5173 FLARED PANTS

YOU NEED: linen of 150 cm width; fusing; 1 zipper; 1 button.

CUTTING:

Fabric:

1. Front part – 2 pieces

2. Back part – 2 pieces

3. Back facing – 1 folded piece

4. Front facing – 2 pieces

Fusing: back/front facings.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Apply the fusing to wrong side of back/front facings.

2. Stitch darts, press darts’ depth toward the center.

3. Stitch side/instep seams. Neaten seam allowances and press them apart.

Stitch middle front seam between closure mark and lower edge and stitch middle back seam with the same seam.

4. Press fly facing into wrong side as follows: at right edge press it along middle front line, at left part stop pressing 1 cm before front middle line (= closure allowance). Stitch the zipper under zip opening’s left allowance, zipper’s teeth meet the bending. Pin zip opening’s edges together coinciding middle front lines. Stitch zipper free braid to right fly facing; do not catch fabric of front part. Topstitch right front part along closure catching the facing.

5. Stitch front/back facings along side edges. Press allowances apart. Neaten lower edge.

6. Lay facings on pants’ upper edge right sides together and overstitch. Turn right side out, fix short edges and topstitch upper edge at 1 mm.

7. Press hems into wrong side, fold edges under and topstitch.

8. Make a buttonhole into right side, sew a button on left one.