Non-zippered zippered trousers
25 Mar 2021 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motorharpI made another pair of Burdastyle 07-2010-104 zippered trousers, but I didn't add zippers, and made them longer, so I guess they are actually view 103B or C.
The pants were so comfortable I wanted another pair, but in black. I was so sure I had seen the same olive fabric in black - a dense twill weave with about 20% stretch. I either hadn't, or it was gone. I thought, "I'll dye it!" and bought some.
These went together super quick after finally pre-washing the fabric, probably because I wasn't destroying zipper tape.
I left them un-hemmed because I figured the hot temperature of the dye bath might shrink them. Normally, you don't have to use super hot water to dye cotton, but this was Hot Black, and it's extra special. It takes 130° to 180°F water (as opposed to 105°F hot tap water), 2x the amount of salt, and 2x the amount of time, plus using the recommended dye fixative.1,2
After dyeing and letting them dry a bit, I ran them through an actual washing machine because the dye was e x h a u s t i n g and wouldn't stop, despite the fixative.
They seem to finally be stable and are hemmed, and once again, I love them. Bonus: they have replaced a pair of pants I don't love, so I have maintained closet equilibrium.
Fabric: Cotton stretch twill 60"wide 1 3/4 yds
Cost: $26.23 fabric, $6.59 dye
Time: 3/13 fabric purchased, 3/21 cut out, 3/22 sewed and finished, 3/24 dyed, 3/25 hemmed and finished
1. I dyed some other things the same day. That might be another post.
2. Also, I bought four cans of salt, and ran out due to the multiple dye jobs. I'm glad I didn't get the same checker at the grocery store the second time.
The pants were so comfortable I wanted another pair, but in black. I was so sure I had seen the same olive fabric in black - a dense twill weave with about 20% stretch. I either hadn't, or it was gone. I thought, "I'll dye it!" and bought some.
These went together super quick after finally pre-washing the fabric, probably because I wasn't destroying zipper tape.
I left them un-hemmed because I figured the hot temperature of the dye bath might shrink them. Normally, you don't have to use super hot water to dye cotton, but this was Hot Black, and it's extra special. It takes 130° to 180°F water (as opposed to 105°F hot tap water), 2x the amount of salt, and 2x the amount of time, plus using the recommended dye fixative.1,2
After dyeing and letting them dry a bit, I ran them through an actual washing machine because the dye was e x h a u s t i n g and wouldn't stop, despite the fixative.
They seem to finally be stable and are hemmed, and once again, I love them. Bonus: they have replaced a pair of pants I don't love, so I have maintained closet equilibrium.
Fabric: Cotton stretch twill 60"wide 1 3/4 yds
Cost: $26.23 fabric, $6.59 dye
Time: 3/13 fabric purchased, 3/21 cut out, 3/22 sewed and finished, 3/24 dyed, 3/25 hemmed and finished
1. I dyed some other things the same day. That might be another post.
2. Also, I bought four cans of salt, and ran out due to the multiple dye jobs. I'm glad I didn't get the same checker at the grocery store the second time.
