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The Noah Sewalong is a step-by-step video series designed to guide you through sewing the Noah, 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.
Noah is a high-rise trouser that combines classic tailoring with thoughtful, functional details. Sitting at your natural waist, it’s fitted through the hip, giving way to a chic wide leg. Six belt loops let you style with or without a belt, while front welt pockets, back patch pockets, and topstitched darts add a touch of polish.
Inside, pocket stays offer stability, and our deep-set zipper fly prevents gaping and is fun to sew. Try Noah in your favorite bottom-weight fabrics like denim, twill, corduroy, linen, or suiting.
To follow along, you’ll need the Noah Pattern. Seamwork members can download it as part of their membership, and non-members can purchase it individually in the shop.
Getting Started
Here's what we'll cover in this sewalong:
Fabric recommendations: Look for medium-weight or heavyweight bottomweight fabrics such as denim, twill, linen, suiting, and corduroy.
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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
Here are some additional fitting resources if you need them:
- Follow this tutorial to lengthen and shorten a sewing pattern
- Learn some pants fitting basics.
- Seamwork members learn all about pants fitting, including crotch depth adjustments, full belly adjustments, thigh adjustments, rear adjustments, swayback adjustments, and balance in this video sewalong.
- Understanding ease will help you pick the right size or sizes. This tutorial will teach you all about design and wearing ease.
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:
- Assemble Welts (02:34)
- Attach Welt Facing (04:51)
- Assemble Welt Pockets (07:09)
And here are some additional sewing resources if you need them:
- Follow the Mercer sewalong to see how to sew darts and assemble and attach patch pockets.
- Follow the Iggy sewalong to see how to sew the zip fly.
Watch this video from the Nolan sewalong to see how to assemble the belt loops and waistband:
Watch this video from the Nolan sewalong to see how to attach the waistband:
Watch this video from the Nolan sewalong to see how to edgestitch the belt loops and put the finishing touches on your Noah trousers:
