Sewing A Button Instructions
how can i make my own jeans?
so i was just thinking and i want to try and make my own pair of jeans with a custom fit and look im sure it will be difficult considering im a guy and know nothing about sewing lol but i have a pretty good artistic eye in my opinion so i want to design my own pair of jeans from scratch so i have a few questions.
what kind of measurements should i take to get the best fit?
where can i go to get a design i have drawn embroidered on a pocket?
where can i get the leather patch you see on levi’s stamped with a name i came up with? how do you put in the buttons you see on levi’s jeans by the pockets?
can i use a pair of old jeans as a template? i was gonna take a razor blade to a pair i dont wear any more and cut the thread holding the pieces together as a pattern and to see how it was put together?
lol im totally clueless on what im doing sorry but ill take all the instruction ii can get.
AS*holes stay a way
You’re biting off a pretty big chunk there. I’m going to suggest you start with a commercial jeans pattern and make it up just as directed in the instructions. Then you can start in with your decorations.
Measurements you’ll need will be waist, hip, inseam and outseam. Look here: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4610/how-to-measure-up
Assuming you’re not talking about the sort of design typically sewn on back pockets like Levis do, then you can embroider by hand or take the project to a professional machine embroiderer. Check the phone book.
Leather patch: check with local leatherworkers. Phone book and local craft shows.
“Buttons” by the pockets, etc are rivets. http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100409193443AAz4PU3
I don’t suggest you use old jeans as a pattern at first. When you’re ready to try: http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4841/copying-complex-garments
It would behoove you, however, to take a pair of old jeans completely apart with a seam ripper, documenting how they went together.
Jeans patterns: http://www.kwiksew.com/Catalog/cat_detail.cfm?pid=3504&Cat=Men&Level=Shorts,_Pants&QL=MenPantsShorts
http://www.burdafashion.com/en/Patterns/Main_Collection/7733_Pants_trousers/1270778-1128998-1003846-1650999.html
(yes, that really is about the extent of commercial jeans patterns for men)
Jeans are a very involved project that I personally wouldn’t suggest for a beginner unless you’ve got a good teacher backing you up. I’d suggest you try a couple of other basic sewing projects first, then the jeans. Nevertheless, I’ve seen determined beginners do some really good stuff.
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