Styled here with a Jalie Laurent t-shirt, which I embroidered with this design.
Pattern Background
Classic straight leg jeans pattern for kids size 2-8. It can be made either as a pull-on pant or with a front fly.
Fit and Sizing
I made a size 3. My son measures closer to a 2 in width, but his height is a 3 right now. I figured since I was doing a pull-on style, using a non-stretch fabric, and want him to get some wear out of it that it was better to go bigger than smaller.
The only alteration I made was lengthening the legs 1/2″ to allow a little bit more room for growth. You can see when he’s sitting that they sit at a good height and don’t ride up too much.
Materials and Notions
The fabric I used was a 100% corduroy my mom gifted me from her stash, purchased many years ago.
The button is an 18mm wooden button from Amazon.
Instead of self fabric I used pants pocket lining from Wawak for the pocket.
I didn’t use buttonhole elastic, instead I encased 1 1/4″ elastic inside the entire waistband.
I used Gutermann Mara 100 thread for all of the stitching.
Construction
I constructed these entirely on my Juki TL-2010Q, including the faux buttonhole (which was done with my Singer vintage buttonholer).
I did notice that certain pieces with this pattern (like the front fly piece) were cut the wrong side up if you were following a mens style pant with the fly facing the left instead of the right. Just something to think about when you’re cutting this out. I also noticed the pocket facing was 3/8″ too wide and needed to be trimmed at the side seam when sewing it to the pocket lining.
I chose to do a pull-on style. Just makes things easier for a newly potty trained three year old! When I sewed the two front pieces together at the center front I also enclosed the front fly piece inside, which acted as both a stabilizer and guide when topstitching the faux front fly detail.
Instead of the buttonhole elastic I chose to encase 1 1/4″ inside the entire waistband. It feels really secure. When I attached the waistband I did it Jalie 3243 style. After sewing the faux buttonhole in the front I pressed up the outer waistband, stitched the inside first (right side of the waistband to the wrong side of the pants), then flipped the outer waistband over and stitched it in place. While I stitched the outer waistband in place I carefully encased the elastic. (I tried doing a casing and then pulling the elastic through, but the stiff fabric was causing it to roll.) Before attaching the waistband I basted the belt loops in place to the upper edge of the pants so they ended up being sewn in place at the bottom while stitching the inner waistband in place. Once the outer part of the waistband was sewn in place I stitched the belt loops at the upper edge of the waistband. This helped keep the elastic tacked in place in a subtle way.
Conclusion
This is a great, versatile kids jeans pattern that can be remade over and over as they grow. The leg is a nice cut, neither slim nor wide, and you can easily customize the waist based on the child’s preference and/or developmental stage. He’s got enough pants for now but I will definitely will be making it again for him in the future!
