There has been sewing. Pants. Bob Pants

 As its probably apparent, there has been a bunch of stuff between me and writing about sewing. 

there has been mending. there is always mending.

I have been writing and researching for my last class, the one that stands between me and a certificate that proves I know another set of things that will be of little use in  terms of a job but useful in terms of 1) amusing me 2) using family school credits  3)useful in keeping the job I already have.

June 17th was the worst day I have ever had at work in ...almost forty years. This graffiti on the bus stop did cheer me up, and whoever drew it, I love you.

I have been sewing pants, in ten minute increments.

As dearly as I love a dueling set of prints that work together,

trying to brighten up the taupe on toast color scheme at work

but maybe not at work, I've made some 

Plain Bob Pants.

Where it gets fancy is on the inside.

I learned from previous versions that the Essex will fray but is so so so soft and drapy. It's divine and makes these into real secret pajamas.

https://stonemountainfabric.com/product/essex-wide-natural/

And I have bound all the interior seams.  Not all the binding matches. I'm just not quite that kind of girl.

Binding binding binding

Frida is watching over this

So much binding. Otherwise a normal set of Bobs. I have a 45" booty now, and I can make a pair out of 2 yds of anything as long as it's crossgrain.

I think I like the shirting fabric better for binding; the stripes look cool, it's lightweight and presses like a dream.

Edge stitched the top seam, stitched in the ditch most of the way around for the elastic channel. Using 1.5" elastic for the Bobs. I put a lot in my pockets, and I made the pockets bigger so I could put a lot more into them. 

Made a cardboard bodkin.

Oh my god more Bobs. This fabric is from Stonemountain too. https://stonemountainfabric.com/product/textured-yarn-dyed-cotton-seed-stitch-stripes-golden/

The pants could match the shirt made  from this AHenry print. They do go together

More more more binding. The  binding could have matched the pockets.

but the binding is what I have out so  here it is. It's a big lump at the crotch but in such a place that i can't notice it.

Put a tag on the back on this one. I also put a button on the front so I can find the front faster.

Reused the cardboard bodkin

and after threading the elastic through, I had an idea.

why use cardboard, which is hard to feel for in the channel while I'm feeding/feeling for it.

And that's the next post! BODKINMANIA

Insufficient Allure

 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233173524_Insufficient_allure_The_luxurious_art_and_cost_of_creative_pattern_cutting

Read full text and please let's chat about this in the comments.

I have questions.

The abstract says

Creative pattern cutting really pushes the boundaries of design. It is a luxury that breaks all traditional rules. The whole process, however, is costly, in both the use of cloth and the time it takes to produce a pattern. This article examines creative cutting from final year fashion students. It celebrates the students' individual philosophies towards creative cut and examines how the industry promotes pattern cutting to students as a viable career option. The role of the pattern cutter can have as much glamorous allure as the role of the designer, although it is at a lower key. Its allure comes from creative satisfaction and integrity. The article also discusses the realistic and commercial cost implications in the production of creatively cut garments and suggests pragmatic ways to maintain this luxurious creativity with cost effectiveness.

The tone is off. The place that the article is coming from feels like an AI wrote it; a topic was arbitrarily chosen and a set of quotes and citations were recited. It doesn't hang together, the abstract sounds like a different article and the conclusion is inconsequential. 

I have tried to read this for almost a year. I finally staggered through part of it today.

And the point of this was ?

(if you know more about this, explain please)