Stitchin' in My Kitchen

Last year I made a short list of some ambitious sewing projects I wanted to tackle in 2017, and not only did I cross most of them off the list, but they were all at least fairly successful, I would say!  So I was inspired by the #2018MakeNine posts to sit down and think about nine projects I'd like to make this coming year. In no particular order: Thread Theory Patterns Goldstream Peacoat - for Tim. I already bought the fabric, and am working on a fit muslin, so this is my January 2018 project. Papercut Patterns Otsu Jeans - formerly known as the Peter and the Wolf trousers, now in front fly jeans form! I've developed some pants-making confidence this year, and have a lot of stretch denim and twill in my stash that will work for this pattern. A plaid wool moto jacket, using KwikSew 3764. I also already have a few possible fabrics for this and a muslin cut out. The theme is "I already have the fabric in my stash", since I'm leaving my job in a few week...

I have sewn many a pair of trouser-style pants, or muslins of trousers.   Despite what I consider success at fitting jeans patterns (Closet Case Ginger, Deer and Doe Safran), I’ve never been able to really adjust the fit of trousers to the point where I was really happy and I ended up with pants that I would actually wear on the regular.   I started to wonder if the issue wasn’t the difference between a fly-front jean and a side- or back-zip trouser that was somehow in play.   Maybe it’s real or maybe I just made it up, but when Closet Case released the front-fly Sasha trouser I picked up the pattern to see if I couldn’t get a fit I was happy with. I cut these out after Thanksgiving (thick with sweet potatoes), and was in-between sizes so I sized up, given the wide range of stretch in stretch wovens. So I cut a 14 hip graded to a 10 waist (my Ginger jeans are a 12 hip graded to an 8 waist).   I wanted a sleek pant so I went with View B, no pockets.   My...