Inspirations

SEWING TUTORIAL:

“Flowy pants“

Pattern
Printable version
Printable version

MATERIAL

  • Fabric: Duchess satin 2.50 m x 1.40 m (2 3/4 yds X 55 inches wide)
  • Fusible web 20 cm x 90 cm (8″ X 1 yd)
  • Color matched polyester thread
  • Invisible zipper 22 cm (7 inch)
  • Other recommended fabrics: Viscose, Linen and Flowing knit jersey

MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES

  • Sewing machine and overlock serger.
  • In this tutorial, we use the elna eXcellence 790PRO and the elna eXtend 864air for finishing. It is also possible to add finishing touches with a classic sewing machine.
  • Standard foot A
  • Invisible zipper foot Z

Size

  • 38 / 42

HOW TO CREATE

Fabrics

  • Fold your fabric in half lengthwise with right sides together and selvages even.
  • Lay and pin your pattern pieces following the straight grain of the fabric.
  • Add a 5/8 inch seam allowance on all edges and a 1 1/2 inch hem allowance, cut, then mark your seams.

INTERFACING

  • Cut a 2cm5 (1 inch wide) wide strip of fusible web and fuse it straddling the seam line at the edge of the pocket.
  • Lay out the waistband pattern pieces and cut two from interfacing eliminating a seam allowance.
  • Interface front and back of the waistband. Stitch waistband backs to front at side seams.
  • Sew and iron the open seams.
  • Mark the middle front.

SEW THE POCKETS

1.

  • Pin the pocket lining, right sides together, on the two front sides of the pants.
  • Sew with a straight stitch.
  • Turn the pocket lining to the wrong side, iron and top stitch 1/4 inch from the edge.
  • Position the pocket facing by following the markings, baste or pin along the topstitch to hold the two parts of the pocket together.

2.

  • Sew around the bottom of the pocket lining and facing with a straight stitch.
  • Even out the seams and topstitch with a zig-zag stitch or with the 3-thread overlock on your overlock machine
  • For the front of the pants, fold and hold the pleats, with a straight seam, along the waist line.
  • Sew the darts in back of the pants.

3.

  • Lay out the front and back parts of the pants, right sides together.
  • Sew the seams on each side of the pants legs.
  • Even out, topstitch and iron your seams.
  • Turn one pant leg right-side-out and one inside-out. Then sew the seam between the leg for both sides, front and back. For the back, sew up to the zipper opening mark.
  • Even out the seams, topstitch and iron.
  • Turn your pants the right way out.

4.

  • Place your waistband over the waist of the pants, right sides together, following the:
    • middle-front ;
    • side seams;
    • centre back seams.
  • Stitch with a straight stitch along the seam line.
  • Fold the waistband and seam allowances upwards. Hold with a basting stitch and topstitch” 1/4 inch” from the edge.
  • If necessary, shift the needle to keep “in line with the edge of” the presser foot.

SEW THE INVISIBLE ZIPPER

1.

  • Attach the invisible zipper foot (Z) to your sewing machine.
  • Open the zipper, place the fi rst side of the zipper coil over the seam line.
  • Slide the zipper coil into the slot opposite the seam allowance and sew along the zipper.
  • Repeat with the second side.

FINALIZING THE BELT

1.

  • Lay the facing of the waistband, right sides together over the middle front and side seam marks.
  • Fold the seam allowance at the bottom of the waistband upwards.
  • Sew the edge at the top of the waistband, as well as the sides along the zipper.

2.

  • Notch the corners and even out the seams.
  • Turn the waistband “to the right side”.
  • Turn the bottom seam edge inside
  • Hold together with a hand stitch.

3.

  • Topstitch the edge, at the top of the waistband, and the sides.
  • Measure and prepare a 4cm (1 1/2″) hem, leave a small additional margin if using an Elna overlocker.
  • Overcast the edge
  • By hand, sew your hem with a blind stitch.

Congratulations, your pants are finished.

Would you like to reproduce the jacket worn by our model or the matching shorts?

The tutorials are available online in the Inspiration section of our website.

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