5004 TROUSERS WITH DIAGONAL POCKETS AND PLEATS

YOU NEED: gabardine; belt interfacing; 1 zipper; 1 button.

CUTTING:

1. Front part – 2 details

2. Back part – 2 details

3. Front side part – 2 details

4. Belt – 1 detail

5. Sacking – 2 details

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make pleats into front part, then tuck them.

2. Oversew pocket entrances with sackings, then stitch along the edge. Pin front part on the side ones, coinciding pocket entrances with notches. Stitch sackings from the wrong side. Tuck sackings to front parts.

3. Sew back darts, side and seat seams.

4. Sew front seam below the notch mark. Press slit one-piece facings into wrong side along folding lines. Sew he zipper under the slit allowance, placing teeth close to the fold. Pin slit sides together. Pin zipper free braid to slit other side. Do not catch front part. Topstitch this front part on 2.5 cm distance, catching the facing.

5. Stitch waist details to trousers upper edges, closure allowance should project over the slit allowance edge. Fold the waist detail along, then sew neatly short ends and closure allowance. Turn waist inner details under and sew to joining seams. Topstitch the waist along the edges.

6. Sew trousers hems.

7. Make buttonholes and sew the button on the bend.