Fun with Boxers!

Ed loves it when I make him boxers. It means he doesn't have to shop for them, lucky man! Since the pattern I use only uses 1 yard of fabric sometimes he gets rather interesting (or ugly!) boxers. 2 of these 3 pairs are pretty fun. Apples and airplanes; what more could a man want?
Kwik Sew 1672 which I ordered off eBay and is probably OOP now. It looks like it is from the 80's truth be told. They also have a "high cut" version that has a rounded hem rather than a straight. Not that Ed would ever be caught dead in a pair like that, so that version doesn't ever get made.

The pattern is extremely fast to make and you can do it assembly line if preferred, although I do them one at a time. The elastic waist is pretty fun to do, although the first line of stitching can be tricky, which it wouldn't be if I pinned the elastic more than I do. The seams are 1/4 except for the waist and I use my Singer Tiny Serger (just an overedger really it doesn't do any cutting) for all the seams to that they will stand up to the abuse that undies can get. The fly stitching can be a pain, but really I'm not that accurate with it. I could do better on the fly stitching, but seriously they are just boxers so why bother? I hate unpicking, so if the stitching line goes a little further than it should who is going to notice? The only person looking at Ed's boxers is Ed and myself, lol!

For now my cutting tables (card tables) are on loan from a charity yard sale we did last weekend for a group of Firefly/Serenity fans that we belong to. So, I can't cut out anything else for a few days and my rivets still haven't arrived. I'm project-less, egad!

One Yarder, Fast Project

I'm recovering from a small medical procedure, so any long term projects are put on hold. But, I've managed to start and finish a small project using only a single yard of fabric, which is great to use up leftover fabric too.

This is Kwik Sew 1672 an 80's OOP that I purchased off of ebay some time ago. It uses a single yard of fabric and is absolutely perfect for making boxers for Ed because getting him to go shopping for anything new is like pulling teeth. On the other hand he doesn't mind going fabric shopping with me, so if we find a cool fabric he likes it usually gets made into another pair of boxers. This fabric was a whopping dollar from the big W. Cost is about $2.00 per pair or less if I can find el cheapo fabric, which isn't bad considering that it's easier to make a pair than to get him to go buy clothes. It uses plain pajama/underwear elastic along the waistband and is a pretty fun and easy pattern to make. There are two views, one that has the squared leg and one that curves upwards (think 80's short short for men).

The leg detail is the fiddliest:
And yes, the sides don't match. I'm not that advanced yet, and it would mean I had to use more than one yard.

I did have to make some adjustments since the seam allowance is only 1/4 inch. The slits needed have an additional 1/4 added to each edge since it would have left a raw edge if I only folded it over once, like the instructions say to.