These Carpenter Jeans Look Complicated… But You Can Sew Them

🧵 Get the Yard Carpenters pattern → https://roughcutpatterns.com/products/yard-carpenters-carpenter-trousers-sewing-pattern?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=these-carpenter-jeans-look-complicated&utm_content=K9EGNrOR4O4 The full build of the Yard Carpenters, my utility carpenter trouser from the Roughcut Workwear series: deep front pockets, patch back pockets, a carpenter side pocket, hammer loop, fly front, waistband, belt loops and rivets. This pair is upcycled from two old military duffel bags I picked up from an army surplus shop, with hickory stripe pocket bags. It's a POV build with the voiceover added afterwards, so it stays tight and easy to sew along with. In this build: ✂️ Cutting out from the duffel bags, "cut two mirrored", and choosing between the two modular front pocket options 🧷 Facings on the back pockets and the carpenter side pocket, so every pocket keeps its true shape 🪡 Front pocket bags: sewing, snipping the corner, pinch and roll, then topstitching 📐 Building the fly shield and fly cover with a 7.5" closed-end zip 🧵 Flat-felled seams and heavy topstitching through the legs ⚙️ Waistband and five belt loops 🔨 Hammering in brass rivets to finish Details 👖 Pattern: Roughcut Yard Carpenters, part of the Workwear series 🧵 Fabric: upcycled military duffel bags (a ripstop-style cloth), hickory stripe denim for the pocket bags 📏 Seam allowance: 1/4" on almost everything, already included in the pattern 📚 Every Workwear pattern comes with QR resources: fabric guidance, supplier options, thread recommendations and buying routes for the UK, Europe, the US and beyond Prefer it talked through live? The longer vlog-style tutorial in hickory stripe goes deeper on the belt loops and other details. Links 🎥 Yard Carpenters vlog tutorial (hickory stripe) → https://youtu.be/VVxsUm4-glE 🧷 Yard Bundle (Jacket + Carpenters) → https://roughcutpatterns.com/products/the-yard-bundle-workwear-jacket-carpenter-trousers-sewing-patterns