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!