The Maker's Atelier Culottes

Buy the Culottes sewing pattern from The Maker's Atelier. This pattern includes two styles of culottes: a simple flat-front version and a more complex pleated option. The pleats can be fluid and soft, or crisply pressed for a sharper look. Both styles have pockets in the side seams, and the flat front version has optional back pockets.

Sewing level: Intermediate

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 woven fabrics: cotton drill, canvas, denim, wool suiting. Choose cottons for pressed pleats, and more fluid woollens or crepe constructions for softer pleats.

Fabric requirements:

Flat front culottes: 120 cm (48") wide fabric: 1.8 m (2 yd) // 150 cm (60") wide fabric: 1.8 m (2 yd).

Pleated culottes: 120 cm (48") wide fabric: 1.8 - 2.2 m (2 - 2 1/2 yd) // 150 cm (60") wide fabric: 1.6 - 1.7 m (1 3/4 - 2 yd).

Sizing: 4 – 22 (approx. UK 4 – 20, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer's size chart and finished garment measurements.

Notions: A strip of fusible interfacing (see chart); 18 cm (7") zip; button or hook and bar fastening.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern (48 pages); A0 copy shop pattern (4 sheets) // Layers: No // Projector file: No.

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