I started on my first item for SWAP today (you are allowed to start two projects before the December 26th start date), a pair of Jalie jeans. I had hopes of finishing them today, but realized that I only had tricot interfacing. 😦 Here’s the topstitching on the pockets, try to ignore my bright orange chalk.
In real life the denim is significantly darker, and the topstitching is closer to a hunter green than this picture would indicate. I really need some cool ideas for topstitching pockets. Mine are so terribly boring. 😦 And my hubby doesn’t like the green thread…at all. I kind of love it though. 😉
So anyway, I’m trying to be strategic about this. Since I’ve been steadily losing weight (who knows if that will continue through the holidays though), I am DESPERATELY in need of new pants/jeans now that belts aren’t quite enough to hold up my way-too-big pants. Since I had listed jeans/slacks on my SWAP, I decided they would be the first things to be made. I’ll probably (hopefully) un-grow them soon enough, but a girl still has to get dressed in the meantime, right?
Hope ya’ll have a great weekend! 🙂
Splinters & Stitches 
Hmm. Buttonhole elastic waistband? (runs for cover)
Good luck! I find dark denim really hard to photograph… it either shows up inky with no details or is really washed out by the flash.
One of my favourite things to do on pockets is trace part of my French Curve to get some neat shapes. Or I get lazy and just do some random lines. Who says both pockets have to match?
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LOL! I’ll leave the buttonhole elastic to the kiddos. And as far as matching pockets go, mine would have to match….my OCD requires it. 😳
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I haven’t attempted jeans so I have no pocket tips, just a hat tip for making them!
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Thanks!
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