Description
Many options to create your own version of pants, a great design for easy day-to-day use. Alter your fabric choice to make it suitable for different seasons.
Sewing level: easy to intermediate
What you will practice with this sewing pattern: how to assemble a neckline band, to make a button placket, to assemble different types of collars.
Age range: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 years
Fabric suggestions:
- Warm season: poplin, gingham, swiss dot, chambray, linen, double gauze, broderie anglaise, seersucker, viscose.
- Cold season: needle cord, soft denim, flannel, fine gabardine.
Supplies needed:
- Thin fusible interfacing
- Closing: buttons or snaps (diameters 10, 11, 12 mm)
- Optional decorations: ric rac, piping, lace. (1 to 2 meters for the collar)
The requirements for the versions with collar are based on the largest collars (squared collar and collar ruffle). For smaller collars (collar stand, shirt collar, flat collar, Peter Pan collar) the requirements can be slightly reduced.
Age (years) |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Height (cm) | 98 | 104 | 110 | 116 | 122 | 128 | 134 | 140 | 146 | 152 | |
Height (inch) | 38 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 60 | |
Short sleeves - 140 cm |
Without collar (cm) | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
Fabric - 55" | (yard) | 1/2 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
With collar (cm) | 65 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 110 | 115 | 120 | |
(yard) | 3/4 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 1 1/8 | 1 1/4 | 1 1/4 | 1 3/8 | |
With collar and ruffle (cm) | 75 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 105 | 115 | 125 | 130 | |
(yard) | 7/8 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 1/8 | 1 1/4 | 1 3/8 | 1 3/8 | |
Long sleeves - 140 cm | Without collar (cm) | 70 | 75 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 120 |
Fabric - 55" | (yard) | 3/4 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 1 | 1 | 1 1/8 | 1 1/8 | 1 1/4 | 1 1/4 | 1 3/8 |
With collar (cm) | 70 | 75 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 140 | |
(yard) | 3/4 | 7/8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 1/8 | 1 3/8 | 1 3/8 | 1 1/2 | 1 1/2 | |
With collar and ruffle (cm) | 75 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 150 | |
(yard) | 7/8 | 7/8 | 1 | 1 | 1 1/8 | 1 1/8 | 1 3/8 | 1 3/8 | 1 1/2 | 1 5/8 | |
Interfacing | (cm) | 40 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
(yard) | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
Buttons | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Supplies are in centimeters (or in yards)