Wide-Leg Trousers
Introducing a women's sewing pattern for chic wide-leg trousers, featuring a comfortable high waist, shaping darts, and a classic front fly zipper closure.
When To Wear
These versatile trousers are perfect for creating an elegant yet comfortable look, suitable for:
- Everyday Elegance: Paired with blouses or knitwear for a refined daily ensemble.
- Work & Office Attire: a polished choice for professional settings, offering both comfort and style.
- Special Occasions: Dressed up with sophisticated tops and accessories for more formal gatherings.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: a relaxed, wide-leg silhouette that flows gracefully from the hip to the hem.
Waist: High-waisted design without a waistband: the waist is finished with an inner facing, with shaping darts at front and back for a flattering fit.
Closure: Features a functional front fly zipper complemented by a button and buttonhole at the waist edge.
Length: Full-length wide legs.
Hem: Finished with a clean, straight hemline, contributing to the garment's fluid drape.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in dart construction, zipper fly installation, and finishing the waist with a facing.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose lightweight trouser fabrics with a good drape to enhance the flowing silhouette:
- Lightweight trouser fabrics made from natural or blended fibers
- Linen fabric, 150 cm wide
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 zipper
- 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.
