Introduction: Sewing Comfortable Trousers-Pants

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For this project you will need:

  • 2 m of stretchy cotton fabric
  • Sewing machine
  • 3cm wide rubber band
  • Thread (for spool and bobbin)
  • 30 A4 pieces of paper
  • A printer
  • A computer
  • Tape
  • Measuring tape
  • Fabric scissors
  • Seam ripper
  • A safety needle
  • Chalk pen
  • Iron
  • Ironing board
  • Clips (optional)

Step 1: Printing the Pattern

Step 2: Cutting the Pattern

  • Tape the paper together on the connecting sides.
  • Used scissors to cut on the black outline, on the size that you want the pants to be.

Step 3: Cutting the Fabric

  • Take the fabric and place it spread out on the floor.
  • Place the pattern on top of it and trace it with the chalk pen.
  • After you traced all pieces use the fabric scissors to cut each piece out.
  • Remember to look at the pattern closely for the reason that some pieces are needed twice.

Step 4: Get Sewing Machine Ready

  • Plug in the sewing machine and thread in you spool thread and the bobbin.
  • Set your sewing machine to a straight stitch.

Step 5: Sewing the Raise Seams

  • Take the two front pieces of the pants and place them with the nice sides of the fabric together on the floor.
  • Then use the clips to clip front raise seams together.
  • Sew along the clips.
  • Repeat the step for the two back pieces of the pants.

Step 6: Sewing the Side Seam

  • Place the front and back part of the pants on top of each other with the nice sides facing.
  • Clip the outside seam together and sew along the clips.

Step 7: Sewing the Inseam

  • Take the pants flipped so the nice sides are facing each other.
  • Clip the inseam together with clips.
  • Sew along the clips starting at the crotch point and then sewing downwards on one leg.
  • Then start at the crotch point again and sew down the other leg.

Step 8: Adjusting the Size (if Necessary)

  • Try on the pants and see how loose they are, if they are very loose measure how loose they with a measuring tape and divide the number by 4.
  • Draw the 4 darts with a chalk pen (like on the top right image) in the width that you just calculated.
  • Sew along the chalk lines.

Step 9: Sewing the Waist Band

  • Flip the pants the wrong way around, then fold about 5cm of fabric of the waist band to the outside.
  • Sew around the waist band creating a 4cm tube, around the entire waist.

Step 10: Opening the Waist Band

  • Use a seam ripper to make a small hole into the waist band tube.
  • Remember to make sure you only cut trough one layer of the tube.

Step 11: Preparing the Rubber Band

  • Take the rubber band and cut it into the length that you desire (keep a bit of seam allowance).
  • Take a safety needle and secure it to the rubber band.
  • Take a piece of tape and place it around the safety needle to make sure that it doesn't open.

Step 12: Thread the Rubber Band in the Waist Band

  • Take the rubber band and place the safety needle into the hole of the waist band.
  • Thread the rubber band through the entire waist band until the rubber band is once around the waist band.
  • Remember to make sure the the end of the rubber band doesn't go into the waist band because then its hard to get out again.

Step 13: Sewing the Rubber Band Together

  • Take the two ends of the rubber band and place them on top of each other.
  • Use a zig zag stitch and sew back and forth at least 3 times.

Step 14: Hemming the Bottom

  • Flip the pants inside out.
  • Fold the bottom of the pants twice with about.
  • Sew around the fold with at least 2cm distance to the fold line.
  • Repeat this for the other side as well.

Step 15: Iron Seams

  • Take an iron and neatly iron the seams so that they are flat on the side.