Style Arc Sandra jeans

I made myself these awesome Sandra Jeans by Style Arc and I could not be prouder. So here they are, in my very first blog post!

The fabric is an old piece of black jean fabric I have had lying around since for-evar that was a gift form a friend that had purchased it for another purpose then making jeans, but never used. Anyway, I never used it before because of my fear of sewing anything with zipper or requiring fitting. I have now faced my fears and learned to deal with it and am pretty proud of the results!

I pre-washed the fabric as one of my major issues with of the rack jeans is that the length is never long enough and I wanted to avoid shrinkage after washing. This meant that the jeans expanded a bit whilst wearing and I have taken them in a bit by putting them on inside out, and pinning along my legs. Took more then 2cm on each leg out, making these jeans a bit skinnier then the pattern intended me thinks.

I used Sandra Betzina's method to create the zip fly and I have to admit that I couldnt have overcome my fear without seeing this video. Thank you Sandra for showing me and no doubt plenty of others the way.

I buried the zip ends into the waistband, hoping that is the correct way to do it. Its looks fine, that's for sure.

I didn't embellish the pockets, but will do so for my next pair of jeans, blue this time. I have some embroidery thread that I picked up when I bought my cutting table on Gumtree and my machine has some lovely embroidery settings that I have never used.

I  used a hook and eye device for the closure. Not sure how I'd manage a jeans press stud and a normal button definitely didn't seem right. Tips are welcome here!