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Waralee: FreeSewing's Waralee Wrap Pants

About Waralee

Waralee are wrap pants.

Designer Notes​

Waralee is one of those designs that you just make because it's easy, and you feel like there must be tons of other people who would love to make wrap pants. And where can you find wrap pants with pockets? And who wants pants without pockets?

The construction is easy when you make it without pockets. And with them, it's still not that hard for a practiced sewist.

Keep in mind that waralee is basically two large rectangles, and you can easily make them by transferring the pattern onto fabric by using the dimensions, and not printing out all the pages. Turn off the expand option in the core settings and you'll get a page with all the dimensions on it to mark your fabric. And a handy template for the crotch cut-out is provided too.

These wrap pants are lovely in warm weather, specially when made from linen.

Wouter

What You Need​

To make Waralee, you will need the following:

Fabric Options​

Wrap pants are a bit casual and perfect for warm weather. This is a type of wrap pants, which leaves the sides of your legs exposed at times. And as such, it is mostly worn in warmer weather, or inside.

To get a good effect of the flowing of the legs, don't use very heavy materials. Good types of fabric are linen, and linen blends. These mostly have a nice drape and are cool. Heavy materials like denim are less useful so should be avoided.

You can't go wrong with linen, although cotton is a good option too.

Cutting Instructions​

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Waralee consists of two mirrored pieces of fabric. They are basically big rectangles with pieces missing. As such, it is easier to print out the part you need to cut out and measure the rest, than it is to print out everything and cut the pattern the traditional way.

That said, the pattern is available both ways. So you can print out the whole thing, tape all the pages together, and use that to cut out the fabric, if you prefer. But we recommend only printing the part that you need to cut out.

You will need to print out the pockets and pocket facings in the traditional way.

  • Main fabric
    • Cut 2 pants parts.
    • Cut 2 long strap parts.
    • Cut 2 short strap parts.

Optional (pockets) Main fabric

  • Cut 4 frontFacing parts
  • Cut 4 backFacing parts Lining fabric
  • Cut 2 frontPocket parts on the fold.
  • Cut 4 backPocket parts
tip

You can cut the Pocket and backPocket parts out of a lining fabric if you prefer but this will only be needed if you deviate from the recommended main fabrics.

Pattern part 2 is just for when you want to make the pants without printing everything. Since this is just a couple of rectangles (with a slanted side), you can just use a ruler to cut out the main part. Then you use Part 2 to cut out the crotch part. Save a tree.

Part 2 has a negative seam allowance, since you'll be using it opposite of what you normally use the pattern parts for.

If you opt for the cut-out method, use the paperless view to see all the dimensions of the pattern. You will need to cut a narrow strip out from what will become the front, and a small triangle and strip from what will become the back. And in the middle between these will be the little cut-out pattern piece. Make sure you measure this correctly, and you have the fabric squared before you start cutting.

Of course, you'll need to cut out the straps too. They're just simple long rectangles.