Sunday 23 October 2011

Maroon Clovers

You will have to wait a bit more to see my Bombshell in action. I have tons of hand sewing and finishing to do but promise I will be done before the end of the month. In the meantime I am happy to report I have finished my Clovers from Colette Patterns.
I was quite wary of cutting the original chosen fabric for these as I knew that if major fitting issues occurred there wouldn't be much chance of recovering it. I waited for some time until chance took me to a almost local fabric shop where I found some stretch bio suiting (anyone know what type of fabric this is?) for £3.50. Ideal price for a muslin, no? Out of the colours available maroon was the most wearable so I settled for that.
I decided to sew these trousers as per instructions with pockets and complete waistband. Firstly because I wanted a practice run before I cut into the original fabric and secondly so I could use them if the muslin turned out wearable. 
And I'm so glad I did! Without any fitting alterations they are perfectly wearable. They could be a bit snugger under my bottom and the fabric is not the most pretty or comfortable against the skin but it's not too bad.
 The construction was easy and straight forward. The waistband is constructed the same way as Ginger which lends to a perfect finish. I struggled a bit with bulk in this area though and need to address this the next time I sew them. I also have a imperfect invisible zipper. I used a black one (because it was what I had in at home) and it's not completely invisible. The inside of these is very, very ugly. I decided not to try the trousers on until I was almost finished so didn't want to waste time on seams finishes. Not a problem as the fabric doesn't ravel too much.
Now that I done these I can move on and sew them again with the original fabric choice but with a Bombshell and a winter dress on my queue I might wait a few months.





24 comments:

  1. Oooh, fabulousness yet again! What a wonderful colour too! And I am loving your shoes, where are they from and am I too late to get my own pair?

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  2. They look great! And nice pairing it with those shoes. Very cute.

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  3. Those are great and you look fantastic in them. I'm so glad the pattern didn't need altering - you can run up loads of these now! xxx

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  4. Oh wow, these look lovely. I can't believe you made them straight out of the packet, with no adjustments! I suspect these trousers would look horrendous on me. I just don't think I have the figure.

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  5. You did a really excellent job, this style of trouser suits your figure. Cant wait to see the bombshell x

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  6. What a great job! They look and fit so well :)

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  7. Wow, they're perfect Suzy. The slim cut is perfect for your slender figure - they're very flattering. Great job. x

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  8. Suzy! They ARE AMAZING and fit like a glove!

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  9. Fantastic fit and love the in-seam pocket detail.

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  10. Hi Suzy, These are fab and such a lovely shape! I love the colour :)

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  11. Great, great pair of pants. I wish I had the guts to tackle a pair!

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  12. These are great! Gorgeous colour, really suits you.

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  13. They look great! I love the colour.

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  14. They fit so well and it doesnt look like a muslin at all ! I love this colour for you and thebackgroud is lovely !

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  15. Those are great and they fit well enough that you can make heaps of them easily! Well done!

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  16. Wow these look fab. So handy you don't have to make any adjustments either. Very chic

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  17. Great job on the Clover pants. I love the color. I had to do two muslins before I could get a good fit on mine.

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  18. Wow! How awesome They are. Totally a flattering sTyle for your slim figure abd the colour is so pretty. I'm impressed they are a wearable muslin- what a bonus- abd you can't see any suggestion that the fabric's on the good side of value! They look fab, congratulations. You have given me renewed courage to aim also for a wearable muslin soon.

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  19. Those are fab! Interesting to hear it is the same kind of waistband as Ginger - I don't know if I would risk that kind of maneouvre in trousers... but maybe I just need to buy an invisible zipper foot for my machine.

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  20. What? That's how they look without alterations?! That's awesome! They look so great! Congrats!

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  21. Lovely colour!! I need some two way stretch fabric for a skirt, l might have to puck your brains for a source x

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  22. For this not being your first choice of fabric + no alterations, these pants look great to me! I need to get sewing on a pair of these pants!

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