High Waist Wide-Leg Trousers

Name: High Waist Wide-Leg Trousers
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5173
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5173

Women's full-length wide-leg trousers without a waistband: the top edge is finished with an inner facing, with one dart in each front and back, and a fly front zip fastened with a button at the waist. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: light trouser fabrics of natural or blended fibres; the sample is made in linen.

Tech. Description

Wide-Leg Trousers

When To Wear

In summer in linen, with a tucked-in blouse or a fitted top.
At the office with a shirt and a short jacket.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Fitted at the waist and hips, widening to a wide leg at the hem.

Length: Full length.

Waist: No waistband. Front and back facings, joined at the sides and interfaced, are turned inside and the top edge is topstitched 1 mm from the edge. One dart in each front and back, pressed towards the centre.

Closure: Zip fly with cut-on fly facings, topstitched on the right front; one button and buttonhole at the top edge.

Legs: Wide, cut from front and back halves with side seams and inseams; hems turned under and topstitched.

Finishing: Seams serged and pressed open.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A zip fly with cut-on facings and a faced waist edge without a waistband.

Fabric Recommendations

Light trouser fabrics of natural or blended fibres; the sample is made in linen.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
1 zip
1 button

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Front Half – 2 pieces
Back Half – 2 pieces
Back Facing – 1 piece on fold
Front Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Back Facing – 1 piece on fold, Front Facing – 2 pieces.

Sewing Instructions

Reinforce facings with fusible interfacing (Heat-adhesive interfacings are pressed onto the wrong side of the piece with a hot iron).
Stitch the darts, press them towards the center.
Sew side and inseam seams. Overlock seam allowances and press open.
Stitch the front crotch seam from the zipper-opening mark downwards and, without breaking the stitch, sew the back crotch seam.
Zipper fly. Press the cut-in-one fly facings to the wrong side: on the right - along the center front line, on the left - 1 cm from the center front line (= fly allowance).
Stitch the zipper under the edge of the fly allowance (left side) to the edge, positioning the teeth close to the fold.
Pin the slit, aligning the center front lines.
Stitch the free tape of the zipper to the cut-in-one facing of the right side of the fly, without catching the fabric of the front pant leg.
Topstitch the right front pant leg along the fly according to the marking, catching the facing.
Stitch the Front Facings and Back Facing together at the side edges. Press allowances open. Overlock the bottom edge.
Place facings with the upper edge of the pants right sides together and stitch. Turn right side out, secure the short sides and topstitch the upper edge at 1 mm.
Press the pant hem allowance inwards, turn under the raw edges and topstitch.
Make a buttonhole on the right front, sew a button on the left front.