How to sew banana pants?

Elizabeth Miller, Georges Sand, Marlene Dietrich - these are the names of those women, thanks to which every fashionista today can afford to choose what to prefer - a dress, a skirt or more practical and comfortable trousers. The styles from the time of the first pants for ladies have been constantly changing, and now a number of different models are presented in stores of our choice. Including extravagant banana pants over time entered the classics of women's wardrobe. Many people dream of buying such a piece of clothing, and even so that it was not the same as everyone else. So why not do it yourself? You will learn how to sew banana pants from this article.

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Tools and materials

For further work, you will need the following items and materials:

• Sewing machine.
• The fabric of the desired color.
• Threads that match the color of the material.
• Pencil, ruler.
• Tracing paper and graph paper for making patterns.
• Chalk for the fabric.
• Safety pins.

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Method 1

The style is not the easiest, but not so complicated. Therefore, the main thing is to have a desire to create and follow step by step in creating a new subject of your wardrobe. Consider one of the options for how to sew banana pants step by step.

Product Modeling

In order to make a drawing according to which a garment will be made, the following steps must be performed:

• On the front half of the main pattern along the line that lies at the waist, you need to add 2-3 cm.
• Draw a new side line of the front half of the drawing.
• Separately cut and cut the belt of the first trouser half.
• Apply on the half of the pattern, which is located on top, the line on which the pocket will be located, as well as the line of entry into the pocket and its burlap.
• Transfer the pocket burlap and the trouser barrel to the tracing paper - they must be cut separately.
• Draw a one-piece clearance, which is useful in order to stitch the zipper.
• Draw a trouser belt, the width of which will be 6 cm, and the length will be equal to the circumference of the waist.

Important! Tucks and seam allowances are not necessary.

• To sew banana pants, the pattern of the front half must be shortened exactly 10 cm, the back half should be made wider.

We cut the product

Now the pattern must be transferred to the fabric. You should get the following details:

• 2 parts of the front and rear half.
• 2 detachable barrels, which will be one-piece with a pocket burlap.
• Two pocket burlap.
• 4 belt details.
• 6 loops, the width of which will be 3 cm (at the end of the work - 1 cm), and the length - 7 cm.

Important! Before proceeding to the cutting, it is necessary to soak the fabric in water and let it dry well. This will avoid further unexpected shrinkage.

Tailoring

So, the future loose trousers are tailored, it's time to proceed to their further sewing. In order to sew banana pants, it is necessary to observe the above algorithm of work:

1. On the half of the trousers, which is located in front, make a pocket with a cutting barrel.
2. On the back half of the product, it is necessary to sweep away, and then grind the darts.
3. Iron them to the middle seam of the back of the product.
4. Stitch pants at the seams that are on the sides and inside. Before that, it is better to sweep them.
5. Do the same in the middle seam to the line of sight.
6. Sew in the zipper carefully.
7. Details that are located outside the stitched belt must be strengthened with a special thermal fabric.
8. Sew trouser belt.
9. At the end, the lower part of the trousers must be tucked up and hemmed with a hidden seam so that the garment looks neat.

A new interesting little thing is ready!

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Method 2

For this method, any pattern that you can find in a magazine or on the Internet is suitable.

To sew banana pants according to the pattern, you must first cut the product, and then proceed to sewing. Consider the entire sewing procedure:

• Iron the fabric, fold it in half - it's time to start cutting.
• Take the prepared pattern, attach it to the material, adding suture allowances.

Important! The length of the product must be calculated from the fact that both the belt and the lower part of the trousers will be bent, and the bottom will be an elastic band sewn in by the backstage method.

• Leave about 7 cm on top - this is a hem. Below it is better to leave about 17 cm.
• After cutting, you will get 4 parts, that is, two front halves and the same back. Now you need to sweep the trousers along the line of all the seams (among them the side, step and seat line).
• Make a fitting. In case everything fits in size, stitch all of these seams with a sewing machine.
• Now it's time to start processing the slices.

Important! It’s better to complete the parts in pairs - this is necessary so that the parts are one whole canvas.

• Again measure almost stitched trousers and measure where you want to form a belt.
• Sweep and flash it on a sewing machine.
• Insert a wide elastic tape into the belt, secure it in several places with a machine seam.
• Also make drawstring on the bottom of the legs, insert elastic bands there.

Pants-bananas on the pattern are sewn!

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Light trousers are an indispensable summer accessory. It is not surprising, because they not only look very stylish, but are also quite free. From this article, you learned how to model and sew such a garment in a short time. Now act, because it’s so easy to diversify your wardrobe and add spectacularity to your image!