… as I said, the first attempt was rather wobbly…
… a few sessions with the quick-unpick (shouldn’t that be the super-slow-unpick?), and I had removed my wavy FOE from my disastrous undies…
… for my second attempt I decided to pretend I was making a t-shirt, and went for the 75% neck binding rule, FOE was sewn into a loop, mid-points were identified and pinned, and the FOE was sewn, stretching all the way…
… the results were better, but there were a few places the fabric had escaped the FOE…
… could I face unpicking another set of stitches? No! Scissors were brandished and the top was cut off. There must be a better way of attaching FOE…
… google led me to various sites (including a 17 episode youtube series on making a single pair of underpants)… eventually I watched the Seamster Patterns (previously disparate disciplines) tutorial for making her (lovely) yellowtail camisole. She sews the FOE one side, before folding it and sewing it on both sides…
… I lined up fabric, elastic, placed the needle in the fabric, did a couple of stitches, then stretched the elastic and sewed – first on the back side, then folding the elastic on both sides… it worked!
… the next pairs will be tidier, but I am pretty happy with how these 2 pairs turned out, and after a day of wear I can say these hipsters are very comfortable! They stay exactly where they should, walking around town, cycling to work and back and even during 90 minutes of hot yoga! I will be making more…
… and I am also planning some other projects with FOE at the same time…
If I may be so bold….your nix’s ( that’s how we describe ladies apparel at The Workplace ) look jolly good, I do love a good pair of pants that remain exactly where the should…. covering my behind !!!! there is nothing that will drive me to distraction quicker than having to re adjust my undergarments so I can understand your glee at having “stable” pants LOL
Thank you, I was probably rather bold myself posting pictures of my under layers on the interweb🙂 Comfort is very high on my essential criteria list for nix, and this (free) pattern is a keeper!
Yay! Well done!
thanks, I am really happy I finally mastered the FOE!
Oooh Oooh free pattern for unmentionables, now I’ve got my act together and joined Pinterest I’m off to search for it, I’ve viewed your previous post so I know what I’m looking for, is it wrong to be so excited at the prospect of sewing my own Bridget Jones’s
to save you searching here is the pattern I used: http://www.makebra.com/free-hipster-pattern/ but, you may be looking for an excuse to get lost in pinterest… I am sure there are a million other free patterns out there too!