Burda 7487 Pants Finished

I Love these pants. They are made out of a light weight suiting perfect for the long Las Vegas Summers. I have reviewed the pattern on Pattern Review.

Unfinished Shirt Burda 7487

I have a theory, maybe it's better called a superstition. Whenever I make a garment and have to go back to the fabric store to buy more fabric the garment never turns out. It's kind of like the Sewing Gods are trying to talk me out of it. In this case, I bought this fabric before I new what I wanted to do with it,I thought this pattern would be perfect. I had to go back to Joanne Fabrics and get more for the tie.
There were so many frustrations with this shirt. Not enough room in the armpits, so I adjusted them. The bust is to loose in places and to tight in others. There is to much gathering at the waist, and the tie looks weird. I think that some of the trouble is that I used french seams (which look nice) but I should have considered the extra seam allowance when I cut it out. I was so frustrated by outfit 1 altogether that I put this shirt aside and got to work on outfit 2. I might go back to this shirt later or try the entire thing again.

First garment finished.

Burda 7590




I finished these pants tonight. There are good and bad things about them. When I look down at them I don't like them. However, when I look at them in a picture or in the mirror I do like them. Go Figure. I liked the fit that I managed to accomplish. I love the straight legs. (All of the pants in this wardrobe have straight legs).
I HATE the fabric. Stretch Gabardine. It looks ugly, and it feels gross. The most frustrating about this fabric is it stretches the wrong way. I always assumed that fabric stretches against the grain. This stretches on the grain. As a result the length stretches and the width doesn't. When I sewed them all together they were too small. I had to take them all apart and sew then with 1/4 inch seams rather then 5/8.
Next in like to make is the Burda 7487 blouse. I love this blouse and the fabric I am making it out of. But I am not sure if I like them with these pants anymore. I might make a flowey tunic for these pants. For now I am moving forward with the original plan.

Special Details on Burda Pants.

I am playing with techniques that I have thought or read about.
For the Burda 7590 pants. I surged all of the edges before I sewed them. I like this idea because I get the finished edges, but I can still press them flat. More important if I have to rip out a seam I don't have to worry about the surged edges. (A nightmare to take out.)

Ready Set Sew

I spent the week cutting and marking the garments I am making. This is my least favorite part of sewing. To keep organized after I cut out and marked each garment I put all the pieces, interfacing, thread, zippers ect that I needed into an individual freezer bag. I am still waiting on some fabric that I ordered from an online fabric store. I am a little worried about buying fabric online, I like to feel and see the fabric before I buy. But, the fabric stores around here didn't have what I wanted. That fabric should be here by Friday then I can cut out the rest of the pieces.
Tomorrow I will start sewing. The first thing I am making are the Burda 7590 pants in Dark Brown Gabardine. I am not in love with this fabric but I wanted the color. If I really can't stand the fabric then I will try the same pattern in denim.

6 Outfits

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Thanks to a move, a two month camping trip, extended hours at work, and life in general, It has been a long time since I sewed with some thought beyond I want a pair of jeans or an apron. I moved out of my last house at the end of the last school year, at that time I thought it would be cathartic to get rid of any clothes in my closet that for what ever reason I didn't want. Just like a self imposed What Not To Wear intervention. I must admit that it was nice to say goodbye to things that I was holding onto in the hopes that one day they might fit, come back into fashion, mend themselves, or miraculously lose a stain. The only clothes I kept were a few items appropriate for camping. Before moving into a new house, my fiance and I went on a two month camping trip in the mountains of Utah. We came back just in time for the start of the new school year. In fact we moved into our new house the day before the first day of school for students. There in lies the problem, no clothes. Mental Note before you throw/give away all your clothes like on What Not To Wear, make sure you have $5000 to spend on a new wardrobe. I have spent the last 7 months wearing the same 5 or so outfits.
To remedy the lack luster wardrobe I have challenged myself to create a weeks worth of outfits appropriate for work. Unlike the the mini-wardrobe contest on pattern review that require a connective thread between the outfits. I want five distinct outfits.
Right now I am sorting through patterns and pre-shrinking fabric to decide what I have to use, and what I need to buy. Hopefully, by tomorrow I will have a good idea of what I will be making