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Hi all

Thank you all so much for the comments and good wishes – it’s fantastic to have you on board with us.

Sorry for the delay in posting these instructions – my fault entirely. Well, that and a massive project at work that thankfully is out of the way.  I can tell you that I am looking forward to making and wearing some lovely new pants!  More regular posting is in order too!

Now Hannah wrote down some detailed instructions for the pattern we posted earlier,

which I have mislaid….  So please bear with me, and hopefully this will make some sense to you.  I have written intructions for the basic shape of the knickers, not the top detail that is also included in the pattern, and which I know Hannah is including.

This is the simplest of patterns to do.  Start with a large sheet of paper – if you don’t have pattern paper to hand, then some wallpaper lining  paper, or even a page from a flip chart – basically a large sheet of plain paper.

You will also need: a tape measure, a pen/ pencil, scissors (for paper and a pair for your fabric) and a ruler (not essential)

Start with taking your measurements.  This is easiest to explain by showing you these lovely instructions.

Keep these handy as you will need them for other projects.

On your paper, you will need to draw a rectangle that is 1/4 of your waist measurement plus half an inch (for seam allowance and room to breathe) by 18 inches deep.  So, if your waist measures 28 inches, the rectangle would be 7 1/2 inches by 18 inches.

At the bottom left of your rectangle you will need to draw in your gusset (lovely word I think….) so measure 4 inches out, and 3 /12 inches up.

For the flare in the leg of the knickers, on the bottom right hand side of the knicker, draw a line 8 or 9 inches out.  This will make the knickers quite flared, so if you don’t want that, reduce this figure to maybe 6 inches.

Now it’s a case of join the dots….

To make this look a bit more like a knicker pattern, you will need to draw a curved line from the top of your gusset up to 9 1/2 inches up from the bottom line.

You then need to make the side seam join the top of your knicker (waist measurement).  Once you have your line drawn in, you need to allow for the side placket.  This is 3/4 inch wide and 5 inches long.

If you haven’t done any sewing before, or this is your first attempt at making clothes/ patterns I strongly suggest hat once you have cut your pattern out, try sewing it in an old fabric – maybe muslin, or even an old sheet.  Basically any fabric without a stretch (so T shirt fabric isn’t suitable) will do – it’s just to practice on.

You will need to cut out 4 of the knicker patterns, and 2 of the gusset, placing the narrowest point of the gusset on the fold of the fabric (so when it’s opened out it’s like an hourglass shape..).When cutting out the knicker, remember that you will need to make sure that the fabric is the right way round – to do this, cut 2 placing the pattern on top of the right side of the fabric, and then turn your fabric over so you place your pattern on the wrong side of the fabric.

Next time I will have worked out the instructions for the added bit at the top of the knickers, and tell you how to put them all together.  If I can remember to take pictures of mine as I am making them I will post them too. xoxo

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