Carrie Trousers

As I mentioned yesterday I had cut the pattern out for these trousers. I went looking today for fabric I had already and come up with this glorious butterfly print.  I have had it about a year but hadn't been confident enough to cut into it up until today.

They aren't as tight as they look here, Trying to show off the pockets has distracted from their flowing drapy quality

Same for the back. These are so comfortable I might need to make them in all the fabrics.  Well light draping fabrics at least.

And the pockets are such a generous size, I love pockets. Always feel a bit lost if I don't have pockets to carry my phone or put my hands into while stood around. 

The trousers are made from the Carrie Trousers pattern from sewoverit.co.uk/ I discovered Lisa Comfort through YouTube last year. She really makes things seem more achievable.

Only problem I had today was I run out of my preferred black thread. My machine happily ticked over with a cheaper brand, which is unusual for it. No complaints from me on that score.  Will treat her to a few more reels of the good stuff tomorrow though.

Sunday confessions

Hope you weren't after juicy gossip! I admit I missed blogging yesterday, to be fair I think blogging over the weekends is a bit overambitious.  With family around etc I would rather be spending time with them than stuck to a screen or worrying about blogging. 

On Thursday I had to pop into town as had to pick up sons new blazer.  I also popped into a few charity shops.  I picked up a game of Triominos for 99p.  This was a game I spent many hours playing with my Mum over the years.  It's like dominos but they are triangles and a bit harder to match up. I offered Luke a game and he caught on and loved it luckily. May of found myself a new games partner. 

Another thing I have been up to is sorting out some patterns to get started on this week. My email alerted me to the fact that sew over it had a new online class and there was a voucher code yesterday for money off.  2 patterns were included, the ultimate trousers and The Carrie trousers.  After eyeing up the Ultimate trousers for some time I jumped at this offer.  We had family over today and this evening so I couldn't dive straight into this, but this evening after I had happily settled into pyjamas I spent a while printing off, then sticking together and cutting out the Carrie trousers pattern.

Every time I start taping together these PDF patterns together I say to myself I really prefer to be tracing a pattern off a standard  pattern. I say I prefer printing and sticking PDFs than tracing when I am tracing off too.  My least favourite part of the whole process. At least tomorrow I can start with cutting out the fabric when I get back from the school run and the gym.

Other than that I've not been to productive this weekend.  It's been hot and humid, making it harder to breath. 

Take care and stay crafty

Jules xx