Maternity Drawstring Pants with Contoured Front Waistband

Name: Maternity Drawstring Pants with Contoured Front Waistband
Brand: Minerva Patterns
SKU: 5608
Price: 5.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Pattern #5608

Women's full-length pull-on trousers with straight legs and no fly. The waist is finished with a shaped faced band that dips at the centre front; a decorative cord is threaded through two buttonholes in the front band and tied. Drafted to your own measurements. Recommended fabric: suiting fabrics with added stretch fibres.

Tech. Description

Maternity Drawstring Pants with Contoured Front Waistband

When To Wear

Everyday and office wear with tunics, blouses and long knit tops.
Spring and autumn, with flat shoes or trainers.

Key Design Features

Silhouette: Straight legs from the hip to the hem.

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

Waist: Shaped band made of outer and inner front and back facings, joined at the side seams and sewn to the top edge of the trousers. The inner facings are understitched 0.2 cm from the seam, and their overlocked edge is stitched in the ditch of the outer facing seam. The back facings and the buttonhole area of the front facing are interfaced.

Closure: None; the trousers pull on. The cord passes through buttonholes in the outer front facing and its ends are finished with cord tips.

Legs: Side seams and inseams pressed towards the back; front and back crotch seam stitched in one pass and reinforced with a second line along the seat.

Level Of Difficulty

Beginner. Four pattern pieces, a faced waistband with understitching, two buttonholes and a reinforced crotch seam.

Fabric Recommendations

Suiting fabrics with added stretch fibres.

Additional Supplies

Fusible interfacing (back facings, buttonhole area of the front facing)
Decorative cord
Cord ends

Cutting Plan

From main fabric:
1. Front Half – 2 pieces
2. Back Half – 2 pieces
3. Front Facing – 2 pieces
4. Back Facing – 2 pieces
From fusible interfacing:
1. Back Facing – 1 piece (plus a small piece for the buttonhole area of the Front Facing)

Sewing Instructions

Fuse interfacing to the Back Facing and to the buttonhole area of the Front Facing.
Stitch and serge/overlock the side seams joining the Front Half and Back Half. Press the side seams towards the Back Half.
Serge/overlock the front and back crotch edges of the trouser halves and the lower edge of the legs. Stitch and serge/overlock the inseams. Press the inseams towards the Back Half. Stitch the front and back crotch seam in one pass. Stitch a second line next to the first along the seat (crotch) seam for reinforcement.
Mark the buttonhole positions on the outer Front Facing and make the buttonholes.
Stitch the side seams of the outer Front Facing and Back Facing and press the seams open. Stitch the facings to the upper edge of the trousers and press the seam towards the facings.
Join the inner Front Facing and Back Facing at the side seams in the same way and serge/overlock their lower edge. Place the inner facings right sides together with the attached outer facings and stitch along the upper edge. Understitch the seam allowances to the inner facings 0.2 cm from the seam. Turn the inner facing to the inside, stitch its serged edge in the ditch of the outer facing seam, and press.
Press the hem allowance to the wrong side and topstitch.
Thread a decorative cord through the buttonholes and attach cord ends.