Vogue 1507 Completed

I made the muslin for these pants in May of last year, and I’m happy to say that after a long winter and the onset of a global pandemic this year, I finally completed them.

The fabric is from Mood Fabrics. It’s their Rainbow Windows Stretch Cotton Sateen, a really nice light to mid weight fabric that makes a nice transition from summer to fall. It’s a part of one of their exclusive design collection prints, made in Spain. I had first seen it used to make one of their free sewing patterns, and really liked the look of the print.

I returned to my modified pattern, not having looked at it in quite a while. I refreshed my memory by reviewing the pieces, and it was at that point that I realized that matching the stripes was going to be more of a challenge than I thought, due to the extra yoke, waistband and pocket pieces 1507 has. I also understood the reason for keeping the pattern with a stripe such as this simple, however I was already committed to making V1507, and I had to tough it out.

Fabric Issues

I became a bit obsessed with matching the stripes. The print is a complex color fade, and I wanted to have a continuous flow of the same color stripes, on both the front and back. The stripes had to match from top to bottom and side to side, and with the same colors. I also realized that I had to match the pocket insert stripes to the outer pocket.  Matching on the side seams proved to be impossible, but getting the front and back right was very important to me. This included matching the zipper placket stripes (It took me 3 tries, luckily it was small pieces of fabric).  I ended up having to buy an extra yard of the fabric to achieve my goal, and I was sent an end of roll piece, which gave me a free quarter yard, however it’s background color was a bit off from the main yardage I’d originally bought. The first lot of fabric has a navy background, and the second’s background is more like a charcoal color. I used it to match the left back yoke, the back waistband, and the left front pocket insert. It wasn’t quite a game breaker (came pretty close though), and I didn’t complain to them about it , but it definitely reminded me that when buying fabric, consider any extra yardage needed and purchase it all at once.

A Rare Notion

I’m talking about the ever mysterious and elusive 6″ separating zipper! I read a review of this pattern calling it a “mythical sewing notion”, which made me laugh! It really is just that, because when I think about it, the only application for an item such as this (other than this pants pattern), is doll clothing, specifically a jacket. That must be what it’s used for. Because of it’s obscure application, it was a hard thing to find,  but it does exist. The first place that I’d bookmarked had run out by the time I was ready to buy, so I had to find another source. I bought mine from Kyezi on Etsy It was shipped very quickly and worked for what I needed it to, so no complaints.

Changes to the Pattern

As I mentioned earlier, I made a muslin of these pants after having altered the pattern to fit my figure. If you’re interested in what I did, please see that post. I found that I had to make an additional unexpected change towards the end of my work on these pants. The back waistband was too loose, which wasn’t a problem at all with the muslin. I was unpleasantly surprised and a bit troubled by it but I devised a fix for the problem: I added elastic to the back waistband, which helped improve the fit for me. I was able to solve the problem without too much extra trouble. Whew!

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Now, without further ado, I’d like to show you how the pants came out.

The pictures were taken on Sept. 10th, a day or two before the intense air pollution from the very sad wildfires started rolling in. It was the first time I’ve been out to a public park since the pandemic began, and I’m glad I got the chance to do so, because soon after there was a drastic change in atmosphere, the likes of which I’ve never experienced before in my life. We had rain today and the air quality is finally improving, and with it hopefully a return to a some normalcy of daily life.

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Socks are hand knit by me, I just realized that I never blogged about these. Shoes by Aerosoles.

Take care and thanks for reading 🙂