About The Rose Pattern
Rose is a high-waisted pants and shorts sewing pattern featuring slash pockets and a pleated or gathered front. The front waist is flat while the back waist is elasticized for comfort and style. Choose from three lengths: long, cropped, or shorts.
YardagE & mATERIALS
woven fabric (see yardage chart below for amounts)
3/4″ (19 mm)* wide elastic for the back waistband – depending on your size, you’ll need between 24-50″ [0.6-1.2m] in length, total.
1/4 yd (0.2 m) lightweight fusible interfacing**
coordinating thread
* substitute 1.5″ (38 mm) wide elastic if you prefer a single channel of elastic; you’ll need half the total length as needed for 3/4″ / 19 mm wide elastic. I’ll post later this week about back waistband elastic options for more details on elastic widths.
** for interfacing less than 20” wide, sizes 1 and up will require ½ yd (0.4 m)
Recommended Fabrics
Light to medium weight woven fabric such as tencel twill, rayon challis, linen-rayon blends, silk noil, loose-weave cotton or linen blends, stretch twill, cotton sateen, or chambray.
In general: look for fabrics that have good drape and/or a looser weave; thicker “bottom weight” fabrics are not always recommended due to the elastic back waistband. While wovens with a small degree of stretch may work for this pattern, please note that Rose is not designed for knit fabric.
Please note that while we make every effort to provide generous yardage recommendations to account for fabric shrinkage and pattern piece placement, if you have a one-way or directional fabric print, a fabric with nap, or need to add length to the pattern, you may need more fabric than listed.
RESOURCES
Fashion Sewing Supply (garment interfacing - I like their Pro-sheer elegance interfacing for the waistband. See this post)
This pattern is featured in the following blog posts
Looking for some fabric suggestions for sewing Rose? Check out these great picks from four fantastic shops across the country.
I’m on a roll with knitted projects, so today I’m sharing a fun outfit that includes a never-blogged knitted Regen shawl and cropped Rose Pants — both finished in 2018) and my sweater knit Jade tee, previously blogged here.
Many of you have asked about how to blend sizes for Rose, particularly if you fall into two different hip and waist sizes on the size chart. Here are a few ideas for how to blend between two different sizes in the hip and waist!
We’re on the final steps to complete our Rose Pants! Today we’ll attach the waist band, add elastic to the back waist, and hem our pants.
It’s Day 4 of our Rose Sewalong and today we are going to pleat and sew inseams and outseams.
Welcome to Day 3 of the Rose Pants sewalong! Today I’m covering Steps 2-4 of the pattern. In these steps, you’ll sew the center crotch seams and attach the pockets.
It’s Day 2 of our Rose Sewalong and today we’re talking about how to cut and prep your pattern pieces!
It’s Day 1 of our Rose Sewalong and today we’re talking about how to print, assemble, and trace your pattern pieces!
Spring is usually a time when I’m inundated with sewing energy, but personally, I need a bit of sewing motivation right now, and I’m guessing some of you do, too. I’ve got two sets of already-cut-just-waiting-to-sew Rose pant pieces that are currently beckoning from my to-sew pile, so while we work behind the scenes to finish up our Washi pattern update, I thought it would be fun to have a Rose sewalong!
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Please welcome my newest pattern, Rose! This versatile pants and shorts pattern is designed for woven fabrics and features slash pockets and a pleated or gathered front. The front waist...
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Let's zoom in on one of my favorite features of the Rose pattern: the waistband. Rose features a flat waistband in front, and elastic in back.The waistband is constructed similarly...