Ladies panties pattern © 1977
Inspired by Amy’s recent op shop fabric find (which was in fact a doona cover!) I did a little bit of op shopping myself today. Fabric and quality doona covers were scarce, but look what I found in the patterns tub for $1 each…
That’s right, sewing patterns from an Australian company called Knit-N-Stretch from the 1970s! There is lots to laugh about… but there is also some great basic shapes that I’m going to have fun exploring. I can assure you every one of those necklines will be lowered.
Even though I have various knit and woven patterns traced and ready for fabric cutting, I decided to dabble in a little ladies underwear making this evening. I cut out the high waisted panties (the word panties makes me giggle every-time) in a size 14 for this experiment.
As far as experiments go, I’m pretty pleased. The two pairs below are in various states of incomplete. The stripey ones have badly applied elastic in the legs and an unfinished waistband. The spotty pair has a waistband which is too high and too tight and they are waiting for me to bind the legs… anything to avoid applying elastic!
And do you know what I’m most pleased about? How easy it is to sew the crotch!
My sewing and knitting are very scatty at the moment. Nothing holds me attention for very long. I expect I’ll leave my panties experiment for another day and start a new project tomorrow. Speaking of new projects, can anyone tell me why I’ve just cast on another knitting project, when I already have three unfinished ones on the go?
That’s such a awesome find. I’ve recently gotten into making costumes and I would love to find a pantie pattern.
Love your B5033 dress Megan. You had a good op shop/goodwill find too!
Because knitting is addictive!
So true 🙂
What a cheery pair of undies you’ve made (sorry can’t bring myself to use the p word!) – those dotty ones are very cute.
Thanks Kristy. It’s amazing what you can find in your ‘big knit scraps’ bag 🙂
That’s a good looking pair of undies!
Why thank-you. Just making a Pina Dress (Megan Nielson) for my pregnant sister-in-law and I’ve run out of thread… Must be time for bed!
Eeeeeeewww “panties”. These are Hilarious!! Glad I could inspire the cheapskate in you.
where can we find pattern to dowload
Unfortunately Emmii, these are out of print paper patterns and not available as pdf downloads.