{"id":62134,"date":"2017-08-07T02:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=62134"},"modified":"2017-08-07T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T06:30:13","slug":"how-to-line-shorts-or-any-pair-of-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/08\/how-to-line-shorts-or-any-pair-of-pants.html","title":{"rendered":"how to line shorts–or any pair of pants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shelley is back with a tutorial on how to line shorts. She\u2019s going to demonstrate it on a pair of SoHo Shorts. Now I\u2019ll hand it over to Shelley.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello again. Today I\u2019m going to show you how I went about lining a pattern and hopefully it will be applicable to most pants, shorts or skirt patterns you might wish to add a lining to.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

As soon as I finished my SoHo Shorts<\/a> with beltloops<\/a> and froze my backside off modelling them for you, I had it in my head to make another pair in wool, line them, and wear them with tights in winter. The nineteen-nineties might still be a bit fresh in your memory (it was yesterday for me) and winter shorts may not be your style, but the SoHo Shorts proved to be a great template for showing how to line a pair of trousers.<\/p>\n

To make a pattern piece for our lining we start with the Front Shorts pattern piece and the Pocket pattern piece.<\/p>\n

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The lining needs to go all the way to the side seam at the top edge of the shorts, so we lay the Front Shorts piece over the Pocket piece. This \u201cfills in\u201d the missing portion in that corner of the pattern piece.<\/p>\n

\"how<\/a><\/p>\n

I use lightweight non-fusible interfacing to trace my patterns and it makes this step really easy to do. After cutting my front shorts and pocket pieces from the main fabric, I simply pin them onto the lining and cut the lining. Here\u2019s how it looks on my fabric:<\/p>\n

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The lining needs to be shorter than the shorts and here\u2019s how to calculate how much to trim from the bottom of your lining:<\/p>\n

In this example, the SoHo Shorts have a 1 1\/2\u201d hem, and I\u2019m going to hem my lining with a narrow 5\/8\u201d hem. The difference between those two numbers is 7\/8\u201d. You can imagine that if I didn\u2019t shorten the lining at all it would hang 7\/8\u201d below the shorts.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s choose to have the lining finished 1\u201d shorter than the shorts hem. So, we just need to add the 1\u201d and the 7\/8\u201d and that\u2019s how much to cut off the bottom edge of the lining. Don\u2019t forget to trim 1 7\/8\u201d from the back shorts lining as well.<\/p>\n

\"how<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, if you\u2019re sewing a simple pants pattern then that\u2019s all you need to do. Construct the pants up to the point of attaching the waistband. Construct the lining (trimming off any faux fly), then slip the lining into the pants and baste at the top edge before attaching the waistband. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve lined the Art Museum Trousers<\/a> for my son, and boy did he love that slippery lining feel! The SoHo Shorts throws up a few more challenges with the pleats and the zipper, so let\u2019s get back to that pattern.<\/p>\n

When you form the pleats in the shorts from the right side of the fabric, do the reverse with the lining.<\/p>\n

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At the front of the shorts, the pleats in the main fabric and the pleats in the lining will be separated by having the pockets in between them. However, at the back the pleats can be sandwiched together as in the picture below. This will help to reduce bulk and keep the shorts from sticking out too much.<\/p>\n

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The center front pleat can be made after the lining and the shorts are basted together. We\u2019ll come to that bit in a moment.<\/p>\n

The next challenge in lining the SoHo Shorts is accommodating the invisible side zip. The left front side seam of the shorts is left open until almost the end of construction. We can close the left side lining seam by stitching up to the dot, backstitching or lockstitching and then basting upwards to the top edge. Pay attention to which side of the lining will be the left side. Since the lining will end up right side inwards it is the reverse of the main shorts. I\u2019m reminding you because, of course, I forgot to think carefully about that myself!<\/p>\n

Press the lining seam open, finish the seam allowance, then remove the basting stitches. Put the lining and the shorts together with wrong sides facing and baste the waistline, leaving about two inches unattached at the beginning and end of the seam. Now is the time to make that centre front pleat, pleating both the main fabric and the lining as one.<\/p>\n

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The next step is attaching the waistband. Again, we\u2019re going to stitch until we reach the point where the basting stopped. Then, we break the stitching, move the lining out of the way and continue stitching to the end of the waistband\/shorts seam.<\/p>\n

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Now the zipper can be inserted exactly as per the pattern instructions. Just be careful to keep the lining free from your stitching.<\/p>\n

Once the zipper is in, and the ends of the waistband are stitched and turned right side out, the last two inches of free lining is basted to the waistband seam. When the waistband facing is stitched down the lining will be neatly enclosed.<\/p>\n

Finally, the open part of the lining side seam is slipstitched by hand to the inside of the zipper. And you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n

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To keep the lining from moving around or riding up, make a little thread chain at the seam allowances of each side and inner leg seam. A tutorial for how to make a thread chain can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And there you have it; a very professionally finished pair of shorts that can be worn over tights or pantyhose. I\u2019ve always refused to buy wool trousers that didn\u2019t have at least a half lining. There\u2019s no reason why I shouldn\u2019t be as particular when I\u2019m sewing for myself!<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, we show you how to line any pair of pants. Shelley demonstrates the process by adding a lining to the Liesl + Co. 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