Hello! I've been taking part in One Week One Pattern again. Where we wear a representative of one pattern, for every day of a week. I am completely unable to resist a clothing challenge and particularly one tied up with sewing, so I signed up immediately :)Before it started I did a quick recce of my clothes and checked the weather forecast. I have several contenders for the pattern I could have used but given the winter-y type of week we were expecting I went for the warmest option! my jeans collection, made using Burda 7863. At the time of signing up I had six left; two others have been chucked out. So quick sticks I made another, the last pale coffee pair, so I could get through the week without doubling up. Not that I'm, um like, weirdly obsessive about things like that or anything ;)
So, some thoughts;
1. black stretch corduroy:
probably one of my least favourites, which is kinda ironic given that black jeans are supposed to be such a fabulous wardrobe staple. I don't know why I'm so ambivalent about these jeans. They are useful, but I pretty much only wear them when I'm travelling or if I'm in a rare mood for black.
2. burnt orange stretch corduroy;
old, very comfy and long term favourites, but if I'm brutally honest these look pretty awful now. For at home, doing chores, only. I've come thisclose to making them into a skirt. This might still happen at some point.
3. burnt brown stretch bengaline;
my cool new ones and the current favourites. I'm very much in love with everything about them - the colour! love it so much!!!! - and am really excited about their possibilities with my other autumnally coloured stuff.
4. white stretch denim flares;
still sort of nice, even though they're not really very fashionable I still like wearing them a lot. I sorta go in and out of love with them. It's nice to have some flares to mix things up a bit too.
5. olive/grey stretch gabardine;
My oldest pair, that have even outlasted my two other Burda 7863's. I've gone through short periods of hating these too, but I always hang onto them because I absolutely know I'll come around to loving them again. Actually I would be a bit devastated if they died. The fabric is really the nicest, classiest, and probably the best quality out of all my jeans, ever.
6. cafe au lait stretch bengaline;
my newest ones, made up quick so I could have seven representatives for the challenge and not really loved yet. I'm a bit uninspired by them right now but I'm sure they'll come into their own soon enough. Maybe when worn with my lighter ivories and whites. I do like outfits that are a mix of pale neutrals.
To be honest... I'm struggling to like them. Something terrible happened. I liked them at first, and then all of a sudden the words "beige slacks" popped into my head. And the rose-tinted glasses fell away from my eyes and an awful new reality was revealed. In my group of friends we have a bit of a joke about "beige slacks". As in, isn't it the most un-stylish thing you can imagine. Not necessarily the things themselves, sometimes you see pants of this colour looking just gorgeous although, granted, not always. It's mostly just the words, "beige slacks" that kill the dream, all your hopeful ideas that you might be looking nice today. I'm trying to tell myself that my jeans are nice, that they are cafe au lait bootlegs, which sounds kinda smart but I might be kidding myself. I think they might be beige slacks. Oh, the horror.
7. pale grey non-stretch corduroy;
made into a skirt; and yes these might not look like jeans but they do fit in with the group! originally this skirt was a pair of jeans made using Burda 7863. The knees got all stretched out and saggy, but the upper bit was fine and the colour is so great so I re-made them into this skirt as described here. I still love this strange little jeans/skirt, and think I'm within the rules to count them in my Burda 7863 line-up, yes?!
My OWOP14 Flickr set with links to the individual pieces worn each day can be viewed here...
So, obviously I love this pattern so I won't go on about it. Jeans are comfy and practical and warm, so yay. But after a whole week of wearing jeans I am really looking forward to getting back to my skirts and dresses. I was so pleased I could wear a skirt on the last day, today!