Making Jeans - Boredems a burden. w/ pics

[roundhouse]

The manly act of making jeans.

Decided not to be a lazy board member and post. A few days i go i completed a pair of jeans, i knew next to nothing about sewing and zero about pattern making. i purchased the selvedge denim off "someone" who clearly has just about as much free time as me haha.

i have never made any pieces of clothing before so i kinda looked at a lot of pictures on the internet, notably dior jeans and ande whalls(who makes it look as easy as eating cake) pictorial which i learnt heaps from. i kinda based my cut around slim jims, dh21cm and 501's.

Overall i think i did an 'ok' job, not professional craftsmanship. some very minor glitchs and mistakes. it doesnt look too home made. my advice is be very very patient and carefull if your going to make a pair.

has 6 pockets button fly and is selvedge denim. a very standard jean minor pleather detailing and no pocket stitching

pics:

heres this developement collage (i used picasa image editing program)

ipod pocket in a pocket

the fitting: id wanted a slender but loose fit, i was quite lucky it turned out how i wanted. i sort of based the back part pattern on slimjims and the front on diors.

the denim is really stiff, i think its made in china so its not the best loomed stuff. not really expecting it to fade very nicely, ive been wearing for about 24 hours and the creases havnt settled in properly.

so there you go....

ps. loading/edting images sucks

and props to tg. and ande whall who does this stuff professionally, his jeans are worth every cent, if it wasnt for your pictorial i would be in a jean making limbo.

[keyko]

Good work! How did you measure and make the patterns? They fit very nicely. Are you going to rivet them?

[thomas_highstreet]

well done..

what machine you using? how did you make the loops?

looks like a bit of a fitting problem on the arse/yoke but pretty damn good work for first time!! nice one..

[roundhouse]

made the patterns by just tracing and cutting mostly guess work. kinda just looked at a ot of pictures and guessed 'this' would be smaller than that and 'that' would be bigger than this. cant be stuffed going to the fabric store to find rivets

highstreet- im using some juki and the loops (meaning belt loops?) are just pretty simple, cut out long strip about 3cmX10cm then sew then cut

[baladoongdoong]

cool man! damn....too bad i aint got a sewing machine! cant do or try cool stuffs like that!

[superBobo]

impressive. Looks good. Good choice on non-contrast stitching.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

nice work!

are you done making jeans, or do you think you will give it another go?

[40ozprophet]

These look really nice. You should keep going until youve made about 15 pairs, and once you have the sizing down, sell them to people.

[poly800rock]

very impressed, color of denim looks very nice as well. Ipod pocket is amazing!

[ordo]

How much time do you figure it took you to make them - design through completion?

[defiance]

pretty damn good for a first try!!

the back looks a little weird but i guess it's all good. don't stop at one!

[cultpop 0217]

very nice work. love the no contrast stitching and of course the tab.

[thomas_highstreet]

highstreet- im using some juki and the loops (meaning belt loops?) are just pretty simple, cut out long strip about 3cmX10cm then sew then cut

nice, juki's are decent machines.. did you not cast in the loop? thats more what i was getting at..

[sybaritical]

Man, looking at your pics, I'd be so satisfied if I walked around in a pair of jeans I 'd made myself ... good job, roundhouse.

[__3xL]

That's what Im talking about ! those look good - I always liked raw denim + black/navy stitching . The black pleather accents go very well and the backside " built in slouch rise " looks great as well

[Dex_star]

dope stealth look

black button, black tag, no-contrast stitching

nice!

[vee_dub]

ohh man that's very niceee..

good work buddy!..

[Dogfarm]

I am always very impressed by those that decide to make their own jeans. Yours look very nice indeed good work.

[rok]

this makes me want to go to my local sewing shop and rent out time at a their sewing machines with their teachers and try something new lol

[d is for dru]

I like the ipod pocket idea, good stuff with the overall project.

[andewhall]

Top notch Mr. Roundhouse! Its great to see some of you guys having a crack at making jeans, it brings warmth to me soul, haha. Its not easy making your first pair and all you guys have really impressed with your 'just give it a go attitude'. Hats off to you all and keep em' coming!!

[collie27]

[roundhouse]

haha ^

questions regarding making more - yeah i think ill do some more projects, mainly for my self. still kinda self learning to step up my quality. dont think ill ever make a full scale thing where i can sell to others, but its a good idea.

ordo- hmm sewing prob around 4-6 hours with breaks in between. but the pattern making which was tedious took a couple shots, i think ive made 3 different patterns? still dont know how the patterns fully work. all i know is that the crotch part has to be 90degress so it doesnt cause a wedgie (ande said this somewhere) other than that i dont know any other rules about pattern making

[fndmybetterhalf]

damnnn...i just got showed up. lol. your jeans are much better than my first pair. now my sewing machine is broke

[joey_formal]

those look pretty nice.

[Fabulaz]

Very nice indeed. I've been trying to finish my pair but school keeps interrupting.

Good luck on your future pairs.

[lowrider]

Great job! Insipires me to want to make a pair... Thanks for posting.

[LittleL]

That's a job well done. Keep it up! What sewing machine did you use by the way?

You've got to show us how they're travelling along in a couple of months.

[roundhouse]

im using 'some juki' heh. not sure if the denim i used is the real "wear and tear" type of stuff, i could be wrong. some of the pics up there are after 2days worth of wear but the creases havnt actually formed.

[baladoongdoong]

thats cool man! you got me wanting to try making my own jeans as well!

You reckon portable sewing machines can sew denims as well?

n where the hell can i get such materials to make mine in uk!?!?!