YOU NEED: whipcord;
fusing; 2 zippers (depending on pocket’s length); elastic braid of 4.5 cm width
for waistband; trimming cord; cord for waistband; Velcro.
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE DOUBLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED,
IF THE PATTERNS
HAVE SINGLE CONTOUR, THE SEAM ALLOWANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.
SEAM ALLOWANCE: 1 cm for all seams, 5 cm for garment hems.
ATTENTION! Before sewing, print paper patterns and lay them out
according to the linen width (from 90 to 150 cm) to find out how much material
you need (do not forget about double and symmetric details).
WHEN SEWING, BE
CAREFUL WITH NOTCHES – THEY MUST BE COINCIDING!
CUTTING:
Fabric:
1. Front part – 2
pieces
2. Back part – 2
pieces
3. Yoke – 2 pieces
4. Waistband – 1
piece
5. Large sacking – 2
pieces
6. Small sacking – 2
pieces
7. Off-set welt – 2
pieces
8. Back pocket’s
sacking – 2 pieces
Cut bias 2 fabric
stripes of 3.5 cm width for trimming. Stripes’ length depends on trimming’s
length.
NB! After
trimming is ready, there must remain seam allowance of 1 cm. Otherwise, one
must regulate width of cut stripes self.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Stitch stripes
together, press seams. Fold ready stripe along the center, insert the cord and
make a stitch along cord contour’s.
2. Apply the fusing to wrong side of off-set welt, press it along the center. Apply the fusing to pocket place. Mark a line determining ready welt’s width on the welt. Topstitch the trimming on welt’s outer side (welt’s outer side coincides with front part’s right side). Stitch the welt. Cut pocket entrance between marking lines diagonally towards pocket marking’s corners. Turn the welt wrong side out. Press seam allowances apart. Lay the zipper under pocket entrance. Stitch the zipper at 0.1 cm from pocket entrance on front part’s right side. Stitch small sacking to zipper’s lower braid, then fold it under. Stitch large sacking to zipper’s upper braid. Stitch sackings’ edges. Sackings’ edges must enter into seam joining the waistband.
3. Stitch yokes.
Stitch sacking to right yoke making the trimming. Stitch the sacking to right
back part, turn it right side out, press, them topstitch Velcro. Stitch back
parts together. Stitch sackings together. Stitch yokes to back parts. Make
fixes along pocket entrance. Topstitch middle seam along left part.
4. Press hems first
at 1 cm, then 3.5 cm under. Stitch side seams to slit mark, then topstitch.
Stitch front middle seams. Topstitch along left part. Stitch inside leg seams.
5. Mark lines of topstitching the elastic braid at waistband. Pierce 2 holes (at 8 cm distance) for cord between topstitchings at front part’s middle seam level. Stitch separately waistband and elastic braid in ring. Insert elastic braid into waistband, stretch the braid to waistband’s length and make 2 decorative stitches. Stitch the waistband to trousers catching elastic braid.
6. Fold hem allowance into right side and stitch to slit edges. Turn allowance into wrong side and topstitch at hem allowances.
7. Topstitch ready
shorts.
8. Pull the cord into
waistband.