BILLY TROUSERS – PDF SEWING PATTERN

#BlpBilly

Billy is a loose-fitting relaxed pair of wide-leg trousers with pressed front and back crease lines. It has two sets of pressed pleats, a front fly, and side slash pockets.

On the back side, Billy has two waist darts on each side and a single welt pocket with a button loop closure on the right side.

Billy is a high-rise pair of trousers with the waistband sitting at the natural waist. The waistband fastens with a hook and bar and an internal button. The waistband has five belt loops.
Billy is a floor-length trouser with a plain-finish invisible hem.

This pattern is for personal and non-profit use only. 

Due to the nature of digital files, we do not accept returns on our PDF patterns or products.

SUITABLE FABRICS

Trousers fabric: suiting-weight fabrics with very little to no stretch percentage. Wool suitings, wool crepes, wool mohair, wool viscose blends, natural and synthetic suiting, gaberdine, flannel.

Lining: lightweight pocketing fabrics, soft lightweight fabrics, lightweight cotton, silk habotai, cupro, satin viscose, and acetate.

Interfacing: light to mid-weight woven poly interfacing.

The brown trousers are made of dead stock wool & silk blend fabric - blend percentage unknown.

Black trousers are made with fine wool gabardine. 
Viscose satin lining on both trousers.

Height Group 1

Main: 140 cm (55″) wide fabric: 2 – 2.5 m (2.2 – 2.7 yd).

Lining: 140 cm (55″) wide fabric: 90 cm (1 yd).

Interfacing: 150 cm (59″) wide: 40 cm (0.5 yd).

Height Group 2

Main: 140 cm (55″) wide fabric: 2.1 – 2.65 m (2.3 – 2.9 yd).

Lining: 140 cm (55″) wide fabric: 90 cm (1 yd).

Interfacing: 150 cm (59″) wide: 40 cm (0.5 yd).

NOTIONS

• 1 set of sewn-on hook & bar
• 1 flat button of 1.2 cm (1/2”) - Inside the waistband
• 1 flat button of 1.5 cm (5/8”) - back pocket
• 1 nylon close end zip (see chart for sizes)
• Stay tape - bias and edge tape
• Matching thread
• Basting thread - no special thread required

TOOLS

• Tailor’s ham
• Chalk
• Ruler
• Thin hand sewing needle
• Wood clapper
• Sleeve board
• Pressing cloth
• Buttonhole opener

LEVEL & FILES

LEVEL

• Intermediate 3/5

FILES

• Complete photographed sewing instructions available in PDF
• A0 Copyshop PDF file 
  
• Plotter A0 width PDF file with continuous printing
• A4 paper format for Home Printing PDF file
  
• Letter paper format for Home Printing PDF file
• This is a multi-size sewing pattern set in layers
• Includes seam allowances 
  

SIZE & HEIGHT

SIZE

6 to 22 UK,  34 to 50 EU,  2 to 18 US 

All of our patterns are drafted to fit B cup size.

Available from bust 80 cm to 112 cm  - 31 1/2" to 44"

Available from hip 87 cm to 119 cm  - 34 1/4" to 46 3/4"

 

HEIGHT

The pattern is offered in two height groups: 160 and 170 cm (5’3” and 5’7”), when buying this pattern you should select the closest height to your body, if you are in the middle choose the tallest. Both patterns have exactly the same width around the body, the only difference is in the length.

If you are outside these groups, you may need to alter the pattern length at the lengthen/shorten lines marked on the pattern pieces. 

For more info check our Size Cart page.