Time for an update on Carrie’s Eureka! Pants journey, one year later. In preparation for our annual Fit for Art France retreat in the heat of summer, Carrie added light weight shorts with Trouser Details to her wardrobe. Earlier in the spring she developed a Sporty Details pattern as she…
Category: Trouser Details
Details for Eureka! Pants are now Digital
This month we are reveling in the convergence of all things Eureka! Pants. We are especially pleased to extend our welcome to the international sewing community through a UK digital sewing magazine and to add downloadable Details pattern variations for Eureka! Pants that Fit. Find us in The Pattern Pages…
Crazy Linen Pants for Spring
While traveling in India a couple years ago, I picked up several pieces of fabric including linen printed with a faux ikat style design. I had envisioned linen pants for summer, so I pulled the fabric out a few weeks ago to make pants for me and my daughter. Soon…
Fly Front Zippers
This week Sew! Let’s Get Dressed returns to our occasional zipper feature to discuss Fly Front Zippers. Read last October’s post about lap application zippers and January’s about invisible zippers for additional zipper education. Fly zipper insertion techniques developed over time as men’s pants changed and zippers became readily available…
Eureka! Shorts that Fit
Earlier this summer, I came across a post (I think on Pattern Review) by a happy Eureka! wearer who had made shorts with her pattern. What a great idea! I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it sooner. Like all testing projects, I began with a look through my…