About a year ago my mum helped me cut of the pieces for a cord pair of TATB Jessa trousers. I then procrastinated trying to find the perfect material to use for the inside of the waistband and the zip facing, assuming my sewing machine would not enjoy multiple layers.
I've finally bitten the bullet and decided just to use the cord fabric for everything, a slightly unusual to me fabric with vertical stretch only.
Turns out my concerns about my machine not liking multiple layrs of cord were not necesssary. On the pocket above most of the stitching is through 3 layers, the top corners are 5, possibly 7, layers of fabric; not a single complaint from my machine (except for when I forgot to drop the presser foot once or twice).
On Friday evening I started with sewing the pockets on, after about 3 and a half hours of sewing I had what definitely looked like a pair of trousers with a zip fly.
Back
Front.
They fit pretty well, with the only mod so far being using a 10mm seam allowance rather than 15mm for the side seams. Luckily the stitching thread matches the fabric colour really well so its very hard to critique the top stitching.
Next I need to add the waistband and hem the legs, and then I will hopefully get a good photo of me wearing them!
