zip fly pants attempt

for all the numerous garments that i have made in the 6+ years that i have been sewing, i still have yet to sew a pair of zip fly pants.  zip flies scare me.  a lot.  i've sewn many zippers before; however, the idea of origami with zipper installation does not appeal to me at all.  i decided to try out thread theory's jutland pants.  eric is my guinea pig since boys don't wear close-fitting pants anyway.  he wanted me to try to replicate his carhartt carpenter work pants.  we used 14 oz duck canvas (or 16... i forget...).  this stuff is thick!

mom and dad got me a new singer heavy duty sewing machine for christmas.  it plowed through this material quite easily, though at times i had to handcrank the needle through the many-ply thick parts.  sewing the pant leg was a nightmare.  look how impossible it was to see:

last night i got myself up to the zip fly part.  shudder.  tonight i attempt the zip fly.  i've studied the instructions through and through, but i am not excited!

with this warmer weather, i've been dragging bunks out to run around a bit.  he'd much rather eat the lawn or torture the cats.  squeeks is relatively patient with him.  here they are canoodling:

wish me luck tonight with the zipper.  hopefully i get it on the first try!

lawnmower

bunks experienced the outdoors for the first time yesterday.  it was 75 degrees in brooklyn and super sunny.  he was rather hesitant and creeped around, sniffing everything in the backyard.  

today, a little bolder, bunks interchanged exploring nature with eating his breakfast.  lots of sprinting and skipping occurred.

then, after the meal was done, he started mowing the lawn.  mmm fresh grass

i had quite the time trying to get him to come back in.  he kept hopping away.  nothing a little carrot bribery couldn't fix, hehe