Getting ready for Spring of late. We’ve had warmer weather the past week or three, though forecasts are for rain or snow upcoming. Hey, it’s weather! Subject to change without notice.
This pair is a linen from stash, obtained (I think) as a remnant. Capris take about 1.5 yards, so remnants work quite well.
Rather than struggle to turn up a very curved hem, I used some leftover bias binding. The patterned fabric barely peeks out the bottom.
I had the idea that the Kew pants would make a nice pair of capris, so decided to do a bit of pattern hacking.
This is what transpired. They are comfortable, certainly, but compared to using my TnT pants patterns, I’m not sure they were worth the effort. There seemed to be more fiddly than should have been needed.
A pretty pea green linen from stash, and rather than a hem facing or turn-up, I just accented the hem and pockets with bias binding. That gives a little unexpected color.
The last of the capris for the year, I am thinking.
The pattern is my go-to one for pants, shorts and capris. A long out of print Jalie that I have frankenpatterned with many tweaks, adjusting the fit over the years.
There’s not much to say about the sewing. These go together pretty easily after all this time.
The fabric was a surprising find at the local big box fabric store (begins with J). It’s a 100% cotton that was in the outdoor / upholstery section. Perfect bottom weight. I think they’ll hold up for a couple years, unless I outgrow them.
These will probably be the last of the capris I make between now and next summer. I think I have enough pair that (mostly) fit to see me through Fall. If not, well, I shall just have to do some laundry!
These are a lovely lemon yellow linen with a not-too-bright complementary paisley. I believe the fabric is from Fabric.com One of those items tossed in the cart to reach $35 to get free shipping.
The pattern is my standard Jalie 968, now out of print. Pockets in front. Pockets in back. A girl can never have to many pocketses.
The only design changes I made were to shorten, then narrow the legs so they don’t look like marsh waders. This fabric is much too pretty for marsh muck.
The weather is warming up, and it’s time for wearing something other than jeans. This means capris and shorts. Since we aren’t yet into the really hot months, it was time for some capris.
This is my T-N-T Jalie pants pattern (# 968), shortened and taken in to become capris. Yes, that’s my able-pawed assistant there in the corner, giving everything a once-over sniff.
There is really nothing unusual about making these. I followed my standard pocket and fly zipper insertion methods. Took the legs in a bit, and of course shortened them to just below knee length.
These capris seemed a little plain, so I decided to jazz them up a bit with some pocket and yoke embroidery. That meant searching through the embroidery files for something suitable.
Bobbi Bullard, of Bullard Designs had the winner once again. She just has a knack for embroidery designs that work well on clothes. This design set is called “Curlies”. It may no longer be in release, as I couldn’t find it on her web site. One can opt for embellishing with crystals/nailheads or not. I chose nailheads, as crystals seems a bit presumptuous for capris.
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