Striped Pants Tutorial
A comfy-cute pair of striped pants – with pockets! All you need to know to make this summer the most comfortable season yet. Linen is a great fabric to wear during the summer – it’s light weight, it’s an open fabric that lets your skin sweat and breathe and keep cooler than other materials, and it’s soft and durable to handle all of your summer fun.
Materials:
3 yards of IL052-822
Thread
Scissors
Sewing Machine
1″ wide elastic (enough to fit around your waist comfortably)
Printer
Tape
PATTERN: Download’ here
Print out the PDF (linked above) and cut out the shapes. Match up the same-labelled sides (for example, match side A to side A and tape together using a clear tape). You will have one large piece for the pants body, one piece for the cuffs, one piece for the waistband, and one piece for the pocket. Cut out your fabric using these pattern pieces. This pattern includes a 1/2″ seam allowance.
1. Sew pocket piece onto body of pants.
2. Iron pocket outwards.
3. Sew sides of pants together, following the outer edge of the pocket.
4. Iron seams open on sides of pants.
5. Sew crotch together in the front, leave the back crotch seam open.
6. Sew waistband together, first on the outside edges, and then on the front edge. Iron all seams open.
7. Pin into place, matching seams together.
8. Sew waistband onto pants, with right sides together. Fold the unsewn, raw edge of the waistband over by 1/2″ and iron. Pin the waistband together at the end, matching the seam, and pin the crotch seam.
9. Sew back crotch seam and waistband seam in one continuous stitch, and iron seam open. This will allow you to fold the waistband over to hide the raw edges of the seam.
10. Sew leg cuffs together on the outside seam, then iron seam open.
11. Pin leg cuffs to pants, matching the sewn seams together and then pinning outwards, with right sides together and the cuff pinned onto the outside of the pants.
12. Sew using a 1/2″ seam allowance.
13. Iron seam open. Fold the raw edge of the leg cuff over by 1/2″, iron.
14. Pin the inseam and leg cuffs into place, matching crotch and leg cuff seams together. Sew inseam using a 1/2″ seam allowance.
15. Iron seams open.
16. Fold at the seam where the cuffs attach to the legs, iron, and pin into place.
17. Fold down at the seam where the waistband attaches to the pants, iron, and sew into place. Leave an opening of about 1″ in size.
19. Use a bodkin, a safety pin, or your favorite method of putting elastic through a channel and slide the elastic into the waistband. Secure the elastic to itself, stitch the waistband closed.
20. The final step! Fold the cuffs on the pants leg up by about 1 1/2″ or so.
You now have an adorable pair of comfy pedal-pusher style pants! Congrats! Don’t forget to share your creation with us in the comments below!
If you want to make a pair of these pants out of the same fabric, just get 3 yards of our amazingly soft IL052-822! I’m really impressed with this fabric and I know you’ll love it too.
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23 Comments
R.S.
Which paper size would I have to print this on?
I am confused on how to print it out?
On regular A4 paper?
I need a reply asap, thanks in advance.
Ramona K
I am just thankful that you have these tutorials and they are free. Love your fabric and again thanks.
Marysia Paling
Hi there
Thank you so much for this free pattern.
I have printed it off, but realize I should check what settings should be chosen to print this pattern to the correct size……………..100% scale or no scale??
Many thanks in advance.
Marysia.
Allan Wafkowski
Patterns are always printed out at 100 percent–no scaling.
Lisa
Thank you, Michaela, for the wonderful pattern and tutorial! The way that you have the pattern laid out allows for easy size adjustments.
Karen Alexaner
I love the pattern, but I have to say that I can’t imagine sewing these linens without doing some serious finish to the seams. Left simply open, they will fray quite atrociously! I’d serge the seams, and sew them down with a faux flat fell to keep them from fraying in the wash… the linen will wash and wear quite a long time IF the seams are well finished! I just love sewing with all the linens here, and have made quite a few things for home and self!
Vickie Stewart
yes, why does it take 3 yards of 57 inch fabric to make these pants?? esp if it is based on the model which has a 27 inch waist. I know you said the pants were loose/baggie but 3 yards seems rediculus.
Michaela Smith
It’s the direction of the striping on the fabric. I used ~2 1/2 yards, so I rounded it up to 3.
Phyllis
I’m glad others are mentioning this. Though garments look interesting, I usually ignore these emails because there is never sizing or measurement information for the patterns. It would be nice to have this before printing out all these pages.
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips).
Denise
Some sizing info would be so helpful before investing in fabric.
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips).
Jeanine
Sizing information would be most helpful. I may have missed, but was the seam allowance included?
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips). Includes a 1/2″ seam allowance (unless stated otherwise in the tutorial).
Susan
Is the pattern supposed to be enlarged by a certain percentage? Some sizing information is needed please.
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips).
Carol
What size are these?
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips).
LeAnn Runge
So cute! On my to do list! Thanks for the well explained tutorial!!!
Debbie Klaene
I love these pants and plan to make myself a pair. I’m puzzled, though, how it could take 3 yards of 57-inch wide fabric to make them. Am I missing something?
Michaela Smith
It’s the direction of the striping on the fabric. I used ~2 1/2 yards, so I rounded it up to 3.
Marjory
could you tell me what size the pattern is? I would need a pattern for size 18 and one for 0 thanks
Michaela Smith
It’s made to be a little baggy on a model who is 34x27x37 inches (bust x waist x hips).