Slacks Are Done

Since Cheryl did not want the sweater, I made her a pair of slacks that she can use for work at school.  The material is soft and it doesn't wrinkle, but it does fray at the edges.  That made for some pretty messy work.  I couldn't get two seams done without them fraying so much that I was getting frayed threads sewn in and some were even showing on the outside of the garment.  I had to do a lot of seam reinforcing with bias tape and zig zagging.  Even the zig zags still showed a lot of frayed strings which needed to be trimmed after I finished the sewing.  Both sides of the material looked exactly the same, so there seemed to be no right or wrong side.  That made things a little difficult, too.  I had to keep taking it out in the pockets, yoke, and zipper because I seemed to keep getting things reversed as far as the right side and the wrong side of the material, especially in the pocket area.  I am pleased that everything lays flat, with no puckering around the zipper and pocket area.  It was hard to keep everything exactly in the right place for sewing, especially with so much taking out and redoing, and with material that was fraying all over the place.  I had her try them on before I finished the yoke.  I ended up having to take it out just a tiny around the waist area.  Everything else fit well.  She only wanted a tiny hem because she likes her pants to cover her shoes and just be slightly off the ground.  I had some iron on hem tape which I used so that I only had to take it up half an inch.  That also made it easy to deal with the fraying.

This is a close up of the front. It doesn't hang as well as it lays flat, but I wanted to show the pocket and zipper area.

Full view again does not hang well, but it gives a general idea of how they look.

I worked on another small project today for Lexi and Joey to take to school for their classmates for Christmas, instead of sending cards. I made little green Christmas stockings (green because I didn't have any red felt and I had tons of green).  After I sewed them, Lexi and Joey got to decorate them with stick on foam decorations.  Then, they stuffed them with a Christmas pencil and a candy cane.

These are just three of Joey's to show as a sample of what they look like. They made 24 altogether.

Just when I thought I was finished with everything, my son called today and asked if I could make an art apron for Portia, who is: two going on ten, or there abouts.  She is so grown up for her age, and she just loves to paint.  She needs to have lots of pockets to hold her brushes.  I will get right on that tomorrow.  It is after midnight and way too late tonight to start another project.  I am just happy to have the pants all finished.  That is the last of the individual presents that I need to make.