Lovely Lacey Knickers NOW WITH TUTE!! pg 4

[igoesrawr]

those are really cute... are they comfy?

[tovi]

thats stuning!
makes me wana sew my undis
i have so much fabrics left overs...
i can fit my tops to my undies!!

[Vanishing2pink]

Those little knickers are sooo great looking... I can't wait for you to post the tute. did you make any kind of matching piece to it..... like a cami top or something? That would look sexy to suprise a b/f with (the knickers and a cami top!)

[sairosaurus]

Sorry about the tute taking so long, but it has finally arrived!

Again, I apologise for the quality of the photos.

Firstly, its hard for me to provide a pattern, so my best advice would be to trace some boy leg knickers that already fit you and work off that. Thats what I have done and it worked really really well. I also found that they fitted much nicer if you cut the pattern pieces on the bias if you are using a normal poplin like I have done. It gives the fabric a tiny bit more stretch.

Here is what my original pieces look like



At this point I overlocked all my side seams and centre front, and centre back together. I didn't use a sewing machine for the side seams at all because it gives a finer, neater finish, but if you don't have an overlocker, you might try small french seams.

SHould look remotely like this:



Here I overlocked the edge where your leg goes through, and then overlocked the crotch together, so you should have some very rough looking undies like these.



At this point, you should sew your trims on, I did mine at 7cm intervals from the side seams, and then sew on the lace at the bottom. Hand stitching gives for a nicer finish, but sewing machine still works well.

Measure around the waist, add seam allowance and cut out (on the bias!!) a rectangular waist band at about 4cm wide. You can do the waist band in two pieces if you wish to save on the fabric, and have the two joins on the side seams. Attach this as you would any other waist band.

Cut out a 8cmx2.5cm rectangle and overlock the edges, sew into the crotch and you are done! You should have something that looks a little like this!

[PimpernelSmith]

Great tutorial! 

But now I want to know where that fantastic lace is from ....?

[sairosaurus]

Great tutorial! 

But now I want to know where that fantastic lace is from ....?

It's from Spotlight - Penrith, though I don't think that the US has Spotlight stores!

[bonbonz101]

Wahoo! Thank you for the tutorial

[stoliedina]

Ahhh, thanks for the tute - the black pair is so cute too! I love how the lace is placed on there!

[PimpernelSmith]

Great tutorial! 

But now I want to know where that fantastic lace is from ....?

It's from Spotlight - Penrith, though I don't think that the US has Spotlight stores!

Not that I know of -- but a Google-ing I shall go!

[dp4nrw]

Those are totally cute! Thanks for the tute!