Purchase Materials Used Below:
- 2-3 yards Asturias Tangerine Stretch Linen Woven
- 1 yard Off-White Weft Fusible Interfacing
- 4 Bronze Cast Metal Rounded D-Rings – 20mm
- 2 Bronze Cast Metal Rounded D-Ring – 25mm
- 1 yard White Elastic – 0.75″
- MDF264 – The Stonecress Pants Sewing Pattern (free download below!)
Please note: our free sewing pattern files and photography are not available for redistribution or resale.
Step 1
Cut out your paper pattern pieces, then cut your fabric and interfacing.
Step 2
Interface all your pieces that need interfacing.
Step 3
Trace and sew all darts, press.
Step 4
Pin the center front at the rise and sew using an overlock stitch or French seam.
Here’s what the front should look like:
Step 5
Now pin the center back seam and sew it together as you did the center front seam.
Step 6
Press the center back seam open or to one side and fold the top edge of your back pants 1/2’’ down towards the wrong side and press.
Step 7
Now fold another 2’’ down, press, pin, and sew along the bottom edge.
Step 8
Mark 1″ above your stitch line and stitch again to create the casing for your elastic.
Step 9
Sew belt loops. Fold the rectangle in half, pin, sew, trim, turn right side out, and press.
Step 10
Cut loops to 2 ½’’
Step 11
Place back belt loops. One goes in the middle and the other two are about 6’’ apart from the center. You can change the placement of the loops if you’d like.
Step 12
Insert elastic into the channel. For the elastic measurement, cut a piece half your waist, but before you cut the elastic double-check it will go over your hips. Leave elastic pinned or stay-stitched on either side until you sew up the side seams.
Step 13
Pin pockets to the front of the pants and then sew. Trim the seam allowance and press.
Step 14
Fold pocket so that it lays flat, then pin at the top and the side. Sew the bottom of the pocket bag shut. Baste the waistline and the side so the pocket is secured in place.
Step 15
Pin the front waistband to the front of the pants, sew, and then press.
Step 16
Pin belt loops to the front waistband and sew.
Step 17
Once the belt loops are sewn, pin the other front waistband facing to the waistband with right sides together and sew, trim, then press.
Step 18
Once pressed, fold the raw edge towards the inside. Pin and slip-stitch.
Step 19
Sew ankle tabs. Two are going to be sewn straight across to just create a tube with two raw edges. The other two are going to be sewn straight across and down one short edge. Trim, turn tabs right side out, and press.
Step 20
Sew tabs into pant cuffs at the inseams with the fold side facing upward. Sew the outer seams with no tabs sandwiched in between. Note: these are not attached to the pants yet.
Step 21
Pin pants at crotch seams and sew the inseam using a French seam. (If you want to serge or zig-zag finish your seams, you can do that as well.)
Step 22
Pin and sew side seams together, matching the waistband using a French seam.
Step 23
Sew the d-rings to one of the tabs by folding over one tab twice and topstitching.
Step 24
With right sides together, sew the pant cuff to the pant matching side seams. Trim and press seam.
Step 25
With right sides together, pin and sew the cuff facing along the bottom edge of each cuff. Trim and press.
Step 26
Hand sew or machine sew the inside of the pants cuff.
Step 27
Sew center back seam of belt and press open.
Step 28
Pin and sew the belt, leaving an opening of 2″-3″ to turn right side out. Trim, flip, and press.
Step 29
Sew the d-rings on exactly how you did for the ankle tab part to complete!
lovely pattern… but the download is for a shawl, not the trousers 🙂
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Just wondering if the belt is purely decorative ??
Hi, Jane! The back waistband is elastic so the belt is mostly decorative. 🙂
My dear. I am excited. All the patterns for the pants I have seen are wonderful. I am excited. I do not know from which pattern to start sewing. Thank you very much. God bless you always !!!!
Hi,
I am just wondering if I should simply trim off the front fly flap? I don’t see it in your instructions?
Hi, there! The fly piece is optional and only included for those who may want to create a real front fly. You can absolutely trim it off if you’d like. 🙂
Hi! Can I just hem the bottom of the pant legs instead of adding the cinch? Im saving this pattern for when I reach a more advanced level. Do you have any beginner pant pattern reccomendations?
Hi, Sydney! You certainly can – I’d just measure the inseam of the pattern and compare it to your desired inseam to see if you may need to add an inch or two to compensate for losing the length of the cuff. I hope that makes sense! 🙂
is there a pattern for that top in the first photo?
Yes, Thomas! It’s part of our Apricot Ensemble, sans the ruffle.
Hi there, I need some advise please.
Instruction step 19 talks about sewing 4 ankle tabs in total, however pattern piece G – Ankle tie instructs to cut only 2 of fabric. Have I got the pattern pieces wrong for the ankle tabs/ties?
Hi Rhoda, we’re sorry for the delay in responding to your question! We get dozens of comments and questions each day, and so many questions get buried and, unfortunately, unanswered. We are now focusing user support on patterns 2 years and newer. We hope this will prevent questions on our more current patterns from going unanswered. Although this is late, we wanted to respond in case anyone else has the same question: yes you would cut 4, not 2 of piece G! Thank you for pointing this out, and we will make the necessary changes 🙂
These made excellent shorts, a baggy breezy finish that feels very unisex to me. I love them and am often complimented on them.