It’s no fear jeans month, and I’m 1000% on board! Let’s do this. Over the weekend I watched Closet Core Patterns “Sew Your Dream Jeans” online workshop. It was just the boost I needed to kick off the no fear jeans month. In between watching the videos, I traced out my pattern pieces and got ready to make my first basted muslin.
Size
I am going to take this journey super slow and make sure not to rush it. I want to enjoy the process and not feel like I have to sew something NOW NOW NOW! I ended up cutting out a straight size 14 of Version B. Here’s the size chart for the pattern.
My waist measures 33″, hips 43″, and inseam 35″. I was debating about going between a size 14 or 16 and normally I would’ve gone up a size to give myself wiggle room with the pattern, but cutting out the size 14 was absolutely the right decision.
For this first pair, I am using stretch denim from Joann. I did NOT prewash the fabric as I didn’t want to stress out about making this a wearable muslin. I put too much pressure on myself with muslins sometimes. I don’t want to be wasteful. This was a no pressure situation. I also only made this a basted muslin. What I did was just cut on the front and back pieces, the back yoke, one waistband, and pocket facings for the front to complete the pocket area. I sewed the pants together with a super long stitch so that I could unpick easily.
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