The threads on her jeans were white and cream, and the contrast was really intriguing. I saw a girl at Denver Fabrics who was wearing jeans with two-tone topstitching.I didn’t make my topstitching quite as wide (and I’d need an industrial machine to handle topstitching thread that is this heavy), but I did make the space wider than on previous jeans I’ve made. I also was drawn to the width between the topstitching rows on these jeans from True Religion.I also really liked the buttoned vent on these Balmain jeans:īalmain is not my style–way too edgy for me, but the buttoned vents an interesting embellishment for the side seams.It’s a tiny detail, but I really like it. Specifically, I love the little loop at the bottom of the belt loop on these Burberry jeans:.I started looking around for inspiration in December in planning for the contest and there were a lot of different details that I liked. I mean, if I’m making my own jeans, they should be different than something I could find in the mall in the first place, right? Jalie 2908 Designer Pastiche Jeans Because this was for a contest, and because I wanted to challenge myself, I set about to create a unique pair of Jalie 2908 jeans. They were a lot of hard work, but I rather enjoyed switching among 6 different presser feet and no less than 7 different colors of thread and my serger despite it being a bit of a three ring circus. I finished my jeans for the Jeans Contest! I’m really pleased with how everything worked out.
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