{"id":411,"date":"2020-10-19T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/?p=411"},"modified":"2020-10-19T22:58:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:58:51","slug":"red-calder-pants-another-fiore-and-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/2020\/10\/19\/red-calder-pants-another-fiore-and-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Calder pants (+ another Fiore and tanks)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made pants! My very first pair. These are Cashmerette’s Calder pants, in rust-colored linen from Fabric.com. I’ve had that pattern printed for awhile, thinking it would be a good one for a first foray into pants-making, and finally took the plunge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I did make a muslin and discovered that the crotch was way too low. I think it’s still a bit low on the finished garment, even though I raised it a couple inches. (I got spooked by a tutorial that said to be conservative with crotch-lifting, as fractions of an inch can make a big difference.) I also think these might be a tiny bit big, possibly because the linen is more loosely woven than the muslin I used for the test garment. I wonder, though: the waist could stand to be brought in by an inch or two, but then would I still be able to get the pants up over my hips? They barely fit as it is. Perhaps just the elastic needs to be shortened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was quite intimidated about making pants, even though in the end they were, as everyone says, not really a big deal. I had always dismissed the idea of making pants out of hand, until it occurred to me to wonder why. I realized that somewhere in my head exists the idea that my legs are so grossly misshapen that no garment I make can possibly house them. That’s ridiculous, of course\u2014they’re just legs<\/em>. But wow, body stuff runs really deep; this idea about myself has been there for a long, long time. Have I ever mentioned how absolutely loathsomely our culture behaves toward women?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Anyway. I also made another Fiore skirt, this one out of an upholstery-weight linen I got on clearance at Joann. This version is the plain-fronted, zipper-backed variation, although I did add side-seam pockets, because I just won’t wear clothing otherwise. There’s not a lot to say about this, except I feel like I’m vindicated on my earlier observation that the waistband in the pattern is too short!!<\/a> <\/em>It happened again!! Why does this information not appear anywhere on the internet? Mysterious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A
Davy is ENORMOUS! And an absolutely delightful baby, I must say.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I also made the two tanks I’m wearing in each of these pictures: a little tank-making project I have going on. I’m trying to create the perfect semi-cropped tank for my body, since I always admire the Ashton top when I see it in pictures but refuse to spend money on it since, damn it, it’s so simple! I started with the Willow top, since I like the way it fits my shoulders, and lowered the dart and increased the bust width enormously. Then I flared out the sides. The white version, the first one I made, has more flare than the colorful cotton version; I restrained the flare a little in my next version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also made a third version, as-yet-unphotographed, out of the same linen I made the pants out of, and I have to say, wow, a shirt that fits makes a big difference. I don’t think I’d ever have picked a top like this off the rack, since there’s nothing really special about it, but once I put it on, I don’t know. It just feels better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not quite sure what’s next on my list. There are certainly a lot of things I’d like to make: another jumpsuit, another pair of Calder pants, a couple of dresses. I may, however, have to start on Dora’s Halloween costume (she wants to be a Catrina) as well as Davy’s (he is going to be a S’more). Hope you’re hanging in there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I made pants! My very first pair. These are Cashmerette’s Calder pants, in rust-colored linen from Fabric.com. I’ve had that pattern printed for awhile, thinking it would be a good … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Red Calder pants (+ another Fiore and tanks)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/sewing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}