Real Deal Jeans Archives • Dragons Flame Designs™ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/tag/real-deal-jeans/ My little crafty world Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:40:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-header-512-32x32.jpg Real Deal Jeans Archives • Dragons Flame Designs™ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/tag/real-deal-jeans/ 32 32 Another pair of jeans, another mistake https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/another-pair-of-jeans-another-mistake/ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/another-pair-of-jeans-another-mistake/#respond Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:39:32 +0000 http://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/?p=1935 I really don’t know how I’m making so many mistakes with jeans at the moment – my first ever pair of denim jeans came out as I expected, but since then my jeans have been going wrong! First let’s start with the positives on these Real Deal Jeans*. I decided to do some decorative top stitching […]

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]]> https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/another-pair-of-jeans-another-mistake/feed/ 0 Real Deal Jeans (non denim) https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/real-deal-jeans-non-denim/ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/real-deal-jeans-non-denim/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:04:28 +0000 http://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/?p=1743 It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve been determined to finish some of my UFOs over the summer, and my Real Deal Jeans are my latest completed project! Ok, so I admit that the Real Deal Jeans* by WinterWear Designs* are really designed for denim, but I didn’t want to attempt that just yet! […]

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]]> https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/real-deal-jeans-non-denim/feed/ 0 Tropical Jeans https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/tropical-jeans/ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/tropical-jeans/#respond Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:10:11 +0000 http://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/?p=1745 Unlike most of my sewing projects, these tropical jeans never actually entered the UFO (unfinished object) stage! I’d originally purchased a metre of this fabric to make a t-shirt, but then realised that all my t-shirt patterns required either horizontal and vertical stretch, or 40% stretch as a minimum. This fabric only had 20% horizontal […]

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]]> https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/real-deal-penguins/feed/ 1 Making my own Jeans (UFO) https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/making-my-own-jeans-ufo/ https://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/making-my-own-jeans-ufo/#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:00:23 +0000 http://dragonsflamedesigns.co.uk/knit/?p=1656 I’ve always wanted to be brave enough to make my own jeans. In fact, this year I added the Real Deal Jeans* by WinterWear Designs* to my 9 to Try in order to persuade myself to pluck up the courage to attempt them! I decided that denim was going to be tricky on my Janome 525s – […]

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