Straight Leg Cargo Trousers with Velcro Closure
Full-length women's straight-leg trousers with a fly-front zip, a two-part waistband with belt loops and patch cargo pockets on the outer legs. The waistband and the pocket flaps fasten with Velcro instead of buttons.
When To Wear
- For everyday wear and travel, with T-shirts, sweatshirts and trainers.
- In spring and autumn, with a short jacket or a parka.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight legs from hip to hem.
Length: Full length.
Waist: Straight waistband in right and left parts, joined at the centre back seam, interfaced, folded in half and stitched in the ditch from the right side. Four belt loops.
Closure: Fly-front zip, 22 cm, with cut-on fly facings and a separate fly shield; Velcro at the waistband ends.
Pockets: Patch pockets at thigh level on the outer side of each leg, each under a shaped two-layer flap that is edge-stitched, then topstitched 0.7 cm from the fold; the flap corners fasten to the pocket with Velcro.
Finishing: Side seams and inseams pressed open; hem turned up and sewn.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. A fly-front zip with a fly shield, a waistband with belt loops and flapped patch pockets.
Fabric Recommendations
Blended fabrics with added Lycra (elastane).
Additional Supplies
- 1 zip, 22 cm
- 3 Velcro fasteners (waistband and both pocket flaps)
- Fusible interfacing (waistband, inner flap pieces)
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Front Half – 2 pieces
- Back Half – 2 pieces
- Right Waistband – 1 piece
- Left Waistband – 1 piece
- Button Catch (fly shield) – 1 piece
- Belt Loop – 4 pieces
- Patch Pocket – 2 pieces
- Patch Pocket Flap – 4 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Right and Left Waistband, inner Patch Pocket Flap pieces.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse the waistband parts and the inner parts of the pocket flaps with fusible interfacing.
- Stitch the front panels to the back panels along the side seam allowances. Press the seam allowances open.
- Press the seam allowances of each Patch Pocket inwards, place it on the trouser leg according to the markings and topstitch. Stitch two Patch Pocket Flap pieces right sides together along the side and shaped edges. Turn out, press, and topstitch close to the edge. Place the flap on the trouser halves and attach. Turn so that the flap lies with the inner side on the right side of the trousers. Press, topstitch at a distance of 0.7 cm from the edge.
- Place the front panels right sides together, below the opening mark, stitch the front center seam, stopping approx. 2 cm before the inseam line.
- Zipper closure: Press the grown-on zipper facings to the wrong side. Attach the zipper under the edge of the closure allowance (left side) close to the edge. Attach the free zipper tape to the grown-on facing of the right half. Fold the Button Catch (fly shield) in half lengthwise, stitch the upper and lower short edges. Topstitch the grown-on zipper facing of the left half onto the Button Catch. Topstitch the right edge of the opening, catching the facing.
- Stitch the inseams. Press the seam allowances open.
- Stitch the Belt Loops right sides together along the long side and one short side, then turn out.
- Stitch one of the long edges of the waistband parts to the upper edge of the trousers, placing them right sides together, leaving the closure allowance protruding at the left edge of the opening. When stitching, insert the unstitched ends of the belt loops between the waistband parts and the trousers. Place both trouser halves right sides together. Stitch the center seam up to the upper edge of the waistband. Press the center seam allowances open up to the curve. Press the seam allowances of the waistband attachment to the waistband. Fold the waistband in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the front ends. Turn the waistband out, from the right side, stitch exactly into the attachment seam. Topstitch the stitched ends of the belt loops onto the waistband.
- Press the hem allowance of the trousers inwards, sew.
- On the right end of the waistband, and on the corners of the flaps, topstitch the hook (rough) side of the Velcro, and on the left end of the waistband and on the pockets, the loop (soft) side.
