But I was told there's only ONE way to model grey trackpants. So, stick a Kenny Loggins B side on the turntable and let's do this! I promise, this was entirely HIS idea!!
This wasn't meant to be some kind of weird homoerotic TopGun tribute... He just needed some tracksuit pants for lounging around the house and so I obliged.
The pattern is the Henri Trackpants from Jalie. Straight size as per measurements and no mods. The first pair were in a lovely dark, blue grey, heavy rib knit from Fabric Deluxe.
The fabric was a bit narrower than a regular knit so there wasn't enough for the pockets. I used a lighter weight cotton knit and then some more of that for the drawstring. In attaching the waistband the 2" wide elastic got stretched out. Probably because I'd tried serging the edge of it to make it look nicer. The waistband is wrapped around the elastic but doesn't enclose it fully. That's great to stop it twisting, but hard to get a really neat finish. I like the wide elastic but I'm not entirely sold on this as a waistband finish.
These ones were being worn so much there was a risk they'd never come off for the wash, so I grabbed some cheap sweater fleece on sale at Spotlight and made a second pair. I obviously wasn't all that bothered by the waistband finish to change anything. These are also straight up.
What's not straight up are the muddled character references in our volleyball shoot :)
Who was in a hurry for his date with "Charlie"? Well that was Maverick checking his watch, sure, but he wasn't wearing grey trackpants...
And the only one who wore a T-shirt was Goose and when you play at Top Gun it's a truth that nobody wants to be Goose... (the kids and I did offer to fake tan him and spray him in oil to be shiny sweat, rofl)
Also vetoed was giving his hair the Iceman peroxide treatment.... So Slider it is - and in fact he's the only one who actually wears grey trackpants. But let's not let reality stand in the way of a man's trackpants modelling dreams!!
The drawcord on these ones is some of the recycled denim cotton cording that I bought from String Harvest without nay particular project in mind. It's perfect for drawstrings but I want to give the rest of it a much more exciting purpose than that.
The kids had a blast at the end of our photoshoot going for the accidental ball-to-head outtake. It took a lot of goes to get it just right, hitting the wrong part of the head wasn't good enough for the kids, and I was laughing too much to actually get the photo in time.
Anyway, grey tracksuit pants. There you go. Much love to Flipper who fully earned these two pair of trackpants!
Fabulous photo shoot and so good to see the spirit in which it was all done.
ReplyDeleteNow those are pretty good looking track pants and it is probably the only Jalie pattern I don't have.
Thanks Sharon. I was fully prepared that they'd only get blogged if I photographed them folded up. He's one of those guys who doesn't actually wear trackpants outside the house, so his eagerness to play Top Gun had me in stitches. If you don't already have another men's trackpants pattern then this one is recommended.
DeleteHa I'm so impressed by your Top Gun knowledge! I grew up with a younger brother who must have watched that 1980's movie 100's of times over. By the way the track pants look lovely comfy too!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, thank you! My husband is the one who can quote this movie for almost any situation.
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