Description
One pants pattern, two looks! The Rika Pants are a timeless and versatile design that can feel like tailored trousers or utilitarian workwear depending on your choice of details. Featuring a high rise sitting just below the natural waist, a three-piece waistband, angled front pockets, a fly front zipper, and a straight leg, Rika has you covered coming and going.
- View A is cropped and tailored with deep hem cuffs, a tabbed waistband, angled belt loops, and rounded back pockets with flaps.
- View B is full-length and utilitarian with a classic waistband, wide belt loops, and carpenter-style pockets in the back.
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Fabric requirements
Yardage
Sizes 0-20 - 45” / 1.14 m wide
- VIEW A - CROPPED HEM + FOLDED CUFF ~ Sizes 0-8 = 3 yd (2.7 m), Sizes 10-14 = 3.25 yd (3 m), Sizes 16-20 = 3.5 yd (3.2 m)
- VIEW B - FULL LENGTH STRAIGHT LEG ~ Sizes 0-8 = 3 yd (2.7 m), Sizes 10-14 = 3.25 yd (3 m), Sizes 16-20 = 3.75 yd (3.4 m)
Sizes 0-20 - 58” / 1.5 m wide
- VIEW A - CROPPED HEM + FOLDED CUFF ~ Sizes 0-8 = 2.25 yd (2 m), Sizes 10-14 = 2.5 yd (2.3 m), Sizes 16-20 = 3 yd (2.7 m)
- VIEW B - FULL LENGTH STRAIGHT LEG ~ Sizes 0-8 = 2.25 yd (2 m), Sizes 10-14 = 2.5 yd (2.3 m), Sizes 16-20 = 3 yd (2.7 m)
Sizes 14-32 - 45” / 1.14 m wide
- VIEW A - CROPPED HEM + FOLDED CUFF ~ Sizes 14-20 = 3.5 yd (3.25 m), Sizes 22-26 = 3.75 yd (3.5 m), Sizes 28-32 = 4.25 yd (3.75 m)
- VIEW B - FULL LENGTH STRAIGHT LEG ~ Sizes 14-20 = 3.5 yd (3.25 m), Sizes 22-26 = 3.75 yd (3.5 m), Sizes 28-32 = 4.25 yd (3.75 m)
Sizes 14-32 - 58” / 1.5 m wide
- VIEW A - CROPPED HEM + FOLDED CUFF ~ Sizes 14-26 = 3.25 yd (3 m), Sizes 28-32 = 3.75 yd (3.5 m)
- VIEW B - FULL LENGTH STRAIGHT LEG ~ Sizes 14-26 = 3.25 yd (3 m), Sizes 28-32 = 3.5 yd (3.25 m)
Suggested fabric type
Stable bottomweight wovens such as cotton canvas, twill, denim, gabardine, or corduroy.
Supplies required
- Pants zipper, 7" (18 cm) long for sizes 0–20, 9" (23 cm) for sizes 14–32
- Button, 5/8" (16 mm) OR Sew-in hook and bar closure for pants, 1/2" (13 mm)
- Fusible interfacing, 0.5 yd (0.45 m)
- Pocket lining, 0.5 yd (0.45 m)
- Optional: Snap buttons or small buttons to secure back pocket flap on View A
- Optional: Twill tape to reinforce front pocket openings, 0.5 yd (0.45 m)
- Optional: Double fold bias tape for finishing waistband (may be replaced with serged stitch), 2 yd (1.8 m)
- Thread in matching colour
Video tutorials
View all sewing tutorials, videos and blog posts about this pattern here.
What's included
- Detailed instructions in English and French
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Layered A0 PDF file
- Sizes 0-20: 2 pages
- Sizes 14-32: 3 pages
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Layered A4 PDF file
- Sizes 0-20: 36 pages
- Sizes 14-32: 44 pages
- Projector file
Sewing level
Intermediate