Burda Smoking Trousers

2023-Aug-22, Tuesday 04:30 pm
The fabric choice in the top was driven by the fabrics I wanted to use in the trousers. The trousers in question being a soft tuxedo-style; BurdaStyle Smoking Trousers (Plus Size), March 2013, numbered 140B, (same pdf as the 'Marlene (as in Dietrich) Trousers'). The provided image doesn't really show anything, so let me describe them. These are a non-stretch straight-leg pattern to be made up in crepe. It closes with an invisble zipper in the centre-back, and there are back waist darts. The (front) pockets are curved, and the waistband has a two-overlapping-at-centre-front-curved-pieces detail, that is actually sewn together, with two buttons as just decoration. The pattern also has optional side stripes, which it suggests to use a sequin fabric with.

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Front view of a full-length pair of black crepe trousers, with curved diagonal pockets, and a waistband of two overlapping curved pieces, seemingly held together with two black buttons, hanging from a black trouser hanger against a white wardrobe.

Burda Smoking Trousers, finished, front view
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Customising jeans

2019-Oct-17, Thursday 12:25 pm
The other half of the overalls is the trousers. I found some wide-legged white jeans, on sale, claiming to be 100% cotton. Grabbed a couple of pods of Dylon's All-in-1 machine dye in Deep Violet, and had at. It's one pod to 600g fabric. The trousers need to be three different colours so I cut the legs off just below the knees. That left about 500g of jeans to become dark purple. I put them in the machine with one and a half pods (and a pair of gloves).

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Customised jeans, finished, flat
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