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Split leg tartan trousers.
I don't have pictures of the steps because I started making them months ago and have only just finished them, but I hope it all makes sense, if you have any questions just ask and I apologise for how rubbish my diagrams are. The timing was just a guess because like I said I've been working on them on and off for months.

(Clicking on the diagrams will make them bigger if you can't see the detail.)

Posted by Eleanor from Whitehaven, England, United Kingdom • Published 8th August 2011 • See Eleanor's 35 projects »

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Step 1
Take one of your materials, and spread it out, then take a pair of trousers that already fit well, in the style you want to make, and trace the outline.
Step 2
Then cut out the pieces leaving a couple of inches of seam allowence.
Step 3
Repeat steps 1 and 2, for the opposite leg using a different fabric.
Step 4
Then stitch the sides of each leg together, leaving the croth open. And hem the bottom. Stitch the parts with a brown line in the diagram, leave the poarts with a yellow line.
Step 5
Turn the legs inside out, and have the backs facing upwards. Stitch the crotch together at the back, but leave it at the front.
Step 6
Then put in a zip at the front of the crotch and sew up the gap between the zip and the stiches you did in step 5.
Step 7
Take a strip of material long enough to fit around your waist comfortably, about 6"-8" in width. Then hem the edges of it.
Step 8
Then hem the top of the trousers.
Step 9
Then fold the strip of material in half and sew it over the top of the trousers (so you can see about 3" on each side).
Step 10
Then make two button holes and attach two buttons as fastenings.
Step 11
All the essentials are now done, and the next few steps are mostly decorative. I then stitched on a few zips randomly.
Step 12
I then added some belt loops. Which I made by taking small rectangles of fabric, (about 2.5" by about 6") and folding the edges into the middle, and then folding it in half and stitching along the edge. Then folding over the top and bottom and stitching them onto the waistband.
Step 13
I then added a couple of back pockets.
Step 14
And this was the finished result.

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CO + K User

September 12th, 2013

These are awesome, I'm looking forward to autumn, lots of tartan prints!

Eleanor · Whitehaven, England, GB · 37 projects 6th March 2012

The fabric came from things I found at a charity shop. The right leg was originally a kilt and the left leg was a pair of curtains. Sorry if that't not much use.