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Home » Let’s Sew – How to make a basic shorts pattern

Let’s Sew – How to make a basic shorts pattern

December 13, 2012 by Nanny 5 Comments

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Hi!  Today I am going to show you how to make a simple pattern for a pair of elasticised waist shorts using a pair of elastic waisted shorts in the correct size.

Take your shorts and turn inside out. (They will sit better – the seam allowance in bought shorts is negligible so won’t affect the outcome)  Pull one leg into the other and flatten. 



Trace around the outline. (black)
Make the sides straight.  Now add a seam allowance(at least 1/2″) all around with a hem allowance at the bottom (1″) and a casing allowance (1 and 1/4″) at the top for the elastic. (pink)
On the side seam write ‘Place on fold’




Cut out your pattern!!



In pants, you will notice that the front and back are different in the crotch area – this is to make for a comfortable fit around curves and bumps but with children’s boxer shorts it is not as important because they don’t really ‘fit’ anywhere!  So it’s OK to make them the same!


Until next time
Nanny xx


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  1. Pam @Threading My Way says

    September 27, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    I would never have thought of placing one leg inside the other to flatten.

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      September 27, 2013 at 10:47 pm

      It’s funny Pam – It isn’t until someone comments like this that I wonder where I ‘picked that up’ from – just things we do I guess! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Curt says

    May 5, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    Going to see if I can make a couple pairs for my great niece. She loves her clothes and likes to pretend she is modeling . She will be the cutest model in this pair of shorts.

    Reply
    • nannycra says

      May 5, 2015 at 10:34 pm

      They really are cute Curt! Please share a photo when you are done! 🙂

      Reply

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    […] I am going to show you how I used our shorts pattern to make girl’s bubble shorts with curved, gathered pockets for our little grand daughter, […]

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