Pants with Side Zipper Closure

Name: Pants with Side Zipper Closure
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5452
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5452

Women's full-length trousers with straight, slightly widening legs, a shaped facing band at the top instead of a waistband, belt loops, back darts and an invisible zip in the left side seam. No front opening and no pockets. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: fabrics of natural fibres.

Tech. Description

Pants with Side Zipper Closure

When To Wear

For the office with blouses, shirts and jackets.
All year round, depending on the fabric weight.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight legs that widen slightly towards 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: No separate waistband. The top edge is finished with interfaced front and back facings, each cut double and joined at the right side; the seam is understitched 0.2 cm onto the inner facing and the facing is topstitched into the attachment seam. Belt loops are caught into the lower edge of the facing band and topstitched at the top edge.

Closure: Invisible zip in the left side seam, with the left ends of the facings turned under and stitched to the zip.

Front: Plain front halves without darts, pleats or pockets.

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

Finishing: Side seams pressed open; inseams pressed towards the back; a second row of stitching along the crotch seam; 1 cm seam allowances.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Two leg pieces per side, back darts, a faced top edge with belt loops and one invisible zip.

Fabric Recommendations

Fabrics of natural fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (front and back facings)
1 invisible zip

Cutter's Must

From main fabric:
- Front Half – 2 pieces
- Back Half – 2 pieces
- Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Facing – 2 pieces
- Belt-Loop – 1 piece (strip, cut into individual loops)
From fusible interfacing:
- Front Facing – 2 pieces
- Back Facing – 2 pieces

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Front Facings and Back Facings.
Mark and stitch the darts on the Back Halves. Press the darts towards the center back.
Overlock the side edges. Stitch the side seams of the trousers, leaving an opening in the left side seam for the zipper. Press side seams open and press the zipper opening. Insert the zipper.
Stitch and overlock the inseams. Press the inseams towards the Back Half.
Overlock the center front and center back edges. Stitch the crotch seam (center front and center back). Stitch a second line of stitching along the seat seam, next to the first one.
Fold the Belt-Loop strip lengthwise in half, right sides together, align the edges, and stitch at a distance of 0.5-0.7 cm from the edges. Turn it right side out and press, placing the seam on the fold or rolling it 0.1–0.2 cm to the inside. Cut the strip into individual belt loops.
Stitch the right side seam of the Front and Back Facings. Press the seams open. Mark the belt loop positions on the trousers and stitch the loops to the lower edge of the facings.
Attach the fused facings to the upper edge of the trousers and press the attachment seam towards the facings. Insert the invisible zipper.
Overlock the outer edge of the facings and stitch the upper edge. Topstitch the facing seam onto the fused facings at a distance of 0.2 cm from the facing seam. Turn out the facing. Fold under the left side edge of the facings and attach to the zipper. Press the upper edge of the trousers and topstitch the facings into the attachment seam of the upper facings.
Topstitch the loops to the upper edge of the facings.
Overlock the hem of the trousers, fold, press, and topstitch.