cloth.with pegs: I Finally Spat It Out

I spent today's public holiday at home tidying up my crafting stash and found more stuff I need to decide what to to with them. I stumble on some of my unfinished steampunk ensemble; i.e. the one sided spats (as mentioned in this blog entry). So I decided to push myself to complete these spats...

... just to realised that I lost the pattern (pfft!), so I decided to start from scratch.

I pinned 2 pieces of fabric to fit my ankle & traced on 1 side only. Then, I cut up the outline for the spats.

I retraced the high spats pattern for a lower pair, this time. The vertical lines are where the fabric overlaps, for the button or other fasteners. So the same pattern can be used for all 3 pieces on each side of the spats.

I traced the pattern on the denim fabric I have from previous projects (without seam allowance).

I only cut the pieces with seam allowance along the vertical joints, because I was going to use bias tape for the edges.

Above is when the vertical joints are done with double top stitch seam, looking kind of warped; and below is when the front flap is closed.

So, I did one continual length of bias tape for the edge...

... found out that I didn't have enough of the same bias tape for the other side of the denim spats, because I had used them before. Determined to finish a pair of spats, I used some more left over fabric from the steampunk costuming of The General's outfit. I hacked off the sleeves off some pinstripe jacket we bought from a thrift store, back then. I opened up the side stitching and spread it out to cut up some more spats pieces.

After the process went the same like what I did with the denim pair, I added embellishments & buttons. This time I used a brand new roll of cotton bias tape, and had just the right amount to go around both sides of this pair of pinstripe spats.