Don’t worry, the photo of the undies will be on the plastic mannequin.
Materials:
- 23 cents worth of elastic
- old t-shirt
- Sewing machine or patience and hand sewing skills
So the liner in underwear always annoys me to no end. It always seems to stretch out more and bunch and ruin a perfectly wonderful pair of underwear. If the goal is to keep jeans from rubbing your nether regions though I can see the benefit of adding an extra layer so I used a double layer of t-shirt fabric for the whole underwear.
I took a pair of underwear I liked and traced them without the bottom seam. No need to add any extra to the sides of the pattern. I then took a t-shirt and cut out the underwear from my pattern with two layers. Sew on elastic to the leg opening using a zig zag stitch because it needs to stretch and determine the length for the waist. Pretty simple really. I’ll do a full tutorial or post the pattern if anyone is interested.
These are low-rise thong (shhhh…. sometimes thongs are better than having undies with more fabric riding up) but it would also be pretty easy with string bikini. Recycles a t-shirt, I think my elastic was organic or at least unbleached and you can’t beat the price either!
I did a reverse applique on this pair which was sandwiched with a back layer. Ironically, the floral fabric is from an old pair of Victoria’s Secret underwear.
Some other great blog posts on making your own underwear:
- http://twoontwooff.blogspot.com/2009/04/jalie-2568-underwear.html
- http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.html?id=70
I may branch out and get some more elegant elastic here: