10 Tips for Creating Great-Looking Denim Jeans
Have you been avoiding sewing your own denim jeans because you think it’s too difficult?
Sewing denim jeans does present a number of challenges that sewing ordinary pants does not, which may be why so many classes are geared to jeans-making (in addition to the fact that they’re simply a popular garment).
All of us are familiar with the way ready-to-wear (RTW) jeans are finished and, as a result, our definition of how they must look is specific. Classic RTW jeans share the following characteristics: They’re sewn from denim (a cotton twill woven to produce a fine diagonal ribbing), which is often indigo blue; decorated with contrasting topstitching in single, double, and even triple parallel rows; front pockets reinforced with metal rivets; metal jeans button closure on the front waistband; and seamed with sturdy flat-felled seams.
It’s not the sewing of the cotton denim that presents a…
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Thanks for a great tutorial on making jeans! Excellent pics and instructions. I made a pair of stretch jeans and look forward to making more using your tips. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing with us!
Think you for this very detailed tutorial.
Thanks for this great article with all the tips! I've made a few pair, one for my granddaughter that turned out wonderful, and I'm ready to make more for me. I've used the blue/silver Guterman topstitching thread as I haven't been able to get the gold to work. Time for more experimentations. One correction, though, that little pocket isn't a coin pocket, it's a watch pocket.