Thread: Endless Wave Harems

Has anyone made endless wave harems? Where to start and what tips do you have??

Gaylene Dover invented the design. She sells the pattern. www.gaylenesboutique.com lilegypt1@aol.com.

buy a huge spool of sequins to edge all the panels.

Get the pattern from Gaylene. She's a wonderful woman and it's nice supporting the one who came up with the design.

I've used her pattern many times. The pants are "easy" to make but very time consuming. Easy as in, you only need to know how to make your machine do a zigzag stitch and sew in a fairly straight line... no fancy techniques. They are super full, so you don't really need to worry about sizes.

Originally Posted by taji-dancer

buy a huge spool of sequins to edge all the panels.

I took a class from Gaylene to learn how to make these (it was before she sold the pattern)--she told me that you need at least 25 yards of sequin trim to edge the ruffles!

If you want to avoid working with sequins and have some patience I have edged the wave panels with clear fishing line. Each wave ruffles and it makes them have adequate weight so I did not miss the sequins. If you match the sequins to the color of the waves you do not have to worry about silver or gold to match costumes. I rather prefer the fishing line application because it is so unique. For me, I prefer to sew the fishing line in-place prior to sewing the waves to the pants. Gaylene's design is made utilizing 60" wide non-sheer tricot fabric for each leg so they are extra full. Less fabric is OK but the fullness is the reason her designs are so rich and luxurious.

Originally Posted by showtime

Gaylene Dover invented the design. She sells the pattern. www.gaylenesboutique.com lilegypt1@aol.com.

the link doesn't work.

Originally Posted by AnalaVA

the link doesn't work.

Sorry, didn't realize it was a dead link. I will contact her about it. I know the email is correct: lilegypt1@aol.com. Once I have more info I will post it. Not certain if she knows her website is inop.

Her website must have just gone down... it was up a month ago at least.

Here is a link to her facebook if you need to contact for purchase: Gaylene Dover | Facebook

I think she sells the patterns for 15 or 20 now.

I love endless wave pants but have always shied away from the tedium of making them. I do have a new serger...think that would speed up the process?

Originally Posted by SpicyThai

I love endless wave pants but have always shied away from the tedium of making them. I do have a new serger...think that would speed up the process?

A serger could be utilized on the crotch and inner leg seams. Elastic casings, sequins and waves are attached with zigzag stitches. They are not difficult to make but they do take time. They are fun to make but I find them too labor intensive for me.

Artemis imports also sells Gaylene's pattern:

Artemis Imports

If you wanna see a picture:

Gallery 5

And here (scroll down a bit):

Gallery 3

And at the very bottom of this page:

Gallery 2

Originally Posted by SpicyThai

I love endless wave pants but have always shied away from the tedium of making them. I do have a new serger...think that would speed up the process?

You can use a serger for everything except adding the trims (unless sergers do that now, but i've never used a new one so i don't know). A serger would definitely speed things up quite a bit.

if you decide not to make them, i can sell you my pair. they are pink and very nice :)

Originally Posted by Lesedi

Get the pattern from Gaylene. She's a wonderful woman and it's nice supporting the one who came up with the design.

I've used her pattern many times. The pants are "easy" to make but very time consuming. Easy as in, you only need to know how to make your machine do a zigzag stitch and sew in a fairly straight line... no fancy techniques. They are super full, so you don't really need to worry about sizes.

Before I get the pattern, can you tell me if the "waves" are sewn inside open seams or sewn on top? meaning, will the pants legs look like strips before sewing the waves on or you end up sewing them on top.... Just judging how much work is needed. Thanks!!
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the waves are sewn on top of the harem pants.

i found a photo that shows the construction.

I made a pair but I didn't use a special pattern. I used my regular harem pants pattern and the curved fin shape from a swirl skirt pattern (Simplicity has one). I used silk, black for the pants and green/blue swirls for the fins. I dyed the green/blue silk myself.

The fins use a surprising amount of fabric and it takes a long time to hem the edges. I imagine it would go a lot faster with a serger, but I pressed narrow hems along the fins and straight stitched them down. I did not use sequins because I wanted to keep the flowing quality of the silk. My first attempt I put the fin too far down on the leg. The top of the fin needs to be up near the crotch.

I love the pants, but I'm not anxious to tackle making another pair. In the pic, I'm on the far left. My troupe mates are wearing purchased ready made pants from ebay, they were reasonably priced and look just fine.

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Originally Posted by nitewindz

I made a pair but I didn't use a special pattern. I used my regular harem pants pattern and the curved fin shape from a swirl skirt pattern (Simplicity has one). I used silk, black for the pants and green/blue swirls for the fins. I dyed the green/blue silk myself.

The fins use a surprising amount of fabric and it takes a long time to hem the edges. I imagine it would go a lot faster with a serger, but I pressed narrow hems along the fins and straight stitched them down. I did not use sequins because I wanted to keep the flowing quality of the silk. My first attempt I put the fin too far down on the leg. The top of the fin needs to be up near the crotch.

I love the pants, but I'm not anxious to tackle making another pair. In the pic, I'm on the far left. My troupe mates are wearing purchased ready made pants from ebay, they were reasonably priced and look just fine.

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oops no pic try again - Also, I am on the far right. Sorry! LOL!!

Originally Posted by Tacarah

Before I get the pattern, can you tell me if the "waves" are sewn inside open seams or sewn on top? meaning, will the pants legs look like strips before sewing the waves on or you end up sewing them on top.... Just judging how much work is needed. Thanks!!
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The pants legs are one solid piece. The fins are attached to the outside of the flat pant leg. After all the fins are attached, the pants are assembled.

my blue pants are from Gaylene. i added the gold sequins---it came w/ blue sequins, she sold me a little extra tricot to make sleeves.

Originally Posted by taji-dancer

buy a huge spool of sequins to edge all the panels.

Nice tip!!

Originally Posted by nitewindz

The pants legs are one solid piece. The fins are attached to the outside of the flat pant leg. After all the fins are attached, the pants are assembled.

That's good to know.... good motivation to get the pattern.