Sexy Comfortable Panties For Curvy Ladies – Myth Or Legend?

Sexy Comfortable Panties is it a myth or a legend? Let's explore…

A myth is a widely held, but false belief or idea, and a legend is a story passed down from generations and accepted as a historical recount. So, can sexy and comfortable be used in the same sentence when regards to underwear? According to my grandmother's lingerie chest, this myth may in fact be a legend.

This is the second garment of my series on my “grandmother's wardrobe”. It is my tribute to the beautiful, strong woman who was left a widow and successfully ran the family farm and raised her eight children.

Let me just add that my grandmother passed away at the age of 86 a couple of years back, so I have nothing but my memories and my mother's own retelling of her life. At her wake, I was able to peek inside her lingerie chest, and what I saw made me realized that although she was my grandma she was also a woman.

One thing for sure is that she was both strong and an amazing tailor. I will call this underwear Lana in her memory.

They are high waisted to flatten your belly,

stretchable lace on the sides for maximum movement and sex appeal,

and a floating cotton jersey gusset for hygiene.

This pattern makes a pair of sexy, comfortable panties that you can make in many different colors to your taste.

Experience Level

Confident Intermediate. In this project, you will learn to work with lycra and stretchable lace, apply elastic to underwear, fit and finish a piece of lingerie.

Materials

• 1 yard of power netting, knit jersey, or bamboo, medium weight with at least 20% stretch
• 2 yards of double-sided elastic
• 1 yard of stretchable lace
• a scrap of cotton or bamboo jersey matching your main fabric
• thread to match

Tools

• sewing machine with a 3 step zigzag or a stretchable stitching
• 1 double point, jersey needle, or universal needle #70
• rotary cutter
• cutting mat
• measuring tape

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Pattern Layout

How To Download The Pattern

Use the latest version of Adobe Reader with print settings for Actual Size and Landscape.  Print the first page first to test the 2″ x 2″ square to make sure the sizing is correct before printing out all the other pages.

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Body Measurements

Size	Waist	Hips
S	26-28″	36-38″
M	28-30″	38-40″
L	30-33″	40-43″
XL	33-36″	43-46″
2XL	36-39″	46-49″
3XL	39-41″	49-52″

Fitting Your Sexy Comfortable Panties Pattern

There is no better time to take your time like today to make a muslin of this pattern if you really want to end up with a pair of sexy comfortable panties.  The waist should fall at your natural waist, making these high waisted panties.  Make a muslin out of the same fabric as your final pair of underwear.   This is the only way you can really tell whether this style suits you or not. 

How To Sew Your Panties

I am using the same fabric I used to make the sports bra, it is a miliskin nylon/spandex, and not really the fabric I want to use for it but it is what I have at the moment.  Effectively, this is my muslin.  Eventually, I will try this pattern in a few different fabrics to see what works best.  I have cut the large size but already I can see that perhaps for me it is too large. 

It is most important to keep the pattern pieces pinned to the fabric until you are going to sew or you will lose time trying to work out what piece goes where and what attaches to what. Trust me I make these mistakes often.

I am going to use my sewing machine and three types of stretch stitches. But you can use a serger if you have one.

• Serge or zigzag the smaller side of the gusset. 

• Print or right sides together pin the front and back together at the gusset. 

• Turn the underwear with the gusset up and pin the gusset to the back of the pantie. 

• Sew the front, back and gusset together at 3/8″. 

• Separate the front from the back exposing the gusset. 

• Trim the main fabric seam to half, do not cut the gusset seam allowance.

• Fold the gusset to the front and pin.

• Topstitch the gusset. This is how you make a floating gusset.

• Pin the front elastic lace sides to the front and the back elastic lace piece to the back.

• To avoid pining the piece the wrong way leave pin one side to the front while leaving the other side still pinned to the pattern.

• Sew at 3/8″. You can use the turn under seam finish but I am just going to turn the seam towards the fabric panel and topstitch.

• Sew the sides using the french seam.  Use a 1/8″ turn and sew at 1/4″. 

• Divide the waist into four equal parts. Measure the waist and cut the elastic 2″ smaller than the waist. Sew the elastic ends to make a band, divide the band into four equal parts.

Pin the elastic to the waistband and sew using a small zigzag.

For the legs openings the instructions are the same as the waist.

Conclusion

The pattern will work for a lady who is curvy with an hourglass figure and larger hips. I would like to add some hooks to attach high thigh stockings.

The material I used is in my opinion not the best for a piece of clothing, like this one. It is not wrong but I would definitely make a new pair using picot trim elastic rather than the double-sided elastic. For myself, I will use stretchable silk satin, stretchable lace fabric, and picot elastic trim.

The original pair was made of silk satin cut on a bias, Chantilly lace on the sides, and picot elastic at the waistband and thighs opening. At the time they were made I am assuming lycra was not available nor was stretchable lace. I put my grandmothers' pair somewhere in the '50s.

For the stitching, I think the use of french seams on the side panels and side seam would be the best way to approach this sexy comfortable panties.

How to sew a French Seam, the best seam for delicate fabrics

So, are these panties sexy? according to my grandmother sexy is a state of mind. In terms of comfortability, I think these panties are legendary.

Join me next time when I will be showing you how to make a….something, not sure what yet. Maybe I will make a small survey to see what would be the best thing to share with you hope you can take part.

Looking forward to your comments below. Until next time, Happy sewing!

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