Fly Front Straight Leg Trousers

Name: Fly Front Straight Leg Trousers
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5141
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5141

Full-length women's trousers with straight legs, a zip fly with a fly shield, waist darts and a straight waistband with four belt loops, fastened with one button. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: silk fabrics.

Tech. Description

Fly Front Straight Leg Trousers

Full-length women's trousers with straight legs, a zip fly with a fly shield, waist darts and a straight waistband with four belt loops, fastened with one button.

When To Wear

For the office with blouses and shirts tucked in at the waistband.
In spring and summer in silk, with a belt through the loops.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight legs, close to the body at the hip.

Length: Full length.

Closure: Zip fly at the centre front with cut-on fly facings and a folded fly shield (button catch); buttonhole on the right end of the waistband, button on the left end.

Waist: Straight interfaced waistband, folded in half and stitched in the ditch from the right side; four belt loops; darts at the front and back waist, pressed toward the centre seams.

Back: Centre back seam stitched up to the top of the waistband.

Finishing: Side seams and inseams pressed open; hem pressed up and sewn by hand.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A zip fly with cut-on facings and a fly shield, a waistband with an extension at the fly, a hand-sewn hem.

Fabric Recommendations

Silk fabrics.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband)
1 zip, 22 cm
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
1. Front Half – 2 pieces
2. Back Half – 2 pieces
3. Waistband – 2 pieces
4. Belt-Loop – 4 pieces
5. Button Catch – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
1. Waistband – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband pieces.
Stitch the darts. Press them towards the center seams.
Place the Front Halves right sides together and stitch the center front seam from the opening mark down, stopping approx. 2 cm before the inseam line.
Zipper closure: Press the cut-on zipper facings to the wrong side. Stitch the zipper under the edge of the closure allowance on the left side, close to the edge. Stitch the free zipper tape to the cut-on facing of the right half. Fold the Button Catch in half lengthwise, stitch the upper and lower short ends and turn it right side out. On the left trouser half, stitch the cut-on zipper facing onto the Button Catch. Topstitch the right edge of the opening, catching the facing.
Place one Front Half and one Back Half right sides together. Stitch the side seams and inseams. Press the seam allowances open.
Stitch one long edge of each Waistband piece to the upper edge of the trousers, right sides together, leaving the closure allowance extending at the left edge of the opening. Place both trouser halves inside each other, right sides together. Stitch the center back seam up to the upper edge of the waistband. Press the seam allowances of the center seam open up to the curve. Press the seam allowances of the waistband attachment seams towards the waistband. Fold the waistband in half widthwise, right side in, and stitch the front ends. Turn the waistband right side out, topstitch precisely in the attachment seam from the right side.
Press the trouser hem allowance to the inside and hand stitch.
Make a buttonhole on the right end of the waistband. Sew the button to the left end.