Burda Style For people who sew

Description

A few months ago, I went and sewed up the Clover trouser pattern for the first time, in dark green sateen . Having fixed the zipper (my own mistake), I realised that I love the great fit of these trousers, but they’d be even better with traditional pockets and a front fly more like jeans… in fact, I’d actually just like some Clover jeans.

So that’s exactly what I did! I first altered the pattern to create the front pockets (and I extended the pocket lining piece to the centre front to make a “gut slimming” panel), add a fly-front, and extend front waistband to match the fly underlap. I also added back pockets and belt loops off another jeans pattern. I didn’t bother to draft a back yoke as I actually prefer the look of jeans without them, and the back darts just disappear into the pockets anyway.

See way more photos plus a ton of jeans-sewing tips over at FehrTrade.com!

Material Notes

I used stretch (ex-designer) denim from Ditto Fabrics, and fun Spoonflower cotton prints for the pocket and waistband linings (see my site above for details and links).

Categories

Season

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

For

Women

Garment Type

Pants

Style

Casual, Classic, Geek, Preppy, Vintage

Material

Denim

Credits

Pattern

Colette Patterns Clover