Ready to Sew Children's Pleat Pants

Buy the Children's Pleat Pants sewing pattern from Ready to Sew. Inspired by the traditional pants worn by Thai fisherman but with a modern silhouette, Pleat is the perfect summer pattern, being both airy and comfortable. Its front pleat acts as a gusset and offers a wide range of motion that allows children to run, dance and roll freely. It is a straight-legged, high-waisted (sitting right below the belly button) pant with a slightly cropped leg. It can be sewn with or without a front pocket. Pleat is an ideal pattern for motivated beginners as it has no side seams and is made up of only three pattern pieces (for the view without pockets).

Tip: By cutting pattern piece A twice, you can also make a pair of simple elastic waist pants without the front wrap detail.

A matching women's version is available here.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: Light to medium weight fabric (120-180 g/m²) such as cotton poplin, linen, ramie or hemp, batik, light denim. Avoid very fluid fabrics such as tencel and rayon.

Fabric requirements: 140 cm wide fabric: V1, 70 - 95 cm // V2, 95 - 131 cm.

Sizing: 4 - 10 years. Please check the designer’s size chart.

Notions: 2.5 cm wide knit elastic long enough for the waist.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern (16 pages + 16 pages for V1 or 21 pages for V2); A0 copy shop pattern (3 sheets) // Layers: Yes // Projector file: No.

Languages: French, English and Spanish.

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