I finally started working on my linen pants. They should be a simple project but I seem temperamentally incapable of just whipping something up. Of course I would start a new project just hours before going away for a couple of days… well, this way I have something to look forward to when I return.
I decided that I will let the lining hang free on these pants, not my usual method, but I think more appropriate for this lightweight linen. That means that I have to finish the seams more nicely. If I were completely bagging the lining I could just serge the edges, but somehow can’t bring myself to do that if they will be seen, even if only by me. Besides, this is a fairly ravelly linen and I don’t trust the serging to hold. So I made French seams instead. They are only one seam pants so that was not so bad, but I French seamed the lining too. On the linen I also zigzagged in the seam allowance as the sheer parts of the linen were starting to pull out of the seam stitching already, and I thought this would be extra protection.
It may be merely excessive and I may regret it. I hoped that the weight of the seam will help the hang of the pants, but it may not work.
I also got the zipper in and the lining attached at the zipper, but I have not sewn the crotch seam yet. Somehow I am having trouble keeping my legs straight and am getting them all in a tangle. This could be because it is nigh unto midnight. With a clear head, sewing the crotch curve is a piece of cake, but I am not confident of my late night mental competence.
To be continued upon my return.