We firmly believe that anyone can sew anything with patience and perseverance, but sometimes it helps to understand how time-consuming or challenging a pattern will be to sew. Here's how we rate the difficulty of our patterns:
Beginner (⭑): Appropriate for a true beginner with simple style lines and details, quick to sew with no closures.
Confident Beginner (⭑⭑): Achievable for beginners who are willing to learn a new skill, may include more design features and techniques (ie. zippers, buttons, facings, etc). Relatively quick to sew.
Intermediate (⭑⭑⭑): More details and style lines, may include interesting details like a zipper fly or topstitching, projects can take 6+ hours to sew.
Advanced (⭑⭑⭑⭑): Still achievable for most sewists, but patterns will include more pieces and more details, and can take 8+ hours to sew.
Challenging(⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑): Complex, skill heavy projects like tailoring and bra-making. Again, achievable for most sewists but be prepared to spend 10+ hours on these types of projects.
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The Sepia Pants are a clever design that blend style and comfort, featuring a gently rounded barrel shape through the leg, a soft paperbag waist, and beautifully topstitched layered pockets.
To create the stylish yet unconventional pegged barrel silhouette, darts are sewn at knee and hem for shaping. Functional double pockets in the front are sewn to create a floating effect, with additional topstitched pockets in the back. A traditional elastic waistband is elevated with a fluted paperbag edge, and optional drawstring.
To highlight the silhouette of the pant, we suggest crisp wovens with some degree of structure, such as light to heavy-weight linen, lightweight denim (under 10 oz), and midweight cottons such as ikat, chambray, broadcloth, twill + canvas.
Yardage (sizes 0-20) - 45inch / 1.14 m wide
~ Sizes 0-8 = 2.75 yd (2.5 m), Sizes 10-14 = 3 yd (2.75 m), Sizes 16-20 = 3.25 yd (3 m)
Yardage (sizes 0-20) - 58inch / 1.5 m wide
~ Sizes 0-8 = 2 yd (1.75 m), Sizes 10-14 = 2.25 yd (2 m), Sizes 16-20 = 2.75 yd (2.5 m)
Yardage (sizes 14-32) - 45inch / 1.14 m wide
~ Sizes 14-20 = 3.25 yd (3 m), Sizes 22-26 = 3.5 yd (3.25 m), Sizes 28-32 = 3.75 yd (3.5 m)
Yardage (sizes 14-32) - 58inch / 1.5 m wide
~ Sizes 14-20 = 2.5 yd (2.25 m), Sizes 22-26 = 2.75 yd (2.5 m), Sizes 28-32 = 3 yd (2.75 m)
Additional Supplies
Elastic for waistband, 1.5" (38 mm) wide (see Fabric Requirements for amount)
Lightweight fusible interfacing, 1/4 yd (0.25 m) for 58" (1.5 m) wide interfacing
Optional: Drawstring, 1.5–2 yards (1.5–2m), can be replaced with drawstring sewn from self fabric
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