Pleated High Waist Straight Leg Trousers

Name: Pleated High Waist Straight Leg Trousers
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5004
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5004

Women's full-length straight-leg trousers with two pleats on each front, slanted front pockets on separate side parts, single-welt back pockets below the back darts and a zip fly. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: medium-weight woven fabrics with drape that hold a pressed pleat: gabardine, wool blends, crepe, viscose twill.

Tech. Description

Pleated High Waist Straight Leg Trousers

Women's full-length straight-leg trousers with two pleats on each front, slanted front pockets on separate side parts, single-welt back pockets below the back darts and a zip fly.

When To Wear

For the office, with a blouse or a jacket.
For everyday wear in autumn and spring with knitwear or a shirt.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight leg, with room at the front from the pleats.

Length: Full length.

Front: Two pleats on each front half, folded and basted into the waistband seam.

Closure: Zip fly with cut-on fly facings, topstitched 2.5 cm from the edge; a button and buttonhole on the waistband extension.

Pockets: Slanted front pockets: openings faced with the pocket bags and edgestitched, the front halves laid over separate side parts. Single-welt pockets on the back, each with its own pocket bag.

Back: One dart on each back half.

Waist: Straight one-piece waistband, folded in half lengthwise, stitched down from the inside and edgestitched.

Finishing: Hem turned and sewn.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A zip fly with topstitching, slanted pockets on side parts, single-welt back pockets, front pleats.

Fabric Recommendations

Medium-weight woven fabrics with drape that hold a pressed pleat: gabardine, wool blends, crepe, viscose twill.

Additional Supplies

Zip for the fly
1 button

Cutter's Must

Front Half – 2 pieces
Back Half – 2 pieces
Side Part – 2 pieces
Waistband – 1 piece
Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
Off-Set Welt – 2 pieces
Back Pocket Bag – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fold the pleats on the Front Halves and baste them.
Face the pocket openings with the Pocket Bags, turn and edgestitch. Place the Front Halves onto the Side Parts, matching the pocket openings to the notches. From the wrong side, stitch the Pocket Bags to the Side Parts. Baste the pocket bags to the Front Halves at the waist and side edges.
Stitch the darts on the Back Halves, then stitch the side seams and inseams.
Stitch the center front seam below the fly mark. Press the cut-on fly facings to the wrong side along the fold lines. Stitch the zipper under the edge of one side of the opening, with the teeth close to the fold. Pin the opening closed. Pin the free zipper tape to the facing of the other side and stitch it without catching the Front Half. Then topstitch this Front Half 2.5 cm from the edge, catching the facing.
Attach the waistband to the upper edge of the pants, leaving the closure extension of the waistband projecting beyond the fly edge. Fold the waistband in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short front ends and the extension; turn right side out. Turn under the inner edge of the waistband and sew it to the attachment seams. Topstitch the waistband close to the edge.
Hem the pants.
Make a buttonhole on the waistband and sew the button on the extension.