Sizing on Undies Patterns

 I have been trying to sew undies on and off. Since the Mentorship started with us trying to fit our bottoms, it’s been a niggling thing. As the brassieres get closer to fitting, I consider making a matching bottom, but they generally have issues. Every pair has had fit issues that generally go right up my crack. Baby got back, but apparently designers don’t. 

Over the weekend, I decided to try something new. I sewed up a Tuesday Boyshort. Instead of measuring “my size” and making that, I measured and then printed out the next size up, and the size after that. I compared these to the Bravo Bottoms 2 Boyshort that I’m supposed to fit in. The larger of the sizes in Tuesday were just a smidgeon smaller than the BB2 shorts. Two sizes larger than what my hips measure into. 

I wasn’t sure how they would fit, so I didn’t even change the thread on the machine. But, I now have a pair of boyshorts that pretty much fit right off the pattern. And, green ones in time for St Patrick’s Day. 🍀