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The Iggy Sewalong is a step-by-step video series designed to guide you through sewing the Iggy pants, from choosing your size to finishing the final details.
In this sewalong, we walk you through each stage of the process in short, focused lessons. You can move through the videos at your own pace, pause as needed, or skip ahead if you’re already comfortable with certain steps.
Iggy is a pair of high-waisted pants that sit right below your natural waist and feature a barrel-leg cut. These pants have deep pockets set into the side panels, and darts at the hem create the signature barrel look. The front closes with a fly and two buttons, and the back has an elastic waist so you can move comfortably and easily.
To follow along, you’ll need the Iggy Pattern. Seamwork members can download it as part of their membership, and non-members can purchase it individually in the shop.
Getting Started
Fabric recommendations: Look for medium-weight or heavyweight fabrics such as twill, denim, suiting, linen, linen blends, or canvas.
A medium-weight fabric, such as linen or suiting, will give a looser fit. Heavyweight fabrics such as denim and canvas will exaggerate the barrel-leg fit.
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Prepare to Sew
This lesson covers all the basic things you need to know to get started with this sewalong. If you’re a beginner, this will be really helpful to watch!
If you feel like you already know how to get your pattern and fabric ready for sewing, go ahead and skip to the next lesson and you'll learn to do some helpful fitting adjustments.
You're going to learn how to:
- Select a pattern and reference its skill level
- Select a size
- Prepare patterns and fabric
- Cut and mark fabric
Fitting Adjustments
In this video, you’ll learn some helpful fitting adjustments for the Iggy pants.
Lengthen or Shorten
You can adjust the length of the rise and the leg to suit your personal preference.
Hip Width
You can increase or decrease the width at the hips. This is an alternative to grading between sizes.
And here are some additional fitting resources if you need them:
- Follow this tutorial to lengthen and shorten a sewing pattern
- If you want to blend between sizes, use this video tutorial.
- Here are some pants fitting basics
- How to apply fusible interfacing - Mercer, Lesson 3
- How to sew darts - Mercer, Lesson 3
- How to sew and finish seams - Mercer, Lesson 3
- How to assemble and attach a waistband - You Can Sew Pants, Lesson 20
- How to hem - Mercer, Lesson 3
- How to make buttonholes - Willis, Lesson 6, 01:47 for buttonhole tips
We created a free downloadable PDF called the Four Height Zones to help you gather the information you need to make adjustments to your pattern where you need it. We recommend printing it out and writing your height measurements on it to keep in your sewing journal.
Compare these measurements to the corresponding landmarks on your pattern pieces, and you'll know how much you need to shorten or lengthen that part of the pattern.
Sewing Instructions
The PDF instructions will be your main guide as you work through this pattern, but we've created this video to walk you through the trickiest steps in detail. If you need help on a step not shown in this video, check out the Community Group Sew, where other Seamworkers and staff are ready to help out!
The trickiest steps for this pattern are:
Never made pants before? Watch the You Can Sew Pants sewalong for a great overview.
If you need more video guidance, check out these sewalongs to learn:
