Cashmere Azuki pants

great quality fabric

Well, it has been a while.

I have been  engaged in very slow sewing.... no real reason, just hesitating at each step and wanting to get it right!

I bought this amazing cashmere suiting on my last fabric pilgramage to Montreal (Jan 2025). It is amazingly beautiful to touch. I wanted to do it justice.

I like the slim silhouette of my Azuki pants, so decided to use them, even though a more traditional cut might have seemed more appropriate.

I did not want work-pants, though, so I made a couple of changes:

• no cargo pocket or adjuster strap on the back;
• no knee pleat;
• combined back pieces into one (so no back seam at the lower leg);
• added welt pockets on the back (which I have no intentions of using...
• HK binding on Centre back seam, and on the waistband facing.

The fit is more snug than the previous make (with the beefier wool suiting), but I think it works.

 

 

In other sewing, also not much progress. 

quilted robe sleeve

I DID cut the two sleeves for my quilted pieced robe, and cut out a few more diamonds to continue the work. Still a lot to do on that, though, piecing enough to fit the fronts and the back!