About a year ago, I made a
cute pink eyelet top and Carolyn suggested that it would look good with white jeans. And I think she's brilliant, so I immediately went to the
Mood website and ordered some white stretch twill. Then when it arrived, I was in the middle of something else and the jeans got buried in the queue.
But I finally pulled them out and made them up.
And I love them! What was I waiting for!
I know white pants seem like the opposite of practical for a busy mom of three messy kids, but in fact, they are the essence of practicality.
They go with everything, since crisp white is a perfect neutral, and if they get gross, well that's why God made bleach, y'all.
I made this with my old faithful jeans pattern,
Jalie 2908. I debated between skinnies and flares, and in the end decided that with white, I think flares are more flattering. And white flares - come on. Had to do it!
Since the fabric is a wee bit sheer, and white isn't known for its opacity anyway, I underlined the pants to the knee with white swimwear lining. It's nice and stretchy, so it doesn't restrict the give of the twill.
I added a couple of premade appliques to the back pockets. They're a little silly, but I like them.
The rivets are turquoise and I love how they pop against the white. I got them from
DIY Studs and Rivets on Etsy. I love this shop and get pretty much all of my rivets from them.
Fit-wise, I'm not completely thrilled, but they are wearable. The twill is quite stretchy, and I elected not to interface the waistband, which was a mistake. I think jeans waistbands should have some give, but this was too much. So, I have a bit of gaping in back. Otherwise, I'm pleased with the fit, and they are crazy comfortable. I'm going to wear the heck out of them.
I really debated the topstitching for these, and in the end I went with plain white. I really wanted them to be a wardrobe workhorse, and I though the white would be the most versatile. I really like the clean look it has.
I had a ton of fun styling and photographing these. For this post I paired them with my
leopard Burda blouse, vintage brown blazer (which I altered, but did not sew) and for a completely different and casual look, my
Maria Denmark Kimono Tee. Maybe next I'll actually wear it with the blouse it was sewn for. :)
