Pants with Double Buttoned Waistband

Name: Pants with Double Buttoned Waistband
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5428
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5428

Full-length women's trousers in light fabric, flared from the hip, with a faced waist, a separate shaped waistband that buttons onto the trousers and ties with a cord at the left side, a zipper in the left side seam and slits at the hem of the side seams. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: thin fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Tech. Description

Pants with Double Buttoned Waistband

When To Wear

In summer with fitted tops and short blouses that leave the waistband visible.
On holiday and for warm evenings, with sandals or wedges.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Close-fitting through the hips, flaring from the hip to a wide hem.

Length: Full length.

Waist: The top edge of the trousers is finished with an interfaced front and back facing, understitched 0.2 cm from the seam. Over it sits a separate interfaced two-layer waistband, topstitched 0.5 cm from the top edge; it buttons to the trousers at the centre back seam and the right side seam and is tied at the left side with decorative cord.

Closure: 20 cm zipper in the left side seam, set under the folded edges so the teeth are hidden.

Legs: Front and back halves with side seams and inseams; slits at the lower end of the side seams, topstitched around their edges.

Back: Centre back seam; the seat seam is stitched twice for strength.

Finishing: 2 cm hems, overlocked, turned and topstitched.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A lapped side zipper, a faced waist, side slits, and a separate turned waistband with buttonholes and cord ties.

Fabric Recommendations

Thin fabrics of natural or blended fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (facings and waistband)
1 zipper, 20 cm
2 buttons
Decorative cord

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:

1. Front Half – 2 pieces
2. Back Half – 2 pieces
3. Front Facing – 1 piece
4. Back Facing – 1 piece
5. Back Belt – 2 pieces
6. Front Belt – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing: Front Facing, Back Facing, Back Belt, Front Belt.

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Facing, the Back Facing, the Back Belt and the Front Belt pieces.
Stitch the right side seam of the waistband, joining the Front Belt and the Back Belt, and press it open. Mark and make the buttonholes in the waistband at the right side seam and at the centre of the Back Belt. Cut the decorative cord and stitch it to the side edges of the waistband. Place the two waistband layers right sides together and stitch along the upper, lower and side edges, leaving an opening in the upper edge. Trim the corners and turn the waistband right side out. Press the waistband. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the upper edge, closing the opening.
Overlock the side edges and inseam edges of the Front Half and Back Half and the centre front and centre back edges. Stitch the side seams, leaving an opening for the zipper in the left side seam and the slits open at the lower end. Press the side seams open and press back the slit allowances. Topstitch around the slits in the side seams.
Stitch the inseams and press them open. Stitch the crotch seam (centre front and centre back). Stitch a second line along the seat seam next to the first stitching.
Press the zipper opening allowances to the wrong side. Place the zipper under the opening so that the teeth are hidden, and stitch it in.
Stitch the right side seam of the Front Facing and Back Facing and press it open. Overlock the inner edge of the facing. Place the facing on the trousers, right sides together, and stitch along the upper edge. Press the seam allowances onto the facing, understitch 0.2 cm from the seam and press.
Overlock the hem allowance and press it to the wrong side. Topstitch the hem.
Mark and sew on the buttons at the centre back seam and the right side seam of the trousers.