2-pocket Cargo Pants

notes: This pattern has been tested to fit the Petworks and Sekiguchi Momoko bodies.

Fun sturdy pants for momoko.

pant legs 1

• sew darts in the back pant pieces
• sew front and back together at outer seam (right sides together) for each leg
• clip curves, press seams open. trim seam allowance to 1/8". finish raw edges if you want.

pockets

• this is a little fiddly because it's so small
• press edges under on all 4 sides of pocket
• sew top edge down
• sew other 3 sides to pant leg on right side of fabric
• do again for other pocket/leg

pocket flaps

• Press side edges under on flap, then press flap into thirds, letter-style.
• Finish the exposed raw edge with an overcast stitch.
• Sew around 3 edges of flap - left, bottom, right.
• Sew down top of flap to leg, placed so it overlaps pocket top.

pant legs 2

• Sew inner seams on both legs.
• Match back crotch curves on right and left legs together; match front curves on front and back legs together.
• Sew crotch seam right sides together from top of back curve, through front curve to the dot. Clip curve so it lays flat.
• (One way to match up the curves to turn one leg right-side out, and place it in the inside-out leg. You can pull one leg through the other by making a temporary stitch at the end of right-side-out leg, leaving a long tail of thread. Pull the thread, which pulls the leg, through the other leg.)

• Finish raw vertical edges at fly, both over and underlap.
• Sew velcro on overlap in seam allowance, right side. Turn over and sew down SA, making stitching decorative fly line on outside.
• Sew other half of velcro on outside on underlap.

waistband

• Press short ends under 1/8"
• Press in half lengthwise, right side out.
• Sandwich waist edge between waistband halves. Sew along length to pant waist, leaving one end sticking out at overlap.

pant legs 3

• Fold under hem 1/4"
• Secure with topstitching all around

TA DA

You're all done!

ideas & variations

back to top Try a camouflage pattern, knee-length shorts, or you can make a super-wide cargo.

suggestions/photos from other projects

Betsy from CO says...
I sewed the bottom hem before stitching the inner leg seams, and I found the waistband piece just too tiny to cope with, so I simply turned the waist seam allowance over and stitched it down. Voila - low rise pants!

If I were to make the pants again (which I may - my other girls now each want a pair...), I would finish the raw edges of the underlap and overlap before stitching the crotch seam - easier to get at, at that point, I think.