home-made jeans

[andewhall]

Hey guys, awesome work. I just came across this auction on ebay, vintage buttons etc...didn't know where to put it. fairly cool old hardware, there's a Finch, Headlight, Big Four etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-old-metal-work-clothing-uniform-buttons-Misc_W0QQitemZ190283999478QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:102

[dralfonzo]

damn, would have snapped that up if they were shipping to the UK

[Charlie Delta]

Cheers for that Ande!

[prochek]

Here´s a project made by me and a friend. Denim: 14 oz redline selvage. Straight cut, bigger backpockets, coinpocket selvage, flat seat area, sneakerfit and two color seam. Click here for pictures.

This is just a sample pair, but the jeans will be possible to order soon. we´re currently speaking to a japanese company to order nice denim.

[Mr Black]

Nice. V nice!!

[dralfonzo]

nice work prochek.

Here's some quick fit pics of the jeans i've been showing over the last few pages. To be honest in not happy at all with the fit. The length is about how I wanted in, the thighs are far too tight and the back pockets are too spaced out. I suppose i'm not that dissapointed with them, being my first pair and working from a pattern that was so different. I'm going to start on a second pair when I have time. (pics are without waistband attatched)

[raWorkshop]

Thighs seem to be the toughest part about home made jeans, always frustrates me.

Good pair, especially if it's your first.

[raWorkshop]

Its winter break! Aren't you guys fucking excited for home made jeans? I sure am!

Putting these up for sale, get at me. http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?p=1676089

[Mr Black]

Looking mighty fine. Good work fella!!

[g13nr]

woot my first post on sufu

i made these on my grandma's machine.

sorry a few of the pics are blurry.

binded back rise seams and inseams.

these were my 4th pair of denim i sewed up. i used cone selvedge.

[dralfonzo]

they look great man, i like the red pocket bags

[raWorkshop]

Cool, close up on the binding?

[g13nr]

thanks guys.

raW, here's a better view of the binding.

[raWorkshop]

If dralfonzo is starting a club then I am too. Society for Gentlemen Who'd Rather be Wasted than Sew another Waistband. Memb+Prez.

[g13nr]

awesome, i wanna join that club

[klue]

i made these with 13oz cone mills yellow line selvage

[dralfonzo]

good job man, i like the blank leather patch on the back

[selaviso]

klue i wish i can rep you again.

[Opie]

I'm running all out of rep for Klue too!

They are extremely dark. Is there anything done to the weft or is the weave just extremely fine?

[klue]

I'm running all out of rep for Klue too!

They are extremely dark. Is there anything done to the weft or is the weave just extremely fine?

weave is very fine, black thread adds to the darkness

[MODENIM]

IMO, you need to fix your fit. Your inseam is too long for your body, which is weird because in the other pics of just the jean I would say the inseam is no more than 29-30". Your back rise/ front rise is really long and your thighs look really baggy. Pockets are too big it just looks off to me. Sorry to be harsh but I do this for a living and couldn't hold back.

and here's how they look now:

and fit pics:

I'll get the top buttonhole put in tomorrow, and then rivets and buttons will go on next week. After that I'll give them a soak, and see how they;re going to end up. I'm really excited about them!

edit- I'm thinking silver or copper dome rivets (like Carharrt), and plain silver donut buttons, like wartime Levi's. Any thoughts/recommendations much appreciated!

[raWorkshop]

Wear pics!

Pocket corner reinforcement

[raWorkshop]

Finished these the other night

But these are the last pair I'm going to post in this thread. It'd be disingenuous to post my next few projects in the home made thread

Keep an eye out.

[duck sauce]

1st pair

inspired by mr. freedom(made cus im too broke for MF)

right now

[andewhall]

Who's this guy? You signed up to say that...weird. They are pretty damn good jeans, and I think it's Rodeo Bills first or second pair, correct me if I'm wrong. Neg dude.

edit....ahhhh shit, pos repped by mistake.

IMO, you need to fix your fit. Your inseam is too long for your body, which is weird because in the other pics of just the jean I would say the inseam is no more than 29-30". Your back rise/ front rise is really long and your thighs look really baggy. Pockets are too big it just looks off to me. Sorry to be harsh but I do this for a living and couldn't hold back.

[raWorkshop]

Yo ducksauce great job, those are pretty MF x rock and roll

[duck sauce]

made from spare parts of 1st roll and messed up 1st and 2nd tries, machine keeps jamming up on me tho( i cheaped out:(

[Paul T]

Yeah lee did/does half selvage but wide looms still didn't come until the 80's. The lee's still would have used 30" wide, they would have had a shaped back leg which can't be cut along the selvage...fronts cut along the selvage and backs not. Selvage edge didn't mean anything back then because there was no alternative.

I always thought that, Ande, but I learned recently that wider, selvage looms came in by the 60s, possibly even earlier.

It was only Levi's who considered the busted seam selvage part of their look for the 501 - by the early 60s, most of their jeans, apart from the 501, didn't use visible selvage, even tho they'd been made with selvage fabric. THe Draper X-3 is just one example of a wider, selvage loom, which dates from the late 50s.

[Charlie Delta]

Ducksauce, that 2nd pair looks pretty proper to me.

Post up some flat and detail pics when you have a chance.

[duck sauce]

yep

flash

noflash

texture comparison

xvos- hairy, w208- slubby