Sebastiano is going to be this month's star. So he's helping me modeling the trousers for this tutorial. These are part of the Tartan craze collection.
Let's strart with what we need for the trousers:
Fabric, pins, needle, tone sur tone thread and snap fasteners.
First I'm going to show you the pictures of the slopers I've made, along with a meter.
These measurements fit FR Homme dolls.
When I started sewing garment for guys, the first question was: how to draw a pattern for trousers? Here's the answer:
And here's the pattern adapted to a doll's needs, of course one front and one rear for each leg!
Then hem the whole thing, fold the pocket and cut a piece of fabric for the inside pocket:
Here you can see the pocket attached to the front of the leg. Then we put the front and rear together, I usually draw the desired sewing line with chalk
of course we try it on Sebastiano to check the fitting.
Now we can take the measurement for the bottom hem of the trousers, we fold it and sew
And here comes the thing that drew me crazy until I found this
tutorial: how the heck do you sew the two legs together?!?!!?
1) turn one of the legs outside out
2) insert the turned leg inside the other
3) fix the crotch with needles and draw the sewing line with chalk
4) These trousers will open on the back, so sew the whole lenght of the front and halfway in the back:
5) Let's turn the whole thing outside out and "et voità":
a perfect fit
But of course, we're not finished yet, we have to add the waistband. Let's take the right measurement on the fitted trousers
Fold and hem on the sides (inside out)
Turn outside out and hem the bottom
Sew the waistband to the trousers
of course we have to sew a snap-fastener on the waistband
Now our trousers are complete!
Sebastiano is ready for a walk in the highlands
Kisses Billa
