Jacob number 3 turned out to be another one in corduroy.

Level up for this version: pleated pockets.

And of course I had to go the extra mile: owl pockets.

Now we have someone walking around with eyes on his back(side)!

How to make owl pockets

What do you need?

Fabric for the pockets
Scrap fabric for the owl’s nose
Scrap fabric for the owl’s eyes
Buttons for the eyes
Fusible web: to attach the application

The pocket part

Round the bottom corners of the pocket on the pattern.
Draw the pattern on your fabric, and cut the pockets out.
With a large stitch, sew 2 rows next to each other in the seam of the rounded corners. Leave some thread.
Pull the ends of your thread on both sides, to gather your fabric. Do this until you like how the corner is rounding up.
Fold the seam inward, and iron.
Make the flap now, before you continue with step 7.
Put the flap on top of your pocket, to see what it will look like once you sew them onto your trousers.
Decide where you want the owl’s nose to come, and cut the nose out of a piece of scrap fabric.
Sew the nose onto the pocket, appliqué-style.
Sew the pocket onto your trousers.

The flap

Round the bottom corners of the flap on the pattern.
Draw a rounded wedge in the middle of the flap.
Draw the pattern on your fabric, and cut the flap 2 times.
Put the right sides of the flaps on each other, and sew them together, leaving the upper seam open.
Clip the edges.
Turn the flap, and iron. Topstitch if desired.
Decide where you want the eyes to come, and cut them from some scrap fabric.
Sew the eyes onto the flap, appliqué-style.
Decide where the buttons need to come on the flap, and sew the buttonholes.
Use the flap to decide where the owl’s nose should come (see the pocket part)
Sew the flap onto your trousers, after you’ve sewed the pocket on already.
Sew the buttons onto the pocket.