We
finished the pants for Elias yesterday evening, and as soon as he saw the
pants, he announced to be wearing short pants only!
It
is true that Elias always leaves the house with short pants and Omar usually
wears long ones, but I thought to be able to change this pattern by giving him
his own long pants. I was wrong obviously!
Consequently
we have a second pants for Omar (and we already started to cut and sew the
short version Elias requested).
This
time around the backside fits perfect without having to tighten the elastic excessively
and there even is some room for growing.
The
blue fabric was purchased in Shanghai, China (just like these gorgeous Chinese Blues). The fabric is supposedly hand
dyed and had to be fixed before washing as the color runs. I was told that the
fabric is about 50 years old. The sales lady –who looked double as old as the
fabric- also explained me that it was made in her family business; but then my
Chinese is quasi nihil so it is possible that I got that completely wrong!
The
fabric smelled moist but after fixing and washing, she turned out to be really
soft and so gorgeous!
I
bought a full role but the role was not very long and on top of that only 45 cm
wide. I will have to be make this fabric last a long way.
Pattern: Just like the pants posted yesterday this is a Jacob pants designed by Zonen09.
Fabric: The fluorescent piping was homemade
from fluorescent trim (bought @ Vermiljoenshop) and some rope.
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