Raoul Breugelmans @breugel@mastodon.social

Beef jerky! If you stare at it long enough you can still make out the "EUREKA" logo.
The woven label on the back side is made of rayon.

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A pair I made about a year ago out of fairly heavy denim. Starting to show some character!

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The leather label on a recently made WWII-era inspired pair of Eureka s-111 jeans.

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Blast from the past! The very first jacket I ever made. About 25 years ago! Completely made on a small domestic sewing machine.

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S-111. The top button is starting to show some corrosion on the inside.
Iron button from @kenji (http://www.citronjeans.com)

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S-111. After a first soak. Relieved that the shrinkage turned out exactly as expected; 8% in length and 3% in width. I look forward to wearing these in!

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S-111. After removing the flasher, ready for a first soak. Just hoping the shrinkage turns out as calculated!

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S-111. Hemming in a way that is characteristic of a lot of WWII-era jeans.

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S-111. All done. Simplified "Triple Ones" that comply with WWII-era regulations.

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S-111. Sewing the waistband, using a method used a lot by Lee.

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S-111. Making beltloops. As I don't have a beltloop machine, I need to be a bit inventive.

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S-111. Making the waistband buttonholes on a little domestic zigzag sewing machine.

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S-111. Almost there! WWII-era "simplified" jeans.

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S-111. Sewing the inseam, using a method mainly used by Lee but also by a number of store brands. Only the back panel edge is serged, and the front panel edge is folded and sewn onto the back panel with a two-needle chainstitch machine.

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S-111. Bartacking using the Singer Blue Champion.

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S-111. Attaching the back pockets, impersonating two different inexperienced operators. In line with WWII OPA regulations, the pocket lining has been eliminated, along with the curved pocket stitches that held the lining in place.

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S-111. Making the back pockets. A rare way of folding the top corners -- a remnant from the pre-WWII bucklebacks.

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S-111. Sewing the yoke.

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S-111. Iron buttons, already showing some corrosion.

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