gorgeous, well-done topstitching! They look just like RTW!
5/26/04 9:45 PM
Great Job -- jeans look RTW
5/27/04 8:22 AM
Dovie, these look wonderful. I think you are right about shortening the crotch rise in the middle insted of sutting odwn the top. Isn't it marvelous that you and your mom are 'jeanetically' alike?
5/27/04 9:23 AM
I always admire people who sew jeans...yours are about the best I've ever seen!
5/27/04 2:00 PM
Oh the jeans are fabulous!! I am just starting on a heavy denim skirt for DD and am so nervous about sewing on it - so I can use that topstitching tip!
5/27/04 3:41 PM
Great Fit! If you are concerned about adjusting your bobbin case get an extra one that you can play around with the tension-just be sure to mark the bobbin case with nail polish so you know it is not your original bobbin case.
5/27/04 9:00 PM
Im nowhere near ready to try jeans anytime soon but am very impressed on your outcome and now would like to one day. threads magazine a few issues ago had a whole write up on jeans that i saved for one day. thanks for reviewing
5/28/04 0:45 AM
I can see the difference in the before and after. Great job!
5/28/04 9:50 AM
Dovie, thanks for this update & new photo. What a great fit! Neither one of you will be the least tempted by RTW jeans, ever! (Calvin Klein, eat your heart out!)
5/28/04 10:07 AM
Oh my, Dovie. Beautiful jeans on beautiful figures. Updated photos are the best fitting jeans I've ever seen. Knock outs!
5/28/04 10:07 AM
What a beautiful job. The pants look very RTW but with a better fit.
5/28/04 11:36 AM
I'm really impressed; great fit, and great sewing. Congratulations!
5/28/04 12:20 PM
The photos of your mom in her jeans look 100% better than any I have seen in any RTW catalog, either fit or construction. Great job!!
5/28/04 12:21 PM
What a great fit!
5/28/04 4:45 PM
Wow!! I am very, very impressed! Those jeans a fabulous fit. Beautiful job!
5/28/04 10:08 PM
Amazing...they look like the GAP Jeans...Nice Job !!
5/29/04 1:41 AM
Wow, this project was a lot of work! They lool great. I have a denim twin needle for topstitching. I use topstitiching thread on top and regular thread underneath and it works fine for me on denim.
5/29/04 8:33 AM
Dovie, the jeans are extraordinary. Impressive work. Question: Did you choose the size S based on measurements or prior experience with KS or what? I never thought I'd want to make jeans but it's nearly impossible for me to buy a decent fitting RTW pair. Your review has INSPIRED me!
5/29/04 10:32 AM
You are all very, very kind. :) Thanks for all the great tips, too. These really were not difficult at all, just time consuming. So go for it if you've been thinking about it. I chose the size based on her hip measurement only compared to the envelope. Then I tissue fitted them loosely based on the recommendations in "Pants for Real People". The back part of the leg was a little full, but other than that they fit amazingly well to begin with. The tissue fitting was actually kind of fun (my first attempt to do this) and it was neat to see the major changes that just a little tweaking would make. I will definitely take the time to do this with future projects.
5/29/04 3:09 PM
Good lord, girl---a full-time grad student, mom, and you sew and fit for relatives, too?!!! Just beautiful, better than rtw, perfect fit.
5/30/04 11:21 AM
These fit your mom better than my custom-fit Lands End fit me. Beautiful job--couldn't ask for more.
11/14/04 8:29 PM