Drawstring Wide Leg Pants

Name: Drawstring Wide Leg Pants
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5451
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5451

Women's full-length trousers with straight wide legs, darts at the front and back, a fly front zip and a straight waistband with a drawstring tie threaded through two buttonholes at the centre front. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: wool blend fabric.

Tech. Description

Drawstring Wide Leg Pants

Women's full-length trousers with straight wide legs, darts at the front and back, a fly front zip and a straight waistband with a drawstring tie threaded through two buttonholes at the centre front.

When To Wear

In autumn and winter, in wool blend, with knitwear or a shirt.
For the office and everyday wear with flat shoes or low heels.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight wide legs from the hip to the hem; the drawing shows a pressed crease down the front and back of each leg.

Length: Full length; 3 cm hem allowance, overlocked, turned up and topstitched.

Waist: Interfaced straight waistband, folded in half lengthwise, with its inner edge overlocked and topstitched into the attachment seam. A tie, stitched 0.7 cm from the fold, runs inside the waistband and comes out through buttonholes at the front; a hook and eye close the waistband ends.

Closure: Fly front zip with grown-on fly facings and an interfaced fly shield; the right edge of the opening is topstitched.

Front: Darts on the front halves, pressed towards the centre front. No pockets.

Back: Darts on the back halves, pressed towards the centre back.

Finishing: Overlocked seams; side seams and inseams pressed open; a second row of stitching along the crotch seam; 1 cm seam allowances.

Level Of Difficulty

Intermediate. A fly zip with a fly shield, buttonholes in the waistband and a drawstring channel; otherwise simple darted trousers.

Fabric Recommendations

Wool blend fabric.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (waistband, fly shield)
1 zip
Hook and eye

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
Button Catch (fly shield) – 1 piece
Front Half – 2 pieces
Back Half – 2 pieces
Waistband – 1 piece
From fusible interfacing:
Waistband and Button Catch

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Waistband and Button Catch.
Mark and stitch the darts on the Front Halves and Back Halves. Press the front darts towards the center front and the back darts towards the center back.
Serge the side edges, inseam edges and center front/center back edges of the Front Halves and Back Halves. Stitch the side seams. Press open the side seams.
Stitch the inseams and press them open. Stitch the center front and center back seam up to the zipper notch. Stitch a second line along the seat (crotch) seam next to the first stitching.
Press the zipper facings cut in one with the Front Halves to the wrong side. Stitch the zipper under the folded edge of the left side, close to the edge. Stitch the free zipper tape to the facing of the right Front Half. Fold the Button Catch in half lengthwise, right sides together, stitch the short lower edge and turn out. Stitch the zipper facing of the left Front Half onto the Button Catch. Topstitch the right edge of the opening, catching the facing.
Mark and work the buttonholes for the drawstring on the Waistband. Press the waistband in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and serge the lower inner edge of the waistband.
Turn under the ends of the ties. Fold the ties lengthwise and stitch 0.7 cm from the fold. Turn the ties right side out and press. Stitch the ends closed.
Stitch the waistband to the upper edge of the pants. Stitch the ends of the waistband, trim the seam allowances at the corners and turn out. Topstitch the lower serged edge of the waistband into the attachment seam and press the waistband in its finished form. Thread the tie through the waistband.
Serge and press the hem allowance to the wrong side. Topstitch the hem allowances onto the pants.
Sew a hook to the right end of the waistband and a loop to the left.