Him : It's been like that for months, and I think I keep losing change.
Me : No problem, it'll take me less than a minute. *muttering to self about lost coins*
A minute later, I returned his pants.
Him : That is so cool!!! Thanks!
Me : Uh.... Okayyyyy. You're welcome. You know that I sew, right? Like, clothes and all. It stands to reason that I can fix a hole or a button quite easily
Him : Yeah, but you don't sew for me. This is so cool!!!" He's still checking out his repaired pocket.
Me : Do you want me to sew for you?
Him : Well, only if you want to.
Me : You're right, clothing for men can be so boring.
Him : *grunt*
Me : *grunt*
(After over 10 years of marriage, grunting is a viable means of communication.)
A few days later, we agreed that I can make him flannel pj shorts, because he couldn't find any similar to the ones he already has.
You know, I only need one pattern piece for his shorts. I traced it off the existing pj shorts:
For any newbies out there, here's the cheat sheet I used long time ago when I started making shorts and pants for my kids. Works the same for men's shorts :)
Here are the shorts:
whoosh! Bright flash, I had to take the picture at night.
The question I have is, does anyone know what this is?
It says "Trimtex" on the top. I know that Trimtex makes buttons and well, trims. However, I'm clueless as to what these are used for. They came in this pile of buttons that I bought at a flea market on the weekend:
Thanks! Su
7 comments:
Umm...the litle TrimTex look like a decorative gromet of some kind...like those useless little snaps that used to be on the pockets of jeans.
And 2) OHMYGOODNESS how I wish I had seen your cheatsheat a few days ago, before I sewed those trousers for Siu Jeun! I'm going to forward this post on to the girl that wrote the original tute - she didn't really know how to sew pants, either. ;-)
Fabulous! Sewing for guys can be so boring. They never want you to use your creative side; my brothers are always asking me to sew on a button or fix a hole.:)
yeah, not much sewing to be done for the guys, is there? (But I'm mean- I make him do his own buttons, etc. :) Those might be...to make fabric covered buttons??
Wow, guess I'm lucky. When my son was little he loved picking out outrageous fabrics for his shorts and shirts. Now that he is grown he still likes Mom to make a shirt when I can. Working on a western style one now for him with his band's bomber plane logo on the upper chest and piping and pearl snaps!
My Hubby loves the bowling style shirts which are super fun to make. Just take a regular loose fitting shirt pattern and add an embroidered vintage looking shape or a contrast strip of fabric down the middle of one or both front pieces!
Yeah, those look like the pieces used to cover buttons. My mom used to cover her own buttons (and I helped!) back when I was a child in the '80s. I don't think she's covered a button since then.
(And yes, it's after midnight as I'm posting this, and I have to get up at 7 a.m. for work, but I discovered your blog tonight and just can't stop reading!! You are one super-productive lady! Now if only you'd post a tutorial/sketch with ideas on how to make a straight-cut T-shirt fit someone with large boobs and a larger belly...)
Those plastic pieces are designed to fit into the top of a spool of thread. Then you loop the loose end of the thread around the plastic piece.
Back in the old days, spools were made out of wood. Often the slit/slot in the spool edge would break off and you wouldn't have a place to secure the thread end and so these plastic buttons were invented to solve that problem. You don't usually have a problem with the slit splintering off of the plastic spools used these days.
About the wooden spools: I own two bookshelves that my grandmother made by threading spools onto metal rods and 1x12 boards.
gee-elsi do you have a picture of the shelves made out of the wooden spools? I'd love to see a picture if you can post it somewhere. Let me know! I love repurposed stuff.
Su - I love the shorts, I've been meaning to try something like this sometime, so your instructions will be really helpful!
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