{"id":12782,"date":"2015-03-18T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=12782"},"modified":"2015-03-17T20:52:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T03:52:26","slug":"sewing-for-me-ginger-skinny-jeans-muslin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=12782","title":{"rendered":"Sewing for Me: Ginger Skinny Jeans Muslin #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re getting close. In my glacial-paced sewing of the Ginger skinny jeans<\/a>, we last left off at discovering that the\u00a0size 12<\/a> made me look like I’d sampled Charlie Chaplin’s\u00a0trousers. Like so:<\/p>\n

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So I shaved off a size from the original muslin and dutifully\u00a0sewed up a size 10 muslin (fabric salvaged!).<\/p>\n

At first glance and with a roomy top (the beige-y top is a\u00a0Renfrew<\/a> I made in the softest imaginable bamboo knit a while back that I never shared here. I love it to death), it’s looking pretty good up there in the topmost\u00a0image.<\/p>\n

But then, you see that the hip area could use some denim liposuction:<\/p>\n

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And holy cow, I truly have no butt, so I need to take a few inches off of\u00a0the center of the back yokes:<\/p>\n

\"ginger-2ndmuslin5\"<\/a>Sorry about all the dust on the floor –\u00a0I actually swept the floors before taking photos and it makes me question my cleaning abilities.<\/p>\n

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Now, I have to confess that it was\u00a0terribly, terribly exciting\u00a0that I had to go down two whole<\/em> sizes (except for my calves. Those are solidly size 12). Then I read that these patterns tend to give you extra wiggle room,\u00a0so poof<\/em> went\u00a0my momentary thrill\u00a0that my plodding, 16-minutes-per-mile treadmill workouts might actually be having an effect.<\/p>\n

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Oh well. At this point I exercise because I love the endorphins, so I’ve made peace with the idea that there may not be a fitness model bod lurking underneath my currrent physique. The important thing is this: I’m seeing the potential for a flattering pair of skinnies on the near horizon. Because I’m deep like that. Though at the rate I’m going, the near horizon is most likely a few months away. Still, I’ve got my snazzy rivets and jean zipper from Thread Theory<\/a>, and a few tweaks to go. I am wildly optimistic.<\/p>\n

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We’re getting close. In my glacial-paced sewing of the Ginger skinny jeans, we last left off at discovering that the\u00a0size 12 made me look like I’d sampled Charlie Chaplin’s\u00a0trousers. Like so: So I shaved off a size from the original muslin and dutifully\u00a0sewed up a size 10 muslin (fabric salvaged!). At first glance and with a roomy top (the beige-y top is a\u00a0Renfrew I made in the softest imaginable bamboo knit a while back that I never shared here. I love it to death), it’s looking pretty good up there in the topmost\u00a0image. But then, you see that the hip area could use some denim liposuction: And holy cow, I truly have no butt, so I need to take a few inches off of\u00a0the center of the back yokes: Sorry about all the dust on the floor –\u00a0I actually swept the floors before taking photos and it makes me question my cleaning abilities. Now, I have to confess that it was\u00a0terribly, terribly exciting\u00a0that I had to go down two whole sizes (except for my calves. Those are solidly size 12). Then I read that these patterns tend to give you extra wiggle room,\u00a0so poof went\u00a0my momentary thrill\u00a0that my plodding, 16-minutes-per-mile treadmill workouts might actually be having an effect. Oh well. At this point I exercise because I love the endorphins, so I’ve made peace with the idea that there may not be a fitness model bod lurking underneath my currrent physique. The important thing is this: I’m seeing the potential for a flattering pair of skinnies on the near horizon. Because I’m deep like that. Though at the rate I’m going, the near horizon is most likely a few months away. Still, I’ve got my snazzy rivets and jean zipper from Thread Theory, and a few tweaks to go. I am wildly optimistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"category-sewing-for-me","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12782"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12806,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12782\/revisions\/12806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}