Was just ironing my Coldwater Creek Jeans and made some interesting observations… On this pair – waistband cut on straight of grain at center back – where there is a seam in the waistband underneath the belt loop….and then the waistband is bias at the center front…
Whereas…on this lighter pair – it is opposite – straight grain at front, and bias at back…????
And – the back of the legs are MUCH larger – all the way down – than the fronts…back of the jeans is at the top of the photo…and note that the INSEAM is topstitched – NOT the side seam. Furthermore, the topstitching – on this seam only, has only one row of gold stitching, the other is navy and you can’t see it… ???
ANd – the side seams are NOT topstitched – which drives me CRAZY by the way – cause that seam allowance always flips the other way – and ironing my jeans is one thing – but inside out first to press the seam allowances properly – that’s another issue – I will NOT do!
If anyone has explanations for all these observations – reasons why – etc. please enlighten me and the rest of us.
I wonder…………does anyone else notice things like this while ironing?
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