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Persephone Pants + Shorts
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  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
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  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
  • Persephone Pants + Shorts
Persephone Pants + Shorts

Persephone Pants + Shorts

Anna Allen

The Persephone Pants + Shorts pattern is based on photographs of men’s 1920s-’40s US Navy sailor pants. This is a high waist pants and shorts PDF sewing pattern. These pants are unique in that they do not contain side seams. The front and back pant legs are cut from one piece. It has a concealed button fly, front waist in-seam pockets, belt loops, and two back waist shaping darts. View A: Cropped length pants + View B: Cut-off shorts. Intended to be made with woven non-stretch fabrics, however 3%-5% stretch woven fabrics can also be used.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Recommended fabric
10oz cotton canvas or twill with no stretch*. Any other bottom weight woven fabric can be used, including cotton denim, drill etc. Extra fabric needed to match plaids, stripes or one-way designs. *Although this pattern was drafted for non-stretch fabrics, several pattern tested have had success sewing these pants in a woven fabric with 3-5% stretch.
Notions
Matching thread
Heavy duty button thread for hand-sewing buttons
4 × 5/8” buttons for sizes 0-16 OR 5 × 5/8” buttons for sizes 18-20
1 × 3/4” or 7/8” button for waistband
Fusible interfacing
Pocket lining
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Full-scale pattern sheets posted from New Zealand. Shipping applies.
A4 print at home
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A0 copy shop
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Projector file
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Instructions
A4 Format
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Includes all digital files listed above, plus full-scale pattern sheets and printed instructions from Joan’s.
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fabric
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