Closet Core - Rika Pants Paper Pattern - Sizes 0-20
Pattern Difficulty: Intermediate
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.
Suggested fabrics: Stable bottom-weight wovens such as cotton canvas, twill, denim, gabardine, or corduroy.
Fabric Allowance for 45" wide fabrics:
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)
Fabric Allowance for 58" wide fabrics:
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)
Additional supplies:
- 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