À semelhança dos gatos, estas calças têm mais do que uma vida. Começaram por ser calças do Tiago, usadas durante anos; quando começaram a ficar gastas de tantas lavagens, tingi-as de azul-escuro (a cor original) com Dylon e voltaram a ficar como novas (já experimentaram tingir na máquina de lavar roupa?). Passaram-se mais uns anos e as calças ficaram com umas nódoas impossíveis de tirar — o Tiago trabalha numa fábrica e estraga imensa roupa —, mas a parte de baixo das pernas continuava boa. Foi nessa altura que me lembrei de transformá-las numas calças para o Rodrigo.
O molde que usei chama-se Parsley Pants (sou grande fã da Rae) e é fácil e rápido de fazer, especialmente porque segui esta sugestão e aproveitei as costuras laterais e as bainhas. Por serem tão escuras, as calças foram difíceis de fotografar (esta foi a segunda tentativa), mas digo-vos que o corte é muito engraçado: o Rodrigo parece uma criança dos anos 70! Acho que também é um molde giríssimo para raparigas... hei-de experimentar fazê-las em tecidos menos clássicos.
E já estou a pensar nas calças de Inverno que vou fazer para o Rodrigo, essas sim completamente Seventies (inspiradas em fotografias do Tiago em pequeno): um par em xadrez escocês!
In the same way as cats are believed to have several lives, these trousers have already been through a few incarnations. First they were just a regular pair of chinos that Tiago wore for a few years; when they started to show their age I dyed them navy blue (their original colour) with Dylon (have you ever tried dyeing clothes in the washing machine?) and they turned out as good as new. A few years have passed since then and the trousers acquired a handful of stains that were impossible to get rid of — Tiago works in an industrial plant and he has a tendency to ruin a lot of clothes — but somehow the legs were still salvageable. And so I decided to turn them into a pair of trousers for Rodrigo.
I used the Parsley Pants pattern (I'm a big fan of Rae's) and the whole thing was sewn up so quickly and easily, especially because I followed this tip and kept the original side seams and hems. Because they are so dark they were quite hard to photograph (this was actually our second attempt) but you can take my word for it: the cut is so fun, it makes Rodrigo look like a 1970s child! I reckon it's also a great pattern for girls... especially if made in a totally different fabric.
I'm already thinking about the next pair of winter trousers I'm going to sew for Rodrigo: inspired by an old photo of Tiago as a young child, I'm going for a truly Seventies look — tartan trousers!
In the same way as cats are believed to have several lives, these trousers have already been through a few incarnations. First they were just a regular pair of chinos that Tiago wore for a few years; when they started to show their age I dyed them navy blue (their original colour) with Dylon (have you ever tried dyeing clothes in the washing machine?) and they turned out as good as new. A few years have passed since then and the trousers acquired a handful of stains that were impossible to get rid of — Tiago works in an industrial plant and he has a tendency to ruin a lot of clothes — but somehow the legs were still salvageable. And so I decided to turn them into a pair of trousers for Rodrigo.
I used the Parsley Pants pattern (I'm a big fan of Rae's) and the whole thing was sewn up so quickly and easily, especially because I followed this tip and kept the original side seams and hems. Because they are so dark they were quite hard to photograph (this was actually our second attempt) but you can take my word for it: the cut is so fun, it makes Rodrigo look like a 1970s child! I reckon it's also a great pattern for girls... especially if made in a totally different fabric.
I'm already thinking about the next pair of winter trousers I'm going to sew for Rodrigo: inspired by an old photo of Tiago as a young child, I'm going for a truly Seventies look — tartan trousers!
(photos: © Constança Cabral)
