My first corduroys are done!

18 hours after cutting....they are done!
 
Side:

Back:

Sassy:

The full view back:

Side:

Front:

All buttoned up:

Back with two belt loops at CB:

Closeup of pocket:

Inside.  The button is from deep button stash, probably purchased at Cloth World's clearance bin when I was a teenager.  The card said the button was made in Italy.  It also says it's green.  Hrm.  It looks like a copper color to me! 

Inside with flat felled yoke seam, and my name hand embroidered in the back, with the date.:

This time I topstitched the inseam with my edgestitching foot:

The hem. I used this technique from the Seasoned Homemaker this time, it worked very well!  

I heart tailor's chalk.  Here is how I marked it for sewing on the beltloops.  This time I cut six 3.5inch loops out of the strip instead of the suggested five 4" loops.  That way I could sew two loops, one on each side of the CB seam.  That was a lot easier than fighting my machine to stitch through who knows how many layers!

I also serged the cut ends of the belt loops and used fray check on them. 


Improvements over my jeans:

• Sewed thighs with 1/4" SA, resulting in 1" additional space all around the thigh.  This is much more comfortable for sitting!
• Before sewing on waistband, I sewed the very top of the jeans with a wider seam allowance.  The result is it looks like I won't have to wear a belt with these!  (Whereas I have to wear a belt with the jeans).
• Topstitched the inseam.  Remember to do that before sewing the side seams!
• I made fake bar tacks on the fly front.  My machine does not have an auto-bartack maker, so I used a narrow zigzag stitch with a very short stitch length to mimic a bartack.
• Embroidered the date with my name in the waistband facing.  Maybe I will start doing that for all my clothes? Hrm.

I'm wearing these cords right now and they feel great.  The fabric is super nice.  It feels luxurious and the fact that it's no-wale corduroy means it looks like velveteen.

I still can't get over the fact I have made two pairs of pants with fly fronts.  Last year at this time, the idea was scaring me quite a lot!

Be well!!!