Hudson Pants

My most exciting make to date are my Hudson Pants by TrueBias. They are so comfy I wear them almost everyday. It wasn't love at first sight when I saw the pattern. I already have lots of lounge pants. And at first glance I thought the ankle bands had elastic in them...which is a no in my book. I defiantly didn't care to make sweatpants. But I was already buying the Sutton Blouse pattern, so I decided to add the Hudson Pants too. Oh online shopping...you make things too easy. 

Then I started looking at other people's Hudson Pants, and I quickly feel in love. People are so creative. Some of my favorites are here, here and here. These are not boring unflattering sweatpants, these are the new yoga pants of 2014. They are lounge pants that you can throw on and still look chic. 

These were labeled as "advanced beginner". Because of the word "advanced" and  I'm a big scaredy cat I worked my up to these pants. I sewed pajama pants first, then leggings and finally these. They ended up being a super easy sew. I didn't use my seam ripper once!! That is unheard of, my normal routine is sew, rip, sew, rip, sew. I don't consider myself an advanced beginner, but I followed along easily so maybe I'm moving up on the sewing level spectrum. 

There are detailed instructions and a sewalong to guide you through the steps. I found I liked the written instructions better, the drawings made it really easy to tell where I was sewing.  But I really liked the blog posts on fabric choices and sewing with knits (days 1 and 2). I used a two sided knit from Joann's that my MIL sent me for the accent pieces (the other side has polka dots). I know I bought the main fabric from Minerva Crafts, but I can't remember the exact fabric I got. Yep, I tossed the receipt, deleted my confirmation email and because I had two Minerva accounts deleted my account. My best guess is that it was this Ponte Roma Jersey.

Thankfully, a walking foot wasn't required. Mine broke, it jumps around and makes for a crazy all over the place stitch. You just need a ball point needle and a stretch stitch. And you'll need a button hole foot to make the holes for the drawstring. Yay my first button hole! 

I think from start to finish it took about 5 hours. Please keep in mind I'm the worlds slowest pdf pattern taper and sewer.

I shorted the length by 2 inches. The only thing I'll do next time is take in the ankle bands by about an inch. After sewing these and leggings I have come to realize I have skinny ankles. 

I've worn these around the house almost everyday. The day after I made them it was warm so I got to wear these outside. I really love them. I've only sewn 7 garments, but I've found that the two I made from True Bias had the easiest to understand instructions for us newbies.

Things I learned: how to make a button hole
Things I need improvement on: nothing :)
Do I love it? Yes!
Garment item #: 7

Side note...while I was running the other day I saw a lady walking two long haired goats. I couldn't get a picture without being too obvious, but they looked like these. I told Mr. Twilleager that I want a goat to walk. So cute and so random.

Another side note: I finally finished the book Gone Girl. It was very.....detailed. There was a lot of backstory....so much backstory. It was the first time I saw a movie  and then read the book. I had absolutely no idea what the movie was about (I hadn't even seen a trailer), so I liked the movie. It was long but I enjoyed the twist. Because I knew what to expect in the book, I was just waiting for it to get going. I'm sure I would have liked it more if I hadn't seen the movie first.

And my last side note:  The snow is back. You can't tell in the picture, but the snow is falling. Snow makes me really wish we had a fireplace. My hot coffee will have to do.

Auf Wiedersehen aus der Schwiez!