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Learn to Sew Beginner Jogger Pants

Start your pants-making journey with this approachable online sewing class featuring the Witt Joggers pattern. Learn to create stylish, comfortable joggers with an elasticized drawstring waistband and patch pockets. Perfect for beginners, this class teaches essential skills including elastic installation, pocket construction, and working with medium-weight fabrics. Create versatile joggers that can be dressed up or down.

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Witt is a stylish, mid-rise woven jogger inspired by our popular Moji pants pattern. This design features an elasticized drawstring waistband, semi-fitted tapered leg, and front and back patch pockets.

Fabrics to shop: You can dress these joggers up or down and really experiment with fabric. Choose medium-weight wovens, like cotton twill, linen, denim, chambray, and rayon twill.

Notions: Get creative with your drawstring. You can use cording, twill tape, or even a shoe lace.

Fabrics to avoid: Wovens that are very thin or very thick might not work with the elasticized drawstring waistband, so keep the details in mind. This is one of those patterns that could totally work in a stable knit fabric! Just make a muslin first.

Fit: These joggers are mid-rise, fitted at the waist and hip with a stylish, semi-fitted, tapered leg.

Learn to Sew Beginner Jogger Pants

Here’s what you’ll need for this project:


  • Witt pattern

  • All-purpose polyester sewing thread

  • Sewing machine needle

  • 2 3/4 yards (2.5 meters) of 1/2” (13 mm) braided elastic

  • 2 1/2 yards (2.3 meters) of 1/4” (6 mm) drawstring

  • One piece of 2” (5 cm) x 2” (5 cm) fusible interfacing

  • Small safety pin or bodkin

  • Optional: topstitching needle and thread (for heavier weight fabrics only)

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