Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Refashion/Resized: RTW White Brocade pants

What says more about Spring/Summer than a pair of white pants/trousers? A pair of White Brocade Pants! Brocade as casual day wear has been in style for a couple of years now. I bought these too big RTW White Brocade pants at the clearance rack with the store gift card my friend gave me at  x'mas. It was a couple of size too wide but they were only $5.99!

Then I wore them inside out and used the usual PPCS (pin-pinch-cut-sew) method with these pants.

Lastly I opened the side seam on the waistband and inserted an elastic into the back waistband. My weight can fluctuate 4 or 5 lbs during the course of a month (PMS time) and my waistline expands with it too. So an elastic back waistband is always a safe thing to do for me for these non-stretch fabrics.

So here is the final result:

It's not a big refashion but I'm happy with how they turned out. I hope I don't get them dirty the first day I wear them out!
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8 comments:

  1. Sarah LizApril 10, 2014 at 4:01 AM

    elastic in back waistbands is such a good idea. These look so lovely now.

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    1. LovenickyApril 13, 2014 at 8:44 PM

      Thanks Sarah Liz! The elastic back is very practical for me when my weight goes up and down.

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  2. AnonymousApril 10, 2014 at 2:36 PM

    Lovenicky:

    You've been nominated for a Liebster Award . . . http://sewcroandquilt.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/liebster-award-nomination/

    Cheers,

    Lyric

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  3. BeverlyApril 17, 2014 at 9:44 PM

    Those look really good! I often put elastic in the back waist of my pants too.

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    1. LovenickyApril 21, 2014 at 11:20 PM

      Thanks Beverly! Elastic back waist is so useful isn't it?

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  4. Marie @ Substance of LivingMay 23, 2014 at 9:47 PM

    These pants turned out great!
    I've spent over 20 minutes looking at your projects and could comment in every one.
    Fantastic website!
    Cheers,
    Marie

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