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.
