Orr Pantaloon Overall project with Dean Hashimoto!

The final couple of steps -- making the top button hole, sewing on the top button and suspender buttons, and finally, the hemming.

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Orr Pantaloon Overall project with Dean Hashimoto!

With the waistbands attached, the pants are nearing completion.

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Orr Pantaloon Overall project with Dean Hashimoto!

With the outseams closed, they finally turn into a pair of pants.

The spread selvedge seams are somewhat uneven, ranging from 1/2" to 3/4" in width.

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Orr Pantaloon Overall project with Dean Hashimoto!

The characteristic front pockets are done. The pocket bags are made of the same denim as the rest of the pants. The bags are closed with a double overlapping row of stitches, and the seam is overlocked by hand.

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Orr Pantaloon Overall project with Dean Hashimoto! Attaching the cinch straps and back pocket to complete the back panel. The pocket is a 6 1/4" by 6 1/4" square when raw, but will shrink to 5 3/4" in length by 6" in width after washing. It has a rectangular reinforcement on the upper left-hand corner, but not on the right-hand corner. #selfmadereplica #handcraftedjeans #1870s #sweetorr #pantaloonoveralls #collaboration #eurekajeans #forover30years #justahobby #notforsale

These extremely slow faders I made about a year and a half ago are finally starting to show some wear.

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What better way to wrap up the Japanese "Golden Week" holidays than with a visit to one of Japan's best one-man jeans makers?
www.denimba.com

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A button hole made on a domestic sewing machine. See my previous post for a short video showing how to make this.

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Here is a short preview of a video on how to make button holes on a domestic zigzag sewing machine that look like they were done on an industrial button hole machine. Swipe to see the video.

For anyone who is interested in trying this themselves, the full 13-minute video is available on Peertube at

https://video.ploud.jp/w/k1AhTniQqSobF3upwnqwj8

As I don't have an industrial button holer I needed to be a bit inventive, and so I came up with this method about 30 years ago.

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This pair I made a while ago of a black selvedge twill fabric is starting to show some very interesting fades.
These pics look like they're black-and-white, but they're not.

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