Good fabric deserves a good pattern. The question we hear most after "which fabric?" is "which pattern?". These are the makers and books we trust. Every one of them is about real denim and workwear construction, not shortcuts.
ROUGHCUT – patterns + full video builds
Jack from Roughcut (England) designs sewing patterns for workwear, denim, jackets and bags: the modular Keystone Jacket and Keystone Denims, carpenter trousers, coveralls, dungarees and the Courier Bag. Almost every pattern comes with a full start-to-finish build video on his YouTube channel Roughcut Official, and every pattern is graded by skill level. More than 6,500 makers worldwide sew his designs.
Tip: start with his free Industrial Tote.
Fabric match: Jack recommends our Okayama 15oz, Kioto 13oz, Javelin Gold and the 16oz Camaro – the Camaro is "spot on for chore coats and carpenter trousers".
Bolt Room: Jack also hand-picks fabrics from small shops every week and matches them to his projects. Join his WhatsApp community to get the weekly key.
roughcutpatterns.com · YouTube · Instagram · Bolt Room
ENDRIME® – How To Make A Pair Of Selvedge Jeans
Endrime is the UK denim studio of Mohsin Sajid, who teaches denim construction at leading London fashion schools and keeps an archive of more than 3,000 vintage denim pieces going back to 1850. His new book How To Make A Pair Of Selvedge Jeans shows how to build a proper five-pocket jeans the authentic way, step by step.
Coming soon to our webshop – the book will be available at denim.lab within a few weeks.
SEWING JEANS – available in our shop
Johanna Lundström's Sewing Jeans is a clear, illustrated step-by-step guide and a great first book if you are making your first pair of jeans.
THEN PICK YOUR CLOTH
Not sure which weight fits your pattern? Read denim fabric weights explained or order samples first. Then browse all fabrics.