Corduroy Shacket- Simplicity 1328

Corduroy shackets for all! 

Corduroy Shoalhaven Shacket

I've had the Muna and Broad Shoalhaven Shacket traced in my size and ready to cut out for months... almost a year, in fact, since I traced it while we were still living in our old apartment. 

Moving and home repairs, etc., kept me from it last winter, and then it was warmer weather and my mind was on summer sewing. 

Corduroy Florence Pants

Elastic waist wide leg corduroy pants... je ne sais quoi cool or dorky '80s mistake?

Corduroy Sculthorpe Pants

Another day, another pair of Sculthorpe Pants!

Sew Bibs: Corduroy Cleo Styled Two Ways

Have you been following along with #SewBibs, or maybe even joining in? I've been finding it so inspiring!

Dude Sewing: Corduroy McCall's 6044 with Red Accents

This shirt I made for Tim's birthday has taken a few twists and turns throughout the sewing process! It definitely followed the highs and lows of the creative process, as seen in that meme that was passed around the sewing interwebs a while back...

Kid Pants with Piped Edge Pockets

Ermagerd, I love these pants!  And I am pretty proud of them, too.

These are the Kid Pants from Dana Made It, a free (and pretty awesome!) downloadable wide leg pants pattern (size 2-3T).  I had also used the pattern earlier this summer to make Z some Retro Racer Shorts.

This time I used a pretty pink, fine wale corduroy from Joann's that is covered in little button flowers (which kinda reminded me of my old employer's logo, which may have prompted me to buy it.  also it was on clearance.).  The fabric is super soft.  I used store-bought piping, which is not a perfect match to the fabric, but close enough for government work ;-)

I used Dana's pocket pattern (the larger size) and sewed some piping along the edges of the pockets as Dana did in this tutorial, to make them stand out:

I placed the pockets such that they continued over the top of the waistband (which I made flat-front, per Dana's instructions here).  The back waistband is still elasticized:

 

I top-stitched all of the seams for strength and some contrasting color, although the top-stitching sank into the nap of the corduroy a bit.

Love these pants!  Can't wait to see Z in them!