I done a bad.

I just ordered Jalie 2908 (women’s stretch jeans) pattern. What on EARTH am I thinking? Even if I had time to mess around with these, they’re probably WAY beyond my skill set. But… damn it would be nice to make my own jeans.

The plusses:

• the pattern has REALLY good reviews
• it doesn’t use much fabric (less than 1.5 m, and if I did capris for practice runs it would take even less)
• I am really picky about my jeans fit… I have a hard time with ready to wear (and I end up paying A LOT) so being able to make my own (and have them fit… the big if) would be really awesome.
• I could make them LONG enough!
• pattern includes kids sizes too so I could make pants for the kids
• I could finally make the stove-pipe legs I love so much (not skinnies, not boot cut… straight up and down below the knee)
• I might actually be able to fit into the largest kids’ size (that’s not actually a plus, except to my ego)

The minuses:

• most of those reviews also mention how much work the pattern was
• I am not sure if my fitting skills are quite up to the challenge
• I think my usual low-rise preference is even lower than the pattern’s “low rise” version.
• I don’t have any stretch denim; I have never sewn stretch denim; I have no money for the foreseeable future to buy stretch denim.
• nor do I have the time, really, to be messing around with major sewing.
• they’ll require a lot of hardware I don’t possess (rivets, jeans buttons, zippers etc.)

I am nuts.