I had spent quite a bit of time perfecting the Dawn pattern, and it seemed a shame not to capitalise on that. The pattern as is doesn't fit me well in the upper thighs and butt, but I did only give my first pair of Dawn jeans (here!) away to a friend recently, so they have stayed around. My second pair in yellow was too tight, my third pair in green is amazing but nonstretch denim is just...not always my first choice. So how about doing them with stretch?
I used the longer leg pattern pieces and added the crotch and upper thigh adjustments from the Persephone pants that I had used on my yellow and green versions. Sewing was uneventful and the result was...hm...actually surprisingly roomy.
Ends up that I do like these, but the ankle length sort of scoots up, catching on my calves as I walk around and they are rather oversized around the butt and thighs, and a bit sloppy looking. I guess the lesson here is that you need to size down when using a non-stretch pattern to make stretch jeans. I had long since forgotten that I added room in the calves in the original pair of these, too. The loose fit hasn't stopped me from wearing these jeans since at the moment they are my only simple me-made ones, but I don't feel like a fashion maven in them, so clearly I need to keep making more jeans until I find the fit that suits me right now.
I don't know where my flat lay photos went!
These have already gone on to a friend (it's been a busy time for jeans in the past few months) so you will have to do without.
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