Guise Pants Review for Sewing World Magazine
Guys, I made my first ever pair of trousers! I had a blast working with Sewing World Magazine and Backstitch, reviewing Papercut Patterns’ Guise Pants. My full review can be found in December’s Sewing World Magazine, which can be purchased here.
Not going to lie, I was a bit scared of tackling trousers, as mostly my sewing experience had been in making dresses, tops and jackets. It was high time I gave trousers a stab, so was thrilled to work on this project.
The fabric from Backstitch, a charcoal-coloured cotton suiting, was very well behaved. This helped as I was so nervous to get these trousers absolutely spot-on perfect – it would have been my worst nightmare if I had a tricky fabric to work with!
I had to tackle making a fly, welt pockets and the waistband with belt loops. All went so well – and I felt all proud and good about myself to see the end product.
The sizing came up quite big on these, so for future I would make a size smaller, as it’s hard to take in at the side seams after finishing the pockets, so would have been best if I had just chosen a size down. Having said this, I did make these during early pregnancy… after I’ve had the baby I will probably be saying the complete opposite!
My favourite element of this make is the fun pop of colour in the pockets. Gives the make a bit of character I think 🙂
Pattern: Papercut Patterns Guise Pants
Fabric: Backstitch
Thanks so much to the chaps at Sewing World Magazine for asking me to work on this project – it was great fun working with you!
Black Friday Discounts At My Fav Online Fabric Shops!
Sorry to inflict this upon your bank accounts! The dreaded ‘Black Friday’ is here, and thought I’d give a listing of the offers at all of my favourite online fabric and pattern shops! Happy spending people!
This is one of my favourite ‘go to’ websites for dressmaking fabrics. 10% off all fabrics on Friday!
A huge discount over at Sew Over It! Until midnight on Friday, so be quick! It also includes the ebook which I would definitely recommend. I’ll be making a Lola Coat from the ebook very soon.
25% off sewing patterns over at Tilly and the Buttons! Enter code BLACKFRIDAY at the checkout. Eek!
There will be a huge 30% off everything on The Eternal Maker website all over the Black Friday weekend. So head over to the website for a look at their gorgeous selection of fabrics!
Also, on Friday only they will be having a mega destash from their Instagram account @eternalmaker_destash, so head over there for some bargains and freebies!
I’ve just been drooling over the boiled wools from Dragonfly Fabrics! They have 15% off AND free shipping with code BLACKFRI from 25th-27th November.
My local Backstitch is will be kicking off their annual clearance sale on Black Friday. They will be clearing over 250 products (over 100 patterns, 100 fabrics and some yarn and habby too!), discounted at up to 40% off. So get head over to the website to have a browse!
Well known for their especially amazing jerseys, Girl Charlee have 20% off! No code needed, fabrics already have the 20% reduction. And the sale runs over the whole weekend.
And last but certainly not least, the lovely guys at Sew Essential have some great offers for Black Friday. Including these offers on patterns, and even an Adjustoform dress form discounted from £99 to £79! Head over to their website to take a look!
Happy shopping everyone!