Vogue 8561 - Marcy Tilton

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jun 5, 2018

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When we talk about making our stash, we usually mean using our fabric stash. BUT, I have a stash of patterns too. Many, many patterns that have never been cut. I go through my patterns ever few months to see what's there and what I want to make. I pulled out Vogue 8561 - Marcy Tilton awhile back. I originally bought the pattern for the skirt, but I decided to make the pants first (by the way, the copyright says 2009).

Now, generally speaking, I love Vogue Patterns, however they never work for me. I hate making them. Hate making them. I think the first time I failed was when I was a teenager in the 1980's, and the last time I failed was a few years ago...using vintage fabric. It's no wonder why I have been sitting on this pattern.

After looking at the back, I saw it called for Tropical Wool fabric. I assumed that the people at Vogue were messing with me as the words Tropical and Wool do not go together, but I called my mom, and she assured me that Tropical Wool was indeed an actual type of fabric. I searched online for a long time and really only found one fabric at fabric.com, so I bought it. I washed it even though everything said not to and put it in a bag with the pattern. A few weeks later, I cut it out (size 12) and put it back in the bag. It took me another few weeks until I finally decided I needed to just get it done. I knew it wouldn't work out and that I would just be wasting my time, but I needed to get it over with. Last week, I set out to make the pants

Shockingly, everything went along just fine. I also started watching The Last Kingdom on Netflix and got hooked, so I wanted to be sewing every night so I could watch. Stupid head lopping show hooking me in. Gah!

Once I got all the way to the side seams, I held the pants up and they looked...tiny. Already defeated, I took them and some Wonderclips to the bedroom to try the pants on. Better to stop now than keep going just for a pair of tiny pants. I put them on and clipped the side seams, and they fit! I couldn't believe it. I continued with the sewing. The waistband even went well.

No, I don't slip stitch. Screw that.

I am never quite sure how to do the waistband at the back zipper, so I just folded it and tried my best...AND it came out great! What the heck!?

I finally made a mistake on one of the cuffs. I pulled the seam out, repositioned it, and it all worked out. For real. I can't decide if it's me or Vogue or Marcy Tilton, but this pattern rocked. I can barely believe after 30 years, I finally found success with a Vogue Pattern.