High Waisted Pants with Welt Pockets
Introducing a sophisticated women's sewing pattern for high-waisted, wide-leg trousers featuring a faced waistline and elegant welt pockets at the front and back.
When To Wear:
- Professional Settings: Ideal for office wear, business meetings, or professional presentations when paired with blouses or tailored jackets.
- Chic Casual Outings: Perfect for weekend brunches, museum visits, or smart-casual gatherings when styled with knit tops or relaxed shirts.
- Evening & Special Occasions: Elevate your look for dinners or events with a statement top and heels, showcasing refined elegance.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: A flattering high-waisted cut with a relaxed, wide-leg silhouette, shaped with darts at the front and back waist.
Waist: A clean, high-rise waistline without a waistband, finished on the inside with a facing.
Pockets: Slanted welt pockets on the front and horizontal welt pockets on the back, offering functionality without disrupting the sleek lines.
Closure: A concealed zipper in the left side seam.
Hem: A turned-up hem, finished by hand.
Length: Full-length design, intended to skim the floor or top of shoes, enhancing the elongating effect of the wide leg.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Constructing four welt pockets and achieving a clean, faced waistline requires attention to detail and some prior sewing experience.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose trouser-weight fabrics that will drape well and hold their shape:
- Trouser fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Linen fabric
Additional Supplies
- Lining fabric (for the back pocket linings)
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 zipper
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Front Half – 2 pieces
- Back Half – 2 pieces
- Front Facing – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Back Facing – 1 piece (cut on fold)
- Front Pocket Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Pocket Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Pocket Underlay Piece – 2 pieces
- Big Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- Small Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- From lining:
- Back Pocket Lining – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Front Facing, Back Facing, Front Pocket Facing, Back Pocket Facing.
Sewing Instructions
- Reinforce the Front Facing, Back Facing, Front Pocket Facings and Back Pocket Facings with fusible interfacing (fusible interfacing is pressed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron).
- Stitch the darts and press them toward the center.
- Make the welt pockets on the Back Halves: on the wrong side of each Back Half, press a strip of fusible interfacing about 4 cm wide over the pocket marking. Fold the Back Pocket Facings in half lengthwise, right side out, and press. Along the marked pocket opening line, pin the Back Pocket Facing below the line with its raw edges toward the line, and the pocket bag (Back Pocket Lining) above the line with its raw edge toward the marking. Stitch 1 cm from the line. Cut the Back Half along the line between the two stitching lines, cutting diagonally into the corners toward the ends of the stitching. Be careful not to cut the facings or pocket bags! Press the seam allowances toward the pants. Turn the facings to the wrong side so they form a neat welt, and baste. From the right side, stitch in the ditch of the facing attachment seam. Turn the small triangles at the ends of the cut to the wrong side and stitch them onto the facing, exactly from the end of one stitching line to the end of the other. On the wrong side, stitch the free end of the pocket bag to the seam allowances of the facing attachment seam, press the pocket bag down, align the edges and stitch it closed.
- Make the welt pockets on the Front Halves in the same way, using the Front Pocket Facings. Stitch the Big Pocket Bag along the marked pocket bag attachment line, and the Small Pocket Bag to the seam allowance of the facing attachment seam.
- Stitch the side seams and inseams, leaving the left side seam open for the zipper. Overlock the seam allowances and press them open.
- Stitch the crotch (center) seam.
- Insert the zipper so that the teeth are not visible.
- Stitch the Front Facing and Back Facing together, leaving the left side seam open. Place the facing on the pants, right sides together, and stitch along the upper edge. Turn the facing to the wrong side and press. Turn under the short ends of the facing and sew them to the zipper tape.
- Press the hem allowance to the wrong side, turn under the raw edge and hand-stitch the hem.
