Double Knee Dance Pants Hack

To add Double Knee patches to your Dance pants you need:

The Dance Pants pattern
The required fabric
Approximately 1/2 to 3/4 yard of contrast fabric for the Double Knee patches
some large paper to create your Double Knee Patch pattern piece

Prep the pattern piece

Use the pants front pattern piece. Trace the Pant Front pattern onto a large piece of paper or use tracing paper.

Shorten from the top

Measure ~14” down from the top of the waist, draw a line parallel to the waist, and cut along that line.

Shorten from the bottom

Measure ~8” from the bottom of the pants leg, draw a line parallel to the hem, and cut along that line.

Trim along the side

Trim the new pattern piece to be about 1.5” narrower than the original pattern along the outseam edge.

You now have the pattern piece for the Double Knee Patch

This pattern piece follows the shape of your pant from but is shorter and slightly narrower. It already includes 1/2” seam allowances on each side.

Cut the fabric

Cut the fabric for your Pant Fronts, Pant Backs, and Double Knee Patches. Mark your notches on all pieces.

Prep + Pin

On your Double Knee Patch pieces, fold the raw edges along the top, crotch curve, inner side, and bottom towards the wrong side of the fabric by ½” and press. You may want to use a basting stitch to help fold along the curved edges.

Place the double knee patch on top of the Pants Front with the wrong side of the Double knee patch facing the right side of the Pant Fronts.

The top of the knee patch should be about 4” below the bottom notch for the pockets. Line up the outseams of the Pant Fronts and Double Knee Patches.

Pin in place.

Sew in place!

Top stitch the Double Knee patches to the Pant Fronts sewing ~⅛” from the folded edge.

Ta-da! Your double knee patches are attached! Now construct the Dance Pants as you normally would. The outer edge of the double knee patches will be sewn into the outseams of the pants.

Ready to try it yourself?

The Dance Pants Pattern

$15.00

Introducing the Thread + Sprout Dance Pants!

These pants were inspired by my desire to have a pair of pants that I could wear to yoga classes, ecstatic dance, and then to the coffee shop or the studio. Pants that are comfy and spacious but not too big and oversized, that can move with me and fit and feel good no matter how my body is fluctuating. Extra points if they are cute and simple to make!

These pants include:

a slight barrel leg shape
a tapered waist
a dropped crotch
an elastic and/or drawstring waistband
a slightly cropped length
deep, anchored side seam pockets that can hold all of my trinkets
designed for woven fabrics (but works with knits too!)

This pattern is pretty beginner-friendly, with the only real tricky part being the pockets.

The Dance Pants Pattern includes sizes XXS - 5X (fits hips that are ~33-65” but the sizing is very flexible)

This is a PDF sewing pattern, available to download immediately after purchase. Once downloaded, you will be able to print the pattern either at home or at a copy shop. Instructions and options for printing the pattern are laid out in the pattern instructions PDF.

The instructions also include a video sew-along for you visual learners - the link to the video is on the second page of the instructions :D

Find info on fit, sizing, fabric requirements, and more below!