Trip Sewing

I'm off to the States at the end of the week. I'm hoping that the Boston weather will be kind to me when I get there. I need another pair of jeans and had some leftover denim so I got to work, in hopes that they will be finished in time for the trip. They are cut out, front pockets are in, back pockets are decorated and waiting to be sewn on, and the the inside leg seams are sewn, but still need top-stitching. I want to fit the jeans first before going to the trouble of all that top-stitching though. Last time I had to seam rip at least twice. Re-sewing the same seam that many times and with that many lines of stitching is not fun. Really though, a day of solid sewing should get them done. And then I will have made a pair of shorts and a pair of jeans out of some denim that was originally meant for a jacket. Sometimes it's convenient being short; it's economic on fabric.