Leather-Look Ponte Hudson Joggers

Hello! Gosh, I seem to have made a habit lately of going missing in action. We had an absolutely wonderful holiday on the Greek island of Zakynthos back in mid-September, and coming back to the UK, we were plunged immediately into a chilly Autumn. At that point, my sewjo completely vanished without a trace. SAD syndrome, maybe? Anyway, thankfully, my urge to create has returned, and I now have three new makes to share with you, starting with these leather-look ponte Hudson joggers.

Oh, by the way, apologies if you tried to read my blog around the 16th of October, because to my horror, I discovered that my website was totally down. My web hosting support team were brilliant, and after a complete nameserver change, everything was back up and running smoothly again within half a day or so.

Anyway, back to this new make. It’s actually my third time making the Hudson joggers pattern by True Bias. This time, I chose an olive brown leather-look ponte from My Fabrics that had been in my stash for a couple of years. I prefer my joggers to have a fairly fitted silhouette, and having made the pattern before, I’d already altered it to suit my liking, adding a back leg seam and a slightly lengthened rise. I finished the pockets differently as well, by simply edging the pocket opening and using only one layer of fabric for the bag that’s stitched to the pant leg. You can read more about how I did it in this post. I much prefer the reduced bulk of this technique.

As you can see, I sewed the bottom band of the joggers on as per the pattern instructions, but with the addition of a slit at the centre front. I love to wear my joggers as everyday wear rather than as lounge pants, and the centre slit sits nicely over all of my ankle boots.

It was a breeze to sew this project because I knew the result would fit and the style would work for me. My machine seemed to like sewing the fabric, too, as long as I used a jersey needle. I sewed the whole project up during a sewing social day that I attend once a month. I always enjoy those days and time just flies by. Time spent with other sewers is always a joy :)…the tea and cakes are nice too, hehe.

I really like this fabric. It’s a bit unusual in its texture, so I hope it washes well. I think I need to wash the joggers inside out, though, to be sure the surface stays looking good. The slight leather look is lovely and just right for someone unsure about whether they could ever pull off the look of real or faux leather trousers (don’t think I’m cool enough, lol!). They feel really comfortable too, though constantly wearing elastic waistbands lately has meant that buttoning up some of my wide jeans is getting to be a bit of an effort…

I realise that I love to revisit some patterns that work well for me, and I want to keep sewing repeats. Many sewers make tried-and-true patterns a lot, but I hope that doesn’t mean that this kind of blog post bores you when I’ve shown you similar makes? Having said that, my next blog post is about a top of my own design, so do stay tuned for that next week.

Thanks for reading!

See you soon.