Sewing Show weekend & Finished Jeans

I spent Friday and Saturday at the Sewing and Craft Show in Abbotsford. It was a good two days, only the trade show had about 20-25% fewer booths than last year! I didn't buy much - just some embroidery thread. I was disappointed there was only one sewing make and take, but that one was great! Thanks to my husband and kids who survived 2 days without me!

I took some great seminars and loved the hands on workshop given by Jan Bones called "Pattern Design Magic" about moving darts and changing style lines. I also took seminars by Kathy Ruddy, Ce Podolak, Kathy Brown, Kathleen Cheetham. I really missed the hands on machine embroidery classes I took last year.

I finished my jeans. They fit quite well, but even though I am wearing better underwear with them, they really need a boyscut pair.... guess that's one of my next sewing projects. I am also wearing an Ottobre tshirt I finished in January and didn't post. It is now too big - I will probably take in the side seams soon to get a little longer wear out of it.


Yes they are snug through the backside, but I am still loosing weight and they feel great to wear. Given what I started with, these aren't too bad and fit much better than any other pair of pants I own! It has a fitted/contour waistband that closes with a heavy duty hook closure.