Kasia Jacquot advertised a workshop on embroidering jeans. I really liked the idea and the pattern. I even liked the cinnamon colour of the jeans but couldn't find them in my size. When Nancy Bird advertised her Sol pants in a cinnamon colour and my size, I grabbed the opportunity and ordered a pair (the colour is now sold out). They arrived last Friday, along with some more printed linens from Kasia. As I reported last week, I turned some of the linens into ornaments for the Guild Christmas sale. I got working on the pants straight after.
I thought they might be too long, but they fitted really well, including the length. I transferred one of Kasia’s designs by hand using a washable ink, then went over it with a fine archival pen. You can see both lines are rough - fine as a guide for the bottom of my pants!
I worked it in a hoop - necessary to get the tension and to preserve my hands. This meant the embroidery was some 6" up from m the cuff but I think that's better than working without a hands-free hoop. Although it looks messy, the hanging fabric was easy to manage and I could work some of it with one hand inside through the waist, some with my hand through the leg opening.
The stitches are simple - satin stitch, stem stitch and leaf stitch. I kept the colours close to the ten shades Kasia uses. The flower heads are DMC22, the leaves in three close shades of olive green and the centres DMC420.
For the most part, each of the three flowers fitted within a 6" hoop with a final move or two to connect up the stem.
I had originally intended to embroider both legs, but decided that was overkill. My granddaughters agreed - asymetrical is best.
I think it would, perhaps, be better located lower on the leg, but it is fine as is.
Summer will tell.
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