Linen Trousers with Wide Loops
Introducing a versatile women's sewing pattern for elegant linen trousers, featuring a regular waist finished with shaped facings and wide belt loops, front pockets, and decorative zippers set into the front.
When To Wear
These trousers are designed for a blend of comfort and style, making them an ideal choice for:
- Smart-Casual Outings: Perfect for a relaxed yet polished look, suitable for brunches, daytime events, or everyday comfort with flair.
- Warm Weather Elegance: The flowing silhouette and recommended linen blends make them an excellent option for sophisticated summer styling or resort wear.
- Office & Professional Settings: When paired with a tailored blouse or blazer, these trousers can create a comfortable and chic professional ensemble.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Straight, wide legs, offering a relaxed yet refined drape from hip to hem.
Waist: Regular waist with no separate waistband: the upper edge is finished with interfaced facings, with wide belt loops for your favourite belt.
Pockets: Front pockets with lined pocket bags, plus a decorative zipper set into an angled false-pocket opening on each front.
Closure: Center front fly zipper, fastened with a single button at the waist.
Details: Front and back creases are pressed in, enhancing the tailored look of the wide leg.
Hem: Straight hem with a 3 cm hem allowance, topstitched.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires skills in setting zippers into welt openings, fly front closures, and precise pressing for tailored creases.
Fabric Recommendations
Choose fabrics with good drape that complement the wide-leg silhouette and offer comfort:
Additional Supplies
- Fusible interfacing
- 1 zipper, 20 cm long
- 1 button
- 2 decorative zippers
- Pocket lining fabric
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Side Front Panel – 2 pieces
- Front Half – 2 pieces
- Back Half – 2 pieces
- Front Right Facing – 2 pieces
- Front Left Facing – 2 pieces
- Button Catch – 1 piece
- Back Facing – 2 pieces
- Belt-Loop – 1 piece (one strip, cut into loops after sewing)
- From lining fabric:
- Front Pocket Bag – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing: Front Right Facing, Front Left Facing, Back Facing, Button Catch, and the pocket opening allowances.
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the back and front facings, the button catch, and the pocket opening allowances.
- Press the creases on the front and back halves.
- Mark the zipper pocket on the front half. Place the welt facing on the front, right sides together, and pin along the marked pocket opening line. From the wrong side, stitch along the marked lines, forming a rectangle. Cut through the facing and the front along the pocket opening, making diagonal cuts into the corners 1-1.5 cm from each end. Turn the facing to the wrong side through the opening, straighten the edges and press the opening. Place the decorative zipper under the edges of the opening so that the teeth are visible. Edgestitch around the opening 0.2 cm from the edge. Baste the false-pocket backing to the facing allowances, trim the excess fabric and stitch the backing to the facing allowances. Remove the basting and overlock the outer edges of the facing and backing together.
- Face the upper (pocket) edge of the front half with the front pocket bag and topstitch. Place the side front panel on the pocket bag, stitch the edges together and overlock them. Bar tack the side front panel to the front half at the upper edge, 3 cm long.
- Stitch and overlock the side seams of the trousers. Press the side seams towards the back half.
- Overlock the front crotch and center back edges and the lower edges of the trouser legs. Stitch and overlock the inseams. Press the inseams towards the back half. Stitch the front crotch seam and the center back seam up to the zipper notch. Stitch a second row along the seat seam next to the first.
- Fold the button catch in half lengthwise, right sides together, and stitch the short lower edge. Turn it right side out and press. Overlock the long raw edges and press.
- Press the cut-on fly facings to the wrong side. Stitch the zipper under the edge of the left closure allowance, close to the edge, together with the button catch. Stitch the free zipper tape to the cut-on fly facing of the right half. Topstitch the fly on the right front half, catching the facing.
- Overlock the long edges of the belt-loop strip, press them under and topstitch 0.3 cm from the edges. Press, then cut into loops.
- Stitch the side seams of the outer front and back facings and press them open. Mark the belt loop positions and stitch the loops to the lower edge of the outer facings. Stitch the outer facings to the upper edge of the trousers and press the seam towards the facings.
- Overlock the lower edge of the inner facings. Place the inner facings on the outer facings, right sides together, and stitch along the upper edge. Understitch the seam allowance onto the inner facings 0.2 cm from the seam, stopping 3 cm from each end. Stitch the ends of the facings, trim the excess and turn out the corners.
- Stitch the inner facings in the ditch of the outer facing seam and press. Turn under the upper ends of the belt loops and topstitch them onto the facings.
- Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.
- Work a buttonhole on the right side of the waist facing and sew the button on the left side.
