Concept

The first concept for these pants was to make Delft blue carpenter jeans and add a floral motif with white vinyl in the pockets. When shopping for fabrics, I came by a very beautiful Frida Kalo upholstery fabric and decided to change the design to black carpenter jeans with the fabric I bought for the pockets.

For the final design, I interchanged the fabric pockets for organic blots.

Pattern

The pattern is based on an existing pair of jeans I have. I took in the waistband, widened the legs, and made them a little longer. These changes were made based on a prototype made.

The prototype also explored the best way to sew the blots on the pants.

Final product

Areas for improvement

I made the front and back panels too big, which is why the leg is crooked. Next time, I will make the panels the right size and mark both panels so I can align and assemble them correctly.

The button placement on the fly should also be more to the right because it pulls. The underlap on the fly shield also had to be ironed with more precision.

I also made the pocket facing too small.

This means I have to pay more attention to the sizing of the different panels. And the button/buttonhole placement. I also took a lot of time for this, and I want to speed up my process.