Featuring: fitted at the low/middle/high waist and hips no front seam boyshorts designed for knit fabrics. These boyshorts feature high, medium and low rise and can be finished with elastic (regular or picot) or waistband band, fully enclosed gusset that runs down the legs. The gusset can be fully or partially lined. Legs can be hemmed, finished with non slip or with a lace. Optional v-shaped back panel.
Available inseams
1 / 3 / 5 / 7.5 in
Options for the rise:
Low / Medium / High rise with the waistline finished with enclosed braided / clear elastic or a waistline band (low and medium rise only).
Options for the leg finishes:
* Hemmed
* Stretch lace
These boyshorts performed well as: regular underwear, sleeping shorties, anti chafe shorties (3-7.5 in inseams), compression underwear (high rise) and running shorties that stay put.
The pattern offers the following options:
View A - High/Medium rise boyshorts with hemmed legs / legs finished with lace
View B - Low rise boyshorts finished with waistline band
View C - High/Medium/Low rise boyshorts with a back panel
Techniques to master: serging, topstitching, attaching lace trim, attaching picot elastic. This pattern is designed to get professionally looking garment using a standard sewing machine.
Comes with a detailed tutorial with step by step instructions and photos.
WHAT'S INSIDE
1. PDF tutorial with pictures (21 pages)
2. A4/Letter layered multisided pattern in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height (20 pages)
3. A0/Copyshop layered multisized pattern in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height (1 page)
4. Projector multisized layered pattern with a calibration grid in sizes XXS-4XL in REGULAR/PETITE/TALL height
5. Email/Facebook group support
SIZING
The pdf pattern comes in REGULAR, PETITE and TALL with sizes from XXS to 4XL
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PETITE 152-160 cm /5 1” - 5 3”
REGULAR 162-170 cm / 5 4” - 5 6”
TALL 170-178 cm / 5 7” - 5 9”
DIFFICULTY
The pdf pattern is a beginner (2/10) level and moderately easy to sew.
First pair might take 1-2 hours, the following pairs take 20-30 minutes to finish (time may vary depending on your skills, equipment and supplies).
FABRIC
Light to medium weight, knit fabrics with at least 50% horizontal and 30-50% vertical stretch like Cotton Lycra, Stretch mesh, Nylon Lycra. Make sure that your fabric has good or excellent recovery - in this case your briefs will keep their shape and will not stretch through the day.
45-60" / 115-160 cm fabric width - 0.45 m / 1/2 yards
Lining (gusset)
Light to medium weight fabrics with 4 way stretch like cotton jersey, cotton interlock and other fabrics with natural fibers. The fabric doesn't need to have good recovery.
45-60" / 115-160 cm fabric width - 0.15 m / 6 inches
NOTIONS
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For the waistline: Clear or braided elastic 7-15 mm / 1/4-5/8 in width or Picot elastic 5-10 mm / 1/4-3/8 in width
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Polyester / Cotton threads
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(optional) Matching overlocker threads, preferably wooly nylon stretch overlocking thread
The pdf pattern comes in REGULAR, PETITE and TALL with sizes from XXS to 4XL
US0-US30
PETITE 152-160 cm /5 1” - 5 3”
REGULAR 162-170 cm / 5 4” - 5 6”
TALL 170-178 cm / 5 7” - 5 9”
This is a digital downloadable sewing pattern that comes in PDF format.
You will receive an email immediately after purchase with a link to download the PDF files.
What is inside?
1. PDF tutorial with pictures/illustrations
2. A4/Letter multisized pattern with layers
3. A0/Copyshop multisized pattern with layers
4. Projector multisized layered pattern with a calibration grid in inches and centimeters
5. Email/Facebook group support