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 of waistband – 2 pieces
6. Front of waistband – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse fusible interfacing to the front and back facings, and the front and back parts of the waistband.
Stitch the right side seam of the waistband and press open. Mark and make buttonholes on the waistband at the right side seam and in the middle of the back waistband. Cut decorative cord and topstitch it to the side seam of the waistband. Place waistband pieces right sides together and stitch: the top, bottom, and side edges of the waistband, leaving an opening in the top edge. Trim corners and turn the waistband right side out. Press the waistband into its finished shape. Topstitch 0.5 cm from the top edge, catching the opening.
Overlock: the side edge of the back and front halves, the inseam edges of the front and back halves, the front and center edges of the pant halves. Stitch the side edges of the front and back halves, leaving openings for the zipper in the left side seam and for the bottom slits. Press side seams open and press the slits. Topstitch along the contour of the slits in the side seam.
Stitch and press open the inseams. Stitch the front edge and the center edge. Stitch a second line along the seat seam next to the stitching line of the front and center seam.
Press the seam allowances for the zipper along the edges to the wrong side. Place the zipper under the slit so that the teeth are not visible, and stitch in place.
Stitch and press open the right side seam of the front and back facings. Overlock the inner edge of the facings. Place the stitched facings right sides together and stitch the top edge. Topstitch the seams onto the facing 0.2 cm from the stitching line and press.
Overlock the hem allowance and press to the wrong side. Topstitch the hem allowances to the pants.
Mark and sew buttons on the center seam of the back half and the right side seam.