The Turin Cargo Pants Free Sewing Pattern

Meet the Turin Cargo Pants, a blend of clean lines, clever construction, and easy movement. Cut from a lightweight linen-cotton blend, they balance structure with breathability, giving the silhouette its crisp shape without ever feeling stiff. Oversized accordion pockets sit neatly at the side seams, while envelope hip pockets and sculpted back pockets add both function and subtle curve-flattering detail. Top-stitching ties everything together, appearing on the pocket flaps, waistband, and seams throughout the design, giving the pants a confident, sporty finish. Now you may be looking at the zipper fly extension and panicking a bit, but this subtle fly detail delivers that runway-ready punch while being far less intimidating to sew than it looks.

Pair the Turin Pants with the Clara Bodysuit and Adagio Wrap Top for a ballet-core Black Friday uniform. There’s a quiet determination to the look. When worn together, these pieces turn a look that is focused, poised, and just a little dramatic, like a dancer backstage, gathering breath before a performance. Except this time, the mission isn’t a grand jeté… it’s scoring an unbelievable sale with the calm precision of someone who trained for this moment.

Essential Materials & Sizing Guide for the Turin Cargo Pants

Continue reading for a breakdown of what knowledge and materials you need for creating your very own cargo pants! We’ve got you covered with the recommended materials we used—if you want to follow along exactly—as well as a curated list of alternative fabric type recommendations if you want to customize your own version. The Turin Cargo Pants free sewing pattern download includes technical drawings for seam and cargo pants visibility, plus a size chart to help you find your perfect fit!

Purchase Products Used Below:

Quantities indicated are for sewing a size small cargo pants. Toggle the ‘SHOP THIS LOOK’ box to find quantity estimates for other sizes.

• 3 yards of Medium Weight Linen and Cotton Woven – Black
• 1 each of Regular Zipper 9″ by YKK – 580 Black
• 1 each of Plastic 4-Hole Button – Matte Black Glossy Rim – 28L/18mm
• 1 each of Gutermann Sew All Thread 250m – 10 Black
• MDF480 – Turin Cargo Pants Sewing Pattern (Free download below!)

Alternative Fabric Type Recommendations:

The Turin Cargo Pants sewing pattern is best suited for medium weight fashion fabrics. Explore other fabric types or colors from our featured collections for your cargo pants with the links below.

• Cotton Canvas
• Denim
• Corduroy

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Find Your Perfect Fit

The Turin Cargo Pants Sizing Guide is based on the suggested design & wearing ease for this style. You can also choose the size according to your desired finished garment measurements, blending between sizes as needed. Measure the printed patterns to make sure the dimensions are according to the desired fitting and adjust if needed before cutting the fabric. For best results, sew a test garment in a similar fabric to adjust your pattern.

Note: Always read all the instructions before cutting the fabric!

How to Sew The Turin Cargo Pants

The instructions provided below are designed to guide you through sewing the Turin Cargo Pants from start to finish.

2 Tips for Sewing with Linen

⇒ Prewash your fabric. I cannot stress enough how important it is to prewash linen and put it through the laundry cycle that you will be using when your garment is done. You want to make sure your fabric is preshrunk before you cut out your pattern because it WILL shrink and your garment will not fit properly. If you don’t always follow sewing instructions and kind of make it up as you go along, let this be an exception. Please prewash your fabric.

⇒ Finish your raw edges with a serger or zigzag stitch (even though the below instructions don’t mention it) because woven linen has a tendency to fray a lot. Pinking shears are also a good option for finishing raw edges.

Pattern Pieces & Fabric Cuts Needed

(A) FRONT

• FABRIC – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(B) BACK

• FABRIC – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(C) WAISTBAND

• FABRIC – CUT 1

(D) FLY

• FABRIC – CUT 2

(E) FLY SHIELD

• FABRIC – CUT 1

(F) FRONT FLAP FACING

• FABRIC – CUT 1

(G) BACK POCKETS

• FABRIC – CUT 2

(H) SIDE POCKETS A

• LINING – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(I) SIDE POCKETS A FACING

• FABRIC – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(J) SIDE POCKETS B

• LINING – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(K) SIDE POCKETS B FACING

• FABRIC – CUT 2 MIRRORED

(L) CARGO POCKETS

• FABRIC – CUT 2

(M) CARGO POCKETS FLAP

• FABRIC – CUT 2

(N) BELT LOOPS

• • FABRIC – CUT 1 (DIVIDE INTO 6)

Sew with a 1/2″ seam allowance for all seams unless otherwise specified.

Step 1 

DARTS

1. Mark the darts on the back pants pieces using tailor’s chalk and the dart markings from the paper pattern.
2. Fold the pants right sides together over the dart and pin the dart lines to each other.
3. Sew over the dart lines.
4. Press the dart seam open and flat with the bulk of the darts directed towards the back crotch seam.

Step 2

PLEATS

1. Fold the front pant pieces right sides together to match up the notches for the darts.
2. Place pins under the notches to hold them in place.
3. Sew a straight stitch starting from the notches and ending 2 inches down from the notches.
4. Open the front pants pieces.
5. Iron the pleats flat. This style of pleat is called a box pleat and is set into place by lining up the center of the pleat with the pleat seam and then pressing it flat so that the pleat has equally spaced folds on either side of the seam.

Step 3

POCKET FACINGS

1. Fold the long diagonal edges of the pocket facing towards the wrong side of the fabric with a ½ inch fold.
2. Iron the folds into place.
3. Pin and sew the edges of side pocket facings A and B to their respective side pockets with ⅛ inch seam allowance.

Step 4

ATTACH POCKETS

1. Pin the sides of the A pockets to the sides of the front pant legs.
2. Pin the sides of the B pockets to the sides of the back pant legs.
3. Sew the sides of the pockets to the sides of the pants, making sure to only sew half way down the pocket pieces and leaving the bottom halves free.
4. Iron the pocket seam open and flat.

Step 5

SIDE SEAMS

1. Place the front pants pieces on top of the back pant pieces, right sides together, with the pockets and side seams perfectly overlapping each other.
2. Pin and sew the front and back side pockets around the perimeter, stopping at the seam that connects the pockets to the side seams of the pants to leave the opening for your hand.
3. Pin and sew the side seams of the pants, starting at the bottom of the seam that connects the pockets to the pants and ending at the hem of the pants.
4. Flip the pants right sides out.
5. Iron the pockets so that they lay flat on the hip.

Step 6

CARGO POCKETS

1. Fold the accordion style folds into the sides and bottoms of the cargo pockets and iron them into place by following the fold lines on the paper pattern.
2. Bring the bottom and side extensions of the cargo pockets right sides together and sew a seam with a ¼ inch seam allowance to connect them. This will create the boxy bottom corner of the pockets.
3. Fold the top edge of the cargo pockets over by ½ inch and then another ½ inch to hide the raw edge.
4. Topstitch two parallel seams along the top edge of the pocket.
5. Pin the back fold of the cargo pocket to the side seam of each side of the pants following the marking for the pocket on the paper pattern piece.
6. Topstitch the back fold of the cargo pocket around the sides and bottom with ⅛ inch seam allowance, making sure to only sew down the back fold and leaving the accordion folds free.
7. Top stitch an L shaped stitch onto the top opening and side of the pockets to secure it into place.

Step 7

POCKET FLAPS

1. Fold the pocket flaps in half long side to long side, right sides together.
2. Pin and sew the side seams of the pocket flaps.
3. Clip the corners of the pocket flaps and turn them right sides out.
4. Fold the raw edges of the pocket flaps to the inside of the flap and iron that fold.
5. Topstitch 10 equally spaced lines across the length of the pocket flaps, secure the open edge of the flap shut. The lines should be ¼ inch away from each other.
6. After topstitching the decorative lines on the flap, topstitch the top edge of the pocket flap right above the top opening of the side cargo pocket.

Step 8

BACK POCKETS

1. Fold the sides and bottom of the pocket flap in towards the wrong side of the fabric by ½ inch and iron down.
2. Fold the top edge of the pocket flap down last by ⅝ inch and iron down.
3. Topstitch a straight stitch on the top pocket opening.
4. Topstitch the sides and bottoms of the back pockets to the back pants pieces using the markings on the paper patterns. Follow the stitching details in the photo below.

Step 9

FRONT FLAP

1. Place the front flap facing right sides together with the flap extension on the front right side of the pants.
2. Pin and sew the curved edge of the front flap facing to the flap extension.
3. Flip the flap facing towards the inside of the pants so that the raw edge is hidden.

Step 10

FLY FACINGS

1. Fold the fly shield wrong sides together so that the long sides of the fly shield are touching each other.
2. Sew or serge around the raw edges of the folded fly shield.

Step 11

ZIPPER FLY

1. Place the zipper face down on the inside of the right pant leg with the outer edge of the zipper tape ¼ inch away from the raw edge of the front flap facing.
2. Sew the right hand side of the zipper tape to the right hand side of the pants.
3. Place the other side of the zipper face down on the left side of the pants so that it is lined up with the waistline and center crotch seam.
4. Sew the left side of the zipper tape to the left crotch seam, right sides together.
5. Place the fly shield on top of the seam you just sewed connecting the left side of the zipper to the left side of the pants.
6. Pin and sew the fly shield directly on top of the zipper and left side of the pants, right sides together.

Step 12

CROTCH SEAMS

1. With the pants inside out, place the pointed corners of the front crotch seam right sides together.
2. Sew the two sides of the crotch seam together until reaching the zipper seam.
3. Repeat the same process with the back crotch seam, except there is no zipper so you can sew the whole back crotch seam shut.
4. Open the front of the pants flat and topstitch over both sides of the zipper so that everything is held in place.

Step 13

WAISTBAND

1. Iron interfacing to the wrong side of the waistband.
2. Fold the long sides of the waistband down by ½ inch and iron the fold into place.
3. Fold the waistband strip in half long ways, wrong sides together with the folded edges tucked inside.
4. Sew the ends of the waistband shut, encasing the raw edges.
5. Sandwich the folded waistband around the waistline of the pants and pin in place.
6. Sew the waistband to the waistline of the pants.
7. The same way that the decorative parallel stitching was done on the pocket flaps, sew 7 parallel straight stitches around the waistband.

Step 14

INSEAM

1. With the pants inside out, line of the front and back inseams of the pants with each other.
2. Pin the front and back inseams together with the crotch seams lined up.
3. Sew the inseam shut.

Step 15

WAISTBAND BUTTON

1. Hand sew a button to the inside of the outer waistband right above the flap.
2. Using the buttonhole foot attachment on your sewing machine, sew a buttonhole on the inner waistband directly across from the button. This will make it so that the button is hidden on the inside of the waistband and can’t be seen from the outside.

Step 16

PANTS HEM

1. Fold the raw hem of the pants and much as you need to in order for the pants to be floor length.
2. Iron the folded hem of the pants.
3. Iron hem tape into the fold of the hem to create a blind hem.

Sewing Success: The Completed Turin Cargo Pants

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