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Hi Whitney, Very nice & helpful Tutorial! Oh, & don't worry about your camera work (One handed, no less) making anyone motion sick. I get motion sick so easily if one of my grandchildren spins around I have to close my eyes or look the other way. I did not have any trouble with your camera work. Great job. Take care & God Bless.
This is an awesome tutorial. I was making a pair of 19th century civilian pants and did not understand the written directions at all. I used this tutorial and the button fly turned out perfect! Thanks!!
Another excellent tutorial! I’ve made several pairs of jeans but no button flys yet. One thing I do for my jeans is use regular thread in the same color as my topstitching thread to make bartacks and buttonholes. Since I have an automatic buttonholer, I can stitch the buttonhole twice without moving the fabric for a topstitch thread effect. My regular machine has more buttonhole options (I like the pointed keyhole one) than my heavy duty so it works well for me.
I just bought Ginger jeans pattern! Yay for the jeans-making month! Yea, that piece you mentioned at the end does seem to be too long. Let us know right away if it should be shorter. When I cut out my pattern a couple of days ago, it seemed to be too long to me, too. This is a great tutorial! You've really blessed us with all these jeans tutorials so that it is not a bit daunting to think of sewing up a pair. Thanks! Hugs!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the jean tutorials! The piece in the men’s pants did seem to long, but seems fine in the finished pair (he didn’t complain of any extra bulk or uncomfortable parts) so I think we’re good!
Excellent photography Whitney. You really get the important shots. Those snips! Bravo 👏 Of course you know... Hello! I have questions 😂 When doing buttonholes is it ok to have your machine go around them twice? Also what snips/ scissors are you using? They are very sharp! Imperative for use with denim. I've ordered Hotpatterns mens button fly jean pattern for my husband. Perfect timing on your video. Ty❤
Yes! You can go around a buttonhole twice. Using the cotton top stitching thread might get a little bulky, but as long as your machine has no problem with it, you’re good! My snips are Gingher 5” (I’m pretty sure) tailor snips. They are very sharp right up to the point so they can get in there and do all the little clipping!
I just made a pair of vintage baseball knickers following your tutorial for the fly, thanks so much! It's kinda hard when this is the first men's pants I have done to get everything on the correct side, but I kept a pair of men's pants near me, so I didn't do a "girl fly"!
Thanks for another great tutorial. I want to make the Fulford jeans for my husband, but want the button fly on it. Can I do that easily with pieces included, or will I need to purchase both patterns? Thanks.
I haven’t made the Fulfords, but I would assume the only difference is the fit. I would think the fly pieces would be the same so this tutorial would work!
Thanks a lot. Very useful. Have you used readymade pattern or drawn it yourself? You mentioned of exposed fly in the video. Where I can find it? I think it's for dungaree. Right? :)
great tutorial! i’m trying to make my first pair of pants from scratch, so this was really helpful. I just had one question: is the top stitching just for aesthetic reasons or is it needed for the structure?
I love this video, and have watched a dozen times. I’ve successfully completed two button flies, but always get stuck in the same place, joining the two parts and sewing the crotch seam. The side where the buttons go has a 1/4 inch seam and the button hole side has 5/8 inch seam. To sew the crotch seam at 5/8 inch, there’s not enough seam fabric from the button side and for the life of me I can’t get the sewing machine needle up into that tight place, so I have sewn part of it by hand. Am I missing something?
First, I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed this video! Second, I want to make sure I’m understanding and the issue is sewing the crotch seam and getting that stitching line to connect to the bottom of the fly?
@@TomKatStitchery Hi. Thanks for replying! Yes, it was/is sewing the line between the bottom of the fly and the crotch. I had an "aha" moment last week when I realized the two uneven sides of the seam should be sewed with a flat felled seam, turned the same way as the back seam. I bought some nicer denim for the next "go" at the quadra jeans. For the next pair, I'm going to wait and sew that seam when I sew the back seam, all in one line. Next time, too, I'm going to leave out the interfacing as it made the fly pieces too stiff for my liking.
I just found your tutorial when I got so very frustrated with instructions translated from German. I’m trying to make a period bicycle riding pants for a cosplay. Your tutorial,is spot on. I’m trying to draft the pieces you show, but I’m having trouble with the piece you have labeled fly shield. I have nothing to base the width, length or length of dove cut. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The fly shield is the piece that goes between your body and the zipper so you'll want it to be as long as the zipper area (maybe 1/2" longer than the fly extension) and then wide enough to be sewn into the fly extension on one side and have the folded edge cover the zipper on the other side. I would err on the side of too wide if you're debating. Does that help?
It would have to be an exposed button fly because a zip fly doesn’t have the hidden placket piece you would need for a regular button fly. However, you could probably make it work. You might have issues trying to keep the original top stitching in place if that’s important to you.
@@TomKatStitchery I figured that was going to be the case, but I’m a guy and idk if I’ve ever seen men’s jeans like that (exposed button-fly) although I might like it since it’ll be different haha but thanks for the advice!
Only one question... Maybe stupid, but when you clip to the seam allowance are you clipping all the way thru the serged area to the straight 5/8" seam line or just to the serger thread? Sorry if this is silly, never made jeans before lol😳😳😳
Not silly at all! When I’m working on the right side (when worn), I’m clipping just 1/4” in so just through the serging (or to the line of stitching I just created). On the other side I’m clipping in 5/8” (also to the line of stitching I created). Does that help?
@@TomKatStitchery absolutely! Thank you for taking time to clear that up for me. My logical mind assumed that's what you were talking about but my inexperience had questions 😂😂😂
Hmmm. I’m not sure where you’re seeing the opening at the crotch. There definitely shouldn’t be an opening at that point, however, because that area gets so much stress that it needs to be pretty strong.
I have two on the channel. One I do in a skirt is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O6rikei70d4.html and one I do in a pair of jeans is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ieYFpkyPzHw.html
It can be tricky to turn a zip fly into a button fly, but not impossible. You will need denim in a somewhat matching shade to use for the underlap (where the buttons sit).
this might be a dumb question but in the beginning is there 2 cut outs of everything just stacked on top of eachother or are they just singular cut outs
