20 June 2012

Ohh Lulu Betty High Waisted Knickers


Back in April [!], I was lucky enough to win the Ohhh Lulu Betty High Waist Knicker pattern giveaway!

As my first real PDF pattern project, it was fairly simple to use - although I'm so glad I made a toile first, because the fit at first was.. disastrous, to say the least. Why I thought that the largest size on the pattern would fit, I don't know.


Front and back
These are pretty simple, really. Black four-way-stretch powermesh for the side panels and polka dot cotton for the front and back - I decided on the cotton for two reasons 1. to see if woven fabrics work on lingerie 2. I couldn't find any stretch satin.
Woven fabrics, on the bias, do work. But be generous with the sizing - the sides need to be a bit bigger to compensate for the fact the woven fabric has little give.


I feel there isn't much to talk about with these, other than they take hardly any time to sew up - I'd say a few hours, including the elastic, which thanks to the Ooh La La Pin Up Sew-along, I've now learned the proper way of using lingerie elastic - and it makes for much neater edges!

Elastic and gusset, because gussets are important.
The big shame on this is that they're still a big snug, and I feel a little bit awkward wearing underwear I'm not sure fits me - which hopefully will be rectified soon enough with a bit of summer weight loss!

All in all, I think the Betty pattern is wonderful, and being that it's so easy to use [with an easy-to-follow sew along to match], it would be a great, easy project for anyone - so go get your knickers on!

Melody ♪

7 comments:

  1. Saw these on burdastyle and I had to comment! Your blog is so great! I've never tried sewing lingerie before but it's something I've always wanted to do. These are too cute.

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    1. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and follow! I really appreciate it!

      And as for lingerie, I won't lie, it can get difficult - But there's just something a little more special about making your own lingerie, and it's definitely worth trying out!

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  2. Wow these look great, I love them! Very tempted to make some myself now! XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. DO IT!
      I bet they would look absolutely fantastic on you!

      And thank you ♥

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  3. Those are so cute! I've got such a thing for pin-up lately. I bet those would be lovely out of a bit of stretch silk.

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    1. Ah, my original plan was polkadot stretch satin! And a stronger powermesh.. But polkadot stretch satin doesn't seem to exist in my world, and I need to learn to stop buying fabric on eBay, thinking I'm getting the same quality that I THINK I'm getting!

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