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Step 2Pretreat, Trace, & Cut Pattern
Pre-treat lining fabric if necessary. In short, this means treat the fabric to the washing and drying methods you will likely employ during its life as a garment. If you are making unlined chaps (as I did for this tutorial), you should know most waterproof material will not need pre-treatment. If in doubt, ask the sales clerk or a knowledgable outerwear sewer (you may find someone through a retailer of outerwear patterns and fabrics, for instance).
Trace and cut pattern. If this is your first time using a pants pattern, note you will only need the waistband and front pants pattern pieces.
After you trace, tissue-fit to estimate the length, offsetting for waistband coverage. If you are not used to making measurements for sewing garments, I recommend you cut the pattern long and correct later in construction.
You can see in the associated picture I am tracing the men's medium. I trace all my patterns using a tracing medium from Folkwear (NAYY) but you can use many things: tissue paper, tracing paper, plain paper (taping to a window for light may help), or tracing medium bought in the fabric sections of most retail shops (interfacing may be substituted).
Trace and cut pattern. If this is your first time using a pants pattern, note you will only need the waistband and front pants pattern pieces.
After you trace, tissue-fit to estimate the length, offsetting for waistband coverage. If you are not used to making measurements for sewing garments, I recommend you cut the pattern long and correct later in construction.
You can see in the associated picture I am tracing the men's medium. I trace all my patterns using a tracing medium from Folkwear (NAYY) but you can use many things: tissue paper, tracing paper, plain paper (taping to a window for light may help), or tracing medium bought in the fabric sections of most retail shops (interfacing may be substituted).
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