Pants are something you can never have enough of in your wardrobe. From staple jeans to statement prints, you always want options when it comes to picking your vibe for the day. The best thing about Mood’s newest free sewing pattern? The Inula Pants are a slim and chic basic, so you can make a pair with every fabric in your stash for infinite looks! Go with a stretch twill for a vintage cigarette pant aesthetic or try this gorgeous floral mikado and pair it with your favorite moto for the perfect coffee shop look.
Fabrics & materials used:
- 1 yard Mood Exclusive Wildflowers of the Mountains Mikado
- 1/2 yard Theory Black Thin Stretch Cotton Sateen
- 1 pkg Skirt Hook & Eyes
- 1 Black Metal Closed Bottom Zipper with Gold Teeth – 9″
- MDF027 – The Inula Pants Sewing Pattern (free download below!)
All seam allowances are 1/2″ unless otherwise stated.
The first step to constructing these pants starts with the pockets. The back facing of the pocket will be seen while the pants are being worn, but the front isn’t visible, so you can use a lining fabric to avoid bulk. With the fabrics’ right sides together, attach the pocket facing to the front panel of your pants, following the orange line below.
Attach the second part of your pocket along the bottom curve, like below. I recommend pressing the curve of the pocket opening and using French seams if you don’t have a serger, especially if sewing with one of these Mikado prints.
Connect your front pant panels along the front rise, starting just below the fly. Fold back the fly facings and press.
Finish the raw edges of the fly facings with a serger, zig-zag stitch, or a tiny rolled hem. Place the zipper flat beneath the right fly facing, top-stitch into place.
Place the opposite fly facing over the zipper and top-stitch directly outside the teeth and curve it around the zipper stop. Bring the zipper pull down to the bottom and trim your zipper to line up with top of your fabric.
Take two of your waistband pieces and attach them at the center back. Do the same with the facings and then stitch the two strips together along the top curve of the waistband. Fold right side out and press.
Sewing along the bottom of one of the waistband layers, stitch the band to the top of your pants, placing the seam at the center back.
Fold the raw edges of the waistband inward and slip-stitch around the sides and bottom. Add two skirt hook & eye closures and give the bottom of your pants a simple rolled hem. Fold the hem up about 1.25″ twice and you’re ready to style!
What type of fabric are you going to be using to try out this pattern? I’d love to hear your ideas in the comments!
What is the white fabric in the pictures os The Inula Pants? It looks like the lining of the Inula Pants. If yes, what was used?
That’s the back of the mikado print 🙂
What a lovely pattern! How much material do I need for bigger sizes like 20?
Greetings from Germany 🙂
Thanks! 🙂 If it’s a 60″ fabric, you should be good with 1.5 yards, but if if has a specific direction to it, you may want to be safe and go with 2.
Hello! When I try to download the pattern I get this response: Error reading the response: SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier “Security”. Any clues what’s going on? These pants look awesome!
Sorry for the inconvenience! The issue should be fixed now, but please let me know if it still gives you any trouble.
It works now. Thank you!
Hi! I’m a sewing newbie and a little confused, does this pattern include seam allowance?
Yes, a 1/2″ seam allowance is already included. 🙂
This was a fun pattern to make as I wasn’t really sure how the finished product would look on me. I tend to be more of a straight leg person. I really like the casualness, fanciness, of the pants. I used a slight stretch tencel jean fabric(?).
My measurements are 30″ waist / 38″ hip: I made a size 14 without grading the pattern. Ended up making some alterations to bring it down a bit to my comfort zone without altering the overall look.
Thank you so much for all your free patterns! They’re so nice that my goal is to create an entire wardrobe with your patterns.
My comfort level with fly zippers is coming along nicely. Yay!
hello I don’t what is happening but every time I try to download one of your pattern I never get the link in my mail to do it.
Yes I do check my spam mail too.
Hi Joelle, we’re so sorry to hear that! Email info@moodfabrics.com with the patterns you’d like, and they’ll send them over to you! Happy sewing 🙂
When do you sew the pant legs together?
Hi Lee! I usually sew the pant legs together, right after the pockets!
Hi. And thank you fir the free patterns. Are the sizes in uk or us?
Hi Mirrie, we use US sizing 🙂
I was excited to use this pattern but am now extremely confused how you are getting away with only using one yard. I downloaded this because I thought it would be a good fit for a yard and a quarter that I had of some pant material; I had planned on cutting the pockets out of an alternate material as was done in this guide. But tere isn’t enough fabric for the two primary pieces in size 14, let alone the 4 waistband pieces. Quite disappointing but hopefully I will be able to grab some other material for this pattern in the future. I would suggest either increasing the recommended amount or including a photo of how you laid out the pieces on the fabric because I genuinely do not see how this is possible.
Hello, we apologize for this misunderstanding. As the sizes for this pattern increase, the requirement of yardage also increases.