Originally Posted by KathyAire
Good job. I read through the pattern/instructions last night. That alone intimidated me. I was hoping that it would be easier once I was actually doing it. Haven't had the courage to start yet.
Just take it one step at a time. I had to read, re-read, and read again for each step. I can be kind of dense when it comes to patterns (I free-style a lot) and I hate messing up when it's in black and white right in front of me.
I just read the first step, did what it said, then did the next step. I made sure I THOUGHT about each thing it asked me to do - such as when I was putting on the loop for the button - it goes on the opposite side that the front pocket is on. Little things aren't spelled out, but if you take the time to read one step at a time, and follow it very closely and think about each thing, you won't mess up.
That being said, I didn't cut my pocket lining and pocket (this is the front pocket) from 2 different fabrics....so when I sewed them together, I didn't have a contrasting pocket and band. Duh. So I had to cut a new lining that also creates the contrasting band on the front. Whew.